I agree - I think it's an April Fool - didn't they quote a 4.2 Gw power
output? Seems mighty high.
Cheers
Adrian W Kingsley-Hughes
Argus Station (currently under construction) IO73vf95
VOLCOR:Cymru/Wales
http://www.dolwar.demon.co.uk/seti
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-seti@lists.sni.net [mailto:owner-seti@lists.sni.net]On
> Behalf Of Daniel Boyd Fox
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 3:05 PM
> To: SETI League
> Subject: Re: SETI The Extracom Project
>
>
>
> If we are going to transmit, we should transmit a signal that
> speaks for
> all mankind rather than a signal that speaks for whatever
> small group that
> sets up a transmitter. If we are going to announce ourselves to the
> cosmos, we should at least try and make a good impression. Given
> communication times, a mistaken first impression is going to
> take millenia
> to correct.
>
> Also, given the timing of this announcement, its design, and lack of
> contact information, I kind of suspect an april fools joke.
>
> 73,
> Daniel Fox
> KF9ET
>
>