[RFI] SETI

[JW]

BTW, the "US Naval Space Fence" was a) xferred to Air Force control and then b) defunded and is no longer operational as of Sept 2013 (sad to say) ...
Jim WB5WPA

      From: transistor <transistor at charter.net>
 To: "rfi at contesting.com" <rfi at contesting.com> 
 Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:59 AM
 Subject: [RFI] SETI
   
The book Earth As a Distant Planet talks about this, too.  Two things jumped out at me.

It states the U.S. Naval Space Surveillance radar (the picket fence radar located in the Midwest) would be detectable now at 60 light years distance, with an Arecibo type antenna.  

There is also an estimate that the Starfish atomic test from the early '60's could be detected in X-ray emissions out 400 AU.  I haven't done the math but 400 AU is probably not all that far in light years.

Of all the comments on this topic so far, Mr. Haas' have been the best.

Scott

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