Would you contact us after hearing (seeing?) our radio and TV broadcasts?... hmmm
Interesting stuff Greg S. ---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 09:13:59 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] '100 percent' chance for life on > newlyfoundplanet? > > you are forgetting the first commercial radio stations. WJR which was WCX > began broadcasting in 1922 . Thats about 88 light years of radio signals from > Detroit. I wonder what they would think of us hearing music and shows like > "the lone ranger" and "flash gordon" . If there is anyone out there. Cheers > Steve > > On Wed Oct 6th, 2010 6:11 PM EDT Sterling K. Webb wrote: > > >We have already sent them "I Love Lucy," just > >by broadcasting it from October 15, 1951 to > >May 6, 1957. In the Fifties, the radio brightness > >of the Earth was about 700 times greater than > >our Sun's radio brightness. A bright radio source > >in orbit about a G-class star is like firing up a > >beacon for everyone within 50 lightyears, one > >that screams "Yoo-Hoo!" > > > >There are about 2000 stars (in 1400 star systems) > >within 50 lightyears of us, all of whom have gotten > >all the episodes of "I Love Lucy" by now. About 133 > >of these stars are similar to our Sun. Here's a map > >of our Neighborhood: > >http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/50lys.html > >and Gliese 581 isn't bright enough to make the > >cut; it's not on the map. Nobody cares about red > >dwarves... > > > >There are 33 stars with 12.5 lightyears of us. > >http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/12lys.html > >Most of those stars could have sent us a message > >after they watched the first episode of "Gunsmoke" > >and we would have had the message before the show > >went off the air. > > > >An alien civilization fascinated by "Soul Train" > >(and who isn't?) could have watched the first few > >years of the show and sent us a message we'd have > >by now out to 20-22 lightyears. > > > >Maybe we won't hear from them until they find > >out their favorite show was cancelled? Or maybe > >they're satisfied to just watch the re-runs of > >"Star Trek"? > > > > > >Sterling K. Webb > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >----- Original Message ----- From: > >To: > >Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 4:29 PM > >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] '100 percent' chance for life on > >newlyfoundplanet? > > > > > >> > >> > >>>> Ok then - how about a Radio Transmission. I would assume we are doing > >> this. What would we send?<< > >> > >> How about all the re-runs of I Love Lucy? > >> GeoZay > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> Visit the Archives at > >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > >> Meteorite-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at > >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > >Meteorite-list mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
