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Set noise
T , = 30".
Receiving antennas with these parameters can be built without much
difficulty.
Transmission wavelength
>> ~ f . Putting
o r 128,000 light years, which is more than the diameter of the Galaxy.
If information is sent through this line, and the signal frequency is
changed from transmission to transmission, the information rate is
%
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1800
= Af-I=
'an
@
I
3.3
T.
The antenna beam fills a solid angle --, and it therefore scans the entire
celestial sphere in the time
SI
= 3.107sec, o r 1 year.
The table below lists some data for spheres with radius of 2000, 1000,
500, and 200 light years with l o 8 , l o 7 , l o 6 , and l o 5 s t a r s , respectively.
The data of the table have been derived along the lines indicated above.
Column 7 gives the number of areas to be scanned separately if the survey
of the entire celestial sphere i s to be completed in one year. The scanning
time for each area was assumed approximately 10 times greater than the
figure given in column 4.
We see from the table that if there i s a single Earth-type civilization in
10' s t a r s , its detection at the present stage of our technological development
is nearly impossible; i f there is a single civilization in l o 7 stars, it can
be detected with some effort; if there is one civilization in l o 6 s t a r s , its
detection by the available means is quite probable.
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2000
1000
500
200
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10 years
1 year
36 days
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36 days
4 days
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120,000
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100
1000
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CONCLUSIONS