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Inc. has chosen "Project Argus" as the name for its upcoming radio Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. The project, which will eventually involve five thousand radio amateurs worldwide scanning the entire sky for signs of other technological cultures, is expected to kick off on Earth Day, Apr

by Mike Cook, AF9Y This is to inform SETI League members that a new beta version of the FFTDSP program is available for downloading from my webpage. Here are a few of the new features in

fanfare, the non-profit, membership-supported SETI League today kicked off its long awaited Project Argus survey of the heavens for microwave signals of possible intelligent extra-terrestrial origin. At 1900 hours Coordinated Universal Time on Earth Day, April 21, the first five radiotelescopes in t

Kraus, the engineer who helped pioneer the field of radio astronomy and built the famous Ohio State University Big Ear radio telescope, has been selected to receive the 1996 Special Achievement Award from the Dayton Amateur Radio Association. Dr. Kraus, W8JK, is well known to the amateur radio commu

Conference Calendar About a year ago, I watched a show on the Discovery channel which showed a printout of the famous "Wow!" signal. As an electrical engineer, I began to question the format. I waited for almost six months until that particular show came on again and taped it, attempting to get a be

Wright, The SETI League's volunteer coordinator in Germany, has suggested that League members who are licensed radio amateurs might wish to meet on the air on a weekly basis to compare notes and share ideas. Wright, who is licensed as a ham radio operator under the callsign DJ0BI, reports that sever

First I wish to offer my encouragement to all in the SETI league. In my opinion manned space travel is too inefficient a means to seek out and discover life in and beyond our solar system. Radio astronomy and SETI could accomplish this far sooner and far cheaper.

executive director of the non-profit SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) League, has been selected as featured speaker at the First European Radio Astronomy Congress, to be held in Heppheim, Germany. The conference, scheduled for the weekend of 20 - 21 September 1997, will be attended b

Fox, an Indiana radio amateur (KF9ET) deeply involved in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, today was presented the second annual Bruno Memorial Award by The SETI League, Inc. for his significant technical contributions to the non-profit organization's Project Argus search for intelligen

I am working with multipole stripline bandpass filters and have the following questions. The 1/2 wave lines are u shaped instead of just straight. 1. Is there a rule of thumb impedance to use for the 1/2 wave lines? 2. How do you determine the intersect point for the 50 ohm

Inc., leaders in the privatized Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, has awarded its highest honor to two radio amateurs from England. Ken Chattenton and Trevor Unsworth, who were the grass-roots group's first two volunteer Regional Coordinators, received the coveted Giordano Bruno Memorial Aw

Dan is a faculty member at University of California, Berkeley, in charge of coordinating SERENDIP. See for an overview of SERENDIP's mission. Does SERENDIP work hand-in-hand towards finding remote planets?

30 FOR S=0 TO R0 STEP R0/10000 40 R=sqr( R0*R0 + S*S ) 50 IF ( R-R0) < N*LA/2 THEN 70 60 PRINT N,S : N=N+1

50 FOR S=0 TO R0/2 STEP R0/10000 60 R= SQR(R0*R0+S*S) 70 IF (R-R0)< N*LA/2 THEN 100 80 PRINT N,S 90 S(N)= S : N=N+1 100 NEXT S: S(0)=LA

110 K= 2*PI/LA 120 FOR DG=0 TO 100 STEP .1 : TH=DG/57.325 130 N=1: CT=0 : ST=0 : GOSUB 1000 140 FOR N=3 TO 100 STEP 2 : PRINT N;" "; 150 IF S(N)=0 THEN 180 160 GOSUB 1000

160 GOSUB 1000 180 A= SQR( CT*CT+ST*ST) 190 PRINT DG, A 200 NEXT DG

1020 R= SQR( R0*R0+RD*RD) : P7=K*(R-R0) 1030 TS= LA / (RD*100) 1040 FOR AD=0 TO Pi STEP TS 1050 X=RD*COS(AD) : PH= K*X*SIN(TH) 1060 CT= CT+COS(P7-PH) : ST=ST+SIN(P7-PH) 1070 NEXT AD

1070 NEXT AD 1080 NEXT RD 1090 RETURN I originally thought because the thinner zones are further removed from the feedhorn, they would scatter the incident RF

If You're Out There, ET, Log On Send your questions to Ask Dr. SETI, PO Box 555, Little Ferry NJ 07643, or email to askdrseti@setileague.org. Remember, he's not a real doctor (but rather, a Ph.D., the kind who actually has to work for a living!). For health questions, consult a competent medical pro

by David Little (littled@clpgh.org) show, "The Search For Life In The Universe," which premiered at the Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium and Observatory, Pittsburgh PA, in January, 1999.

League (Volunteer Regional Coordinator for South Central US, as well as Chairman of its Legal Services Committee). Carver is attorney of record on over 120 patents issued in various technical categories over the last several years, and is the inventor of record of U.S. Patent No. 4,024,666.

