Subj : Re: SETI
To   : Avon
From : SetiOp
Date : Tue Feb 13 2024 11:43:28

 Av> I'm interested and curious to understand what you use and also how you
 Av> can hook it into your BBS.  Perhaps we can start a mini SETI endeavor
 Av> across some fellow BBS? :)

I am in the middle of rebuilding my system as we had some renovations going on at the house here. I started with a ten foot (three metre) satellite dish and I ran digital signal processing on the audio looking for narrow-band signals. The data was fed to a database where I could pull statistics and send commands to control the movement of the dish. I also had an automated mode where the system would determine which stars were in view and it could change position automatically. Right now I have a relatively small dish set up, but I will be putting a larger dish up again in the spring. The biggest stumbling block will be bandwidth requirements if distributing "work units". However, it would be easy enough to send commands via Echomail to tell my dish to change frequency and run a scan and have it auto-reply with the results. This would take some time to implement but it would be fun to design and build! I'd be willing to make my system available for such a project.

Scott


Scott Carter, VE3CGN aka SetiOp 
Alien Signals BBS * Radio Astronomy and SETI
Ontario, CANADA 

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