MILLIMETER WAVE SETI SEARCH

November 1, 2006: 23:00UTC

Interesting photos are in this page.

October 31, 2006

The equipment has been setup and tested. I will be using the 12 telescope which will feed a Yaesu VR-5000 receiver tuned to 1.5GHz, SSB mode, which in turn will feed the sound input of my Macintosh Powerbook storing the audio data on the hard disk.

As backup, I will be using an Alinco DJ-X10T receiver, also tuned to 1.5GHz, USB, connected to the Macintosh laptop.

Finally, a Windows XP laptop (an eMachines laptop) will be available as backup storage system.

Due to bandwidth restrictions(there is only a limited T-1 line [1MB/s] on site), there will be no live webcast of the event from the mountain. The live data files will be available however.

The entire event will be followed on this webpage. Check back often.

The frequency list. The frequencies used will be from this list:

FrequencyTransition       Strength [Tr/Ta]Natural source name

115271.204CO                     60                OriMC-1

128458.888SiO                    83.e                OriMC-1

171275.166SiO                    87.e                X-Cyg

130268.722                        173.f                IRC+10216

163376.759SiS                   283.f                IRC+10216

165144.642SO2                 196.f                OriMC-1

165225.436SO2                 288.f                OriMC-1

170070.310SiO                    40                Vy CMA

173688.254SiO                    65.e                OriMC-1

177238.710HCN                  80                IRC+10216

.e refers to Integrated intensity,  Tav, in K km s-1.

.f refers to flux units (fu). 1 fu = 10-26 Wm-2 Hz-1 = Jansky (Jy).

Strength is normally given in Antenna Temperature.