I tried to follow somehow a protocol to ask the permission or at least to
advise those who should be responsible. Yesterday, Is end this email:
>opies of this document has been send to:
>
>The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
>The International Telecommunication Union
>The Committee on Space Research of the International Council of Scientific
Unions
>The International Academy of Astronautics
>Commission 51 of the International Astronomical Union
>Commission J of the International Radio Science Union
>International Council for Science
>Inter-Union Commission on Frequency Allocation for Radio Astronomy & Space
Science
>
>Recalling the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the
>Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial
Bodies,
>which commits States Parties to that Treaty "to inform the Secretary
General of the
>United Nations as well as the public and the international scientific
community,
>to the greatest extent feasible and practicable, of the nature, conduct,
locations
>and results" of their space exploration activities (Article XI), we advise
you about
>experiment of ACTIVE SETI in which we are involve.
>
>This project is called Encounter 2001. Among many thing, this commercial
venture
>propose to send a message to extra-terrestrial civilisation. To do so,
they will
>use the transmitter (5 GHz, 150 kW) of the Evpatoria antenna (70 m) in
Ukraine.
>The equivalent isotropic power of this transmitter is about 2x10^12 W,
which is about
>100 000 stronger than an ordinary TV transmitter.
>
>The signal will be broadcast in the direction of four nearby (between 50
and 70 lyr)
>sun-like star near the galactic plane in a region of the sky where the
interstellar
>scintillation will be minimised. For each star, a binary signal (200 Hz, FM)
>will transmit a message providing basic information about the humanity and
inviting
>for a reply. We design this part of the message to be easily undertandable
and also
>to be resistant to the degradation of the signal induce by the noise of
this part
>of the message. This preamble will be repeated three time over three hours
and will
>be followed by a serie of greatings from the general public. We are still
improving
>the preambule, we will send you a copie of this part of the message as
soon as we
>finish it.
>
>Be insure of our collaboration,
>
>Yvan Dutil (418) 844-4000 ex: 4319
>and
>Stephane Dumas (418) 844-4000 ex: 4309
>Defence Research Establishment Valcartier*
>Valcartier, Québec, Canada
>
>*Defence Reasearch Establishment Valcartier is not involve in this project.