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astroman3007 karma

Wow. That's actually not as bad as I thought it might be. Wikipedia says Arecibo is capable of much more than that, so maybe you guys will find something after all. Good luck.

BTW, I read "Confessions of an Alien Hunter" and I loved it. Thanks.

astroman3005 karma

The ATA has started looking at Kepler planets for artificial radio signals. Given that the majority of Kepler planets are thousands of light years from Earth, how powerful would a radio transmission have to be to be detected by the ATA in its current 42 dish configuration?