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Mac addict (despite - alas - higher price) from Original to G3. Can't afford G4's so will probably convert.
Amateur radio in the distant past (1962-'74 - ish), but no more.
Used to work at Digital Equipment Corp, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 1977-92.
Inventor now and again.
Trying to get back into number crunching to give this old boat anchor something to do between Google searches.
Would like to hear from ex-Dec cohorts.
Regards, and keep your electronic ears open!
Woody |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1. To give my old boat anchor(s) something semi-sensible to run. Especially other BOINC projects.
2. Someday ....
3. a. Get a lower noise receiver.
b. Include lightning noise protection (it's available and cheap, at least if you build your own:
have you ever heard of a radar t/r tube, boys and girls? There are other things. Please feel
free to ask.
4. Why not vlbi? If the Chinese can put 1000 tv antennas in a multi-mile wide array to listen to The Big Bang, why can't we put 1000 Vermont State Flowers (6 foot old style TV satellite dishes) to work, across the US or North America at least?
The biggest problem I can think of is (are)
- local oscillator synchronization (partial answer: use color subcarrier signals from local tv stations, which are based on network atomic clocks; needs stable short-term oscillator to take out phase jumps, but it works)
- mass-producing converters to replace what's in the old satellite dishes. Somebody out there could probably recycle the old receiver/converters, for a per-user donation of about $100. Much less than a new tv set or a years worth of dvd rentals.
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