League, Inc., leaders in the privatized Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, has awarded its highest honor to a leading proponent of Optical SETI (OSETI). Photonics engineer Dr. Stuart Kingsley, 51, director of the Columbus Optical SETI Observatory, today received the coveted Giordano Bruno Mem

Amateur Radio Association, which hosts the world's largest ham radio gathering, has honored Dr. H. Paul Shuch with its many years of teaching and leadership in microwave and space communications. Shuch, who holds amateur radio callsign N6TX, has served since its inception as executive

by Poul Anderson Member, SETI League Advisory Board Last spring, I had the pleasure of meeting with our executive director at the with extraterrestrial intelligence (CETI) and other possible interactions. That added to the enjoyment of what is always a great learning experience.

SETI League Software Committee Chairman SETIFox is a suite of four shareware programs for SETI data analysis and station control. The SETIFox programs operate in the Windows 95/98/NT/2000 environment, having the following capabilities: Configuration Utility - for configuring the SETIFox programs wit

Inc., nonprofit leaders in the search for life in space, has received a Small Equipment Grant from the American Astronomical Society, to help it construct a transmitter to bounce microwave signals off the surface of the moon. The project, titled "A Lunar Reflective Test Beacon for Radio Astronomy an

• Radio Telescope Calculations and Measurements (Edward R. Cole, AL7EB) • Optical SETI for Academics and Amateurs (Andrew • Thermal Cooling of a SETI Low-Noise Amplifier Using a Solid-State Peltier-Effect Cooling Device (C. Lee

"I tried all 3 frequencies 5:00 PM local Phoenix Friday for 30 minutes calling "CQ SETI" but no contact. Tried about five times Saturday until 5:00PM local, calling but no response, and did not hear any traffic." KB9PIP "Listened every hour or so on all three frequencies --condx really terrible here

It is quite possible that some other civilization is broadcasting a radio beacon or message in our direction. Radio telescopes are used to search for these artificial signals, and also to detect any inadvertent leakage from communications or radar. The traditional strategy for 40 years, radio SETI i

Innovation in the SETI field is highly appropriate for four major reasons. First, the history of scientific discoveries teaches us the value of widening the array of approaches and research methods. It is quite common for a breakthrough to result from a new, fresh, unorthodox strategy or research me

Optical and radio SETI are similar in that each uses telescopes to search for artificial signals from many light-years Instead of searching within the radio spectrum, however, optical SETI tries to detect pulsed lasers, infrared messages, or other artificial optical signals from many light-years awa

Before we can understand the third major SETI innovation, it is important to understand the likely nature of ETI. SETI is the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, but what are the major characteristics of this phenomenon that we are trying to Although we know almost nothing about the nature of

Let's conclude by exploring another potential innovation one that could be very useful but has not happened yet. This potential innovation is the introduction of unassailable research designs into the UFO field. Many researchers in the UFO field see themselves as similar to SETI researchers: they, t

Let us reflect for a moment on just how inspiring, awesome, and transcendent our SETI enterprise is. After all, we are trying to tap into the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of a deeply alien intelligence that is thousands or millions of years beyond us. In the SETI field we sometimes get wrapp

Subtitled "A Radio Amateur's Guide to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence," this delightful CD is packed with easy-to-read and informative history, hints, and how-tos on building and operating a microwave earth receiving station in

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By Prof. N. Chandra Wickramasinghe SETICon02 Banquet Presentation Viewed from space our planet Earth is an insignificant planet orbiting a quite ordinary star, the Sun. The sun in turn is one of some hundred billion similar stars that make up our Milky Way galaxy, and similar galaxies are to be foun

grassroots leader in the privatized Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, has awarded its highest technical honor to a prominent California radio amateur. Retired engineer James Brown of Del Mar, CA, also known by his amateur radio callsign W6KYP, has received the coveted Giordano Bruno Memoria

A supernova results from the explosion of a high-mass star after its hydrogen and helium fuels are used up, at the end of its lifetime. A supernova exploding within 50 ly of the Earth will have a catastrophic effect. The 1040 J of energy produced in the first few days bathes the earth in a total amo

Gamma-ray bursters (GRB) are a recently discovered phenomenon, in which some 1045 J of energy are released in a few seconds. The ones that have been observed on earth appear to be distributed uniformly across the observable Universe. Their power is such that we are able to detect GRB right up to the

I assume that stars like our Sun have been forming since the formation of the Galaxy some 10 Gyr ago. Observed changes in metallicity since then are not sufficient to alter this simple assumption significantly. Our Sun is now about 5 Gyr old, and has an expected total lifetime of 10 Gyr.

