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Caslon · 08-12-2008, 05:12 PM

A bunch of students put together a radio telescope that works.
No small feat considering their resources...Radio Shack, spare parts, etc.

That it detected a signal from beyond our solar system means they got
it working nicely.

To put it in perspective what it is to accomplish this, a grain a rice falling
3 cm onto a plate due to gravity has more energy than all the energy from
every radio telescope since 1960. Faint...very faint signals.

It may not be SETI, but it'll be open to the public. Someone may one day get
organized transmission from their dish.
They have a lot to be proud of.

The topic was a total tease. Ha...every star produces radio waves.

08-12-2008, 05:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,848	Re: Radio Signal Detected from Beyond Solar System A bunch of students put together a radio telescope that works. No small feat considering their resources...Radio Shack, spare parts, etc. That it detected a signal from beyond our solar system means they got it working nicely. To put it in perspective what it is to accomplish this, a grain a rice falling 3 cm onto a plate due to gravity has more energy than all the energy from every radio telescope since 1960. Faint...very faint signals. It may not be SETI, but it'll be open to the public. Someone may one day get organized transmission from their dish. They have a lot to be proud of. The topic was a total tease. Ha...every star produces radio waves. Last edited by Caslon : 08-12-2008 at 05:34 PM.