Q&A about the ATA shutdown.

The Einstein@home data is of a different type than we require. Rather than raw receiver voltage measurements, they do their processing on low frequency-resolution power spectra. That is good for a pulsar search, but wouldn't work for a narrow band signal search. The data they use was recorded for a standard pulsar search, but they are using it to search for pulsars with accelerations due to tight orbits. It's a very good use of the data.

BTW, we're on very good terms with Bruce Allen and Jim Cordes, so if we had a use for that data, I have no doubt they'd give it to us. In fact, we're sharing the SERENDIP V.v data with Jim and his grad student Laura Spitler. We're both sharing code and developing our own, just to make sure we don't miss anything.
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A good point and a very relevant one...the analysis resources could be pooled, which would keep us 'crunchers' very happy and, of course, the now 'sleeping' ATA would get the analysis done for an incredibly small cost. Oh, Angela, when does "lurking", become stalking? lol

I bucked up for the individual Team SETI membership after hearing about this. It's a small donation, but every bit helps I suppose.

I bucked up for the individual Team SETI membership after hearing about this. It's a small donation, but every bit helps I suppose.

Thanks! We do appreciate all donations.
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As Dr Eric Korpela will already be aware, I managed to get a letter printed in todays UK Daily Mail (May 5) reminding people that whilst it is true that the Allen Telescope Array is being mothballed, Seti@Home is continuing the search with data from the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico.

Every little helps ;-)

The Green Bank data is sure to happen...

Awesome! Thanks!

As Dr Eric Korpela will already be aware, I managed to get a letter printed in todays UK Daily Mail (May 5) reminding people that whilst it is true that the Allen Telescope Array is being mothballed, Seti@Home is continuing the search with data from the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico.

Every little helps ;-)

The Green Bank data is sure to happen...

I guess there's no timeframe yet, but it's good to know it's still planned.

Thanks Iona. Yep, the Mail is what it is, but I'm pleased that they acceded to my request to put the record straight :-))

Well done, Chris. As a fellow participant, I thank you.

run some tests to find what, if any, changes to the S@H application are needed.

Most likely it would be either a "7.5" or we would add it as a separate app if it to difficult to have a unified application.
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Good news.

1) Take all the notes you been putting in the thread and make a future directions page out of them

2) I'd think the major changes might be on the science database side of the house. I just suppose ET might transmit on the 1.4GHz band on evan years and the 800 MHz band on odd years. Marrying the data is a requirement and think about any future possible data sources when you do that, so it only has to be done once.

3) If there are big changes needed to the crunch side, also think about possible future data streams.
[edit]Even if that data source is say an optical search
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Andrew Siemion with help from early AstroPulse author Paul Demorest (now at NRAO Green Bank) just finished the software modification necessary for the GUPPI instrument there to write 4 bit/complex sample data at 800 MHz. Data collection will start very soon. As soon as we enter some info into the scheduling software. We're excited!

Now it's time to get started on writing a splitter to put that data in something that S@H can handle and run some tests to find what, if any, changes to the S@H application are needed. I'm pointing my finger at Andrew, but thinking that I'll have to do a lot of the header fixup code.