[opendtv] Re: 47 year old television signals bouncing back to earth
- From: Olivier Houot <olho_avatar_i@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:53:22 +0100
> I wonder if someone has computed the distance in space an analog TV
> signal can travel and still be decodable (making reasonable
> assumptions
> for the size of the receiving Antenna, or just using Arecibo's
> diameter).
>
Well of course, someone has, silly me. Here's one interesting link:
www.lscheffer.com/tv.pdf
It says an arecibo-like receiver would not even extend the reach of TV
broadcasts beyond the solar system limits, but suggests some interesting
improvements, should alien engineers care.
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