Conventional models imply that supernovae and gammaray-bursters will extinguish life on planets at intervals of about 200 Myr. Since this has not happened on Earth, either these conventional models are wrong, or else life on Earth is probably unique in the Galaxy. The first case predicts a median ag

The geological and biological record shows a series of mass extinctions of life on Earth. The most famous is that at the Cretaceous-Tertiary (KT) boundary, which was almost certainly caused by an asteroid hitting the earth about 65 Myr ago. The KT mass extinction wiped out the dinosaurs, and paved t

I have identified two causes that should wipe out essentially all life on Earth roughly every 200 Myr, and yet we are here. Two possible explanations are: • The calculation of either the timescales or the severity of the effects is erroneous, or • We have been very lucky! In the first case, simply m

League, Inc., grassroots leader in the privatized Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, has received both a unique piece of electronics equipment and a substantial cash contribution, in an unusual charity auction sponsored by a leading manufacturer of electronics test equipment. Bird ® Electron

League, nonprofit leaders in the privatized Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, is pleased to confirm that on Jan. 21, 2006 at 2142 UTC, its volunteer Regional Coordinator for Alaska, ham radio operator Ed Cole (licensed with the amateur radio callsign KL7UW), made two-way first contact with a

Call to Order The meeting was convened at 1306 hours EDT, in the Library at SETI League Headquarters, Little Ferry NJ, by Executive Director Emeritus Dr. H. Paul Shuch. Five SETI League members in good standing present. Our Bylaws requiring one percent of the current membership to be in attendance f

Roll them back to twenty five, I say, roll them back to twenty five. For them no sleep, we have to keep both Sarah and Don alive. Rollback reliability leaves a lot to be desired. The result achieved with Don and Sarah is not what was required. With one made young and the other old (I won't tell whic

by Kathryn Denning and Elisabeth Piotelat In planning for an upcoming SETI conference in Paris, members of the International Academy of Astronautics have recently sought sponsorship and sanction from UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation. The logical question

MYSTERY SIGNAL ON AN FFT-DSP WATERFALL DISPLAY From the earliest days of SETI science, it has been suggested that interstellar communications between diverse species might well be facilitated by the transmission of pictograms. It was my desire to see these pictograms for myself that motivated my

ROBERT STEPHENS' AREA 31 RADIO OBSERVATORY IN THE DRIFT-SCAN DILEMMA The Anik terminal being used by Stephens operates in meridian transit, or drift-scan, mode. That is, the declination being observed is set by an elevation rotor, the antenna is aligned with a meridian of

Stephens related to me that, beginning on 1 April and continuing for some weeks thereafter, the waterfall display revealed glyphs of apparently intelligent origin, emerging from out of a visual background of random noise with varying signal-tonoise ratio. The patterns he observed were described as c

In early May of 2012, I traveled to Stephens' Area 31 Radio Observatory north of Toronto, to observe for myself the phenomenon in question. Stephens was quite hospitable, and I found his facility to be well equipped and professionally operated and maintained. The pictograms which he had described we

EXPERIMENT TO ISOLATE THE ANTENNA INPUT FROM THE RECEIVER CIRCUITRY To determine whether the artifacts in question were actually coming through the antenna, I devised an experiment to isolate the receiver from its antenna-mounted front end. The coaxial cable connecting the antenna-mounted low-noise

It is widely documented and well established that the human eye-brain combination is especially well adapted to pattern recognition - in fact, such a skill has remarkable survival value for predator and prey alike. The scientific record is replete with exPage 4

Confronted with clear evidence that the phenomenon being observed was not a conventional radio astronomy detection, Mr. Stephens hypothesized that he was observing communications from an extraterrestrial civilization beamed somehow directly into his computer, through a mechanism unknown to humankind

In the present case, I must give serious consideration to the hypothesis that Mr. Stephens is seeing glyphs and patterns in random noise, precisely because that is what he fervently wishes to see. In fact, in addition to alphanumeric and mathematical

Why do we seek distant intelligence, even in the face of repeated failure? Is SETI just an extension of normal science? I suggested in 1993 that we search for communicating civilizations in the hope that contact with intelligent others will introduce new and hopefully positive factors into human aff

That brings me to the debate about Active SETI, also known as Messaging to Extraterrestrial Intelligence. METI advocates wish to send unusually powerful targeted signals to alert other technological civilizations to our existence in the hope of stimulating a response. It is easy to understand the fr

The discovery of planets in orbit around other stars is changing the game. We should recall that some asPage 5 SearchLites Volume 21, Number 4 -- Autumn 2015 tronomers had been skeptical, even dismissive, of the idea that such planets existed. Finding many extrasolar

Detecting a habitable world, or extraterrestrial life, could inspire greater optimism about finding ETI by making the existence of alien intelligence seem more probable. Could studies of extrasolar planets reveal evidence of a technological civilization? Some suggest that evidence of certain chemica

There is another idea implicit in finding and characterizing distant worlds: some might be seen as future homes for our descendants. The theme of human expansion, so prominent in spaceflight literature, may be revived. As Paul Gilster put it, finding a habitable world within twenty light years, coup

What nation, or which people, will lead this effort? In the near term, the United States will remain the biggest player in space, with the world's largest and most diverse programs. But American elites lack consensus about where to go, or when. They are turning away from shared visionary goals that

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