Hello All,

I run a private SETI station using a radio telescope that I have built. I am curious if there is anyone else interested in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence? I will be interfacing my radio telescope to my BBS so that it can be operated remotely and users can view the status.

SetiOp
Alien Signals BBS

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I just ordered a telephone line for my BBS dialup which I am excited

Wow, can you still do that these days? I'm not sure I can get a POTS
line here now, it's all VOIP these days :(

Yes, it was a bit of a challenge but I managed to get a POTS line ordered. Twice the price as a VoIP line for some reason so I have the line with no features, just dial tone (all I really need anyways). It was interesting talking to the helpdesks as some of the support agents didn't know what I was talking about, I guess because they never had a phone mounted to a wall before. LOL

Scott


Scott Carter, VE3CGN aka SetiOp
Alien Signals BBS * Radio Astronomy and SETI
Ontario, CANADA

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Cool idea. You should put your board info in your signature with that little golden nugget. So when I get free time I can come view it.

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On 11 Feb 2024, SetiOp said the following...

I run a private SETI station using a radio telescope that I have built.
I am curious if there is anyone else interested in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence? I will be interfacing my radio telescope to my BBS so that it can be operated remotely and users can view the status.

Hey SetiOp

I have two interests in your project - the search and then secondly how you did the technology including BBS interfacing.

The control part intrigues me.

73

Steve
K9ZW

(Definitely a Terrestial Based Signal source!!)

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I run a private SETI station using a radio telescope that I have built.
I am curious if there is anyone else interested in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence? I will be interfacing my radio telescope to my BBS so that it can be operated remotely and users can view the status.

Sounds fun. I'm one of OLD seti@home before they shut it down. Decades of data using (BOINC).

--
Timothy Norris aka SirRonmit
admin@f4fbbs.com
bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 or :62323

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Sounds fun. I'm one of OLD seti@home before they shut it down. Decades

Yeah, they did an awesome job with that project! After all of those years it was difficult to see it shut down. :(

Scott

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On 11 Feb 2024 at 04:16p, SetiOp pondered and said...

I run a private SETI station using a radio telescope that I have built.
I am curious if there is anyone else interested in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence? I will be interfacing my radio telescope to my BBS so that it can be operated remotely and users can view the status.

I'm interested and curious to understand what you use and also how you can hook it into your BBS. Perhaps we can start a mini SETI endeavor across some fellow BBS? :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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On 11 Feb 24 16:16:07 SetiOp wrote...

Hello All,

I run a private SETI station using a radio telescope that I have
built. I am curious if there is anyone else interested in the Search
for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence? I will be interfacing my radio telescope to my BBS so that it can be operated remotely and users can
view the status.

SetiOp Alien Signals BBS

... A Meteor is an example of a rock star.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Raspberry Pi/32) * Origin: Alien Signals
BBS (21:1/105)

To which Darklord replies...

Way back in the day, I used to run the SETI software