Re: Book, movie and hobby

In article <55HOe.30808$Tf5.2169@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"clf" <allspamautodeleted@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> for signals. I'd love to know what frequencies ranges "should" be searched
> and any other tips one may offer.

So would everyone else. Sky noise is relatively low from about
1GHz to 20GHz. 1.42Ghz is favoured because:

- it is a key radio astronomy frequency of universal significance;
- it is radio quiet (for the above reason);
- equipment is available for it (for the first reason);
- it is in the frequency coverage of ex-C band TVRO dishes.

However, it is really anybodies guess as to what frequency would be
used for transmitting to us. Other civilisations might also make 1.42GHz
radio quiet!

> Also, I seen the movie just recently - "Contact". I was excited about it at

The book is better.

> Any suggestions as to equipment - least/most - etc? Some of the books I read

http://www.setileague.org/ for SETI. SARA (forget the URL) for
general radio astronomy. The other site will contain links to it.

> Also, I've read somewhere that around 18 MHz, there is a sound from Jupiter

18MHz is too noise for SETI.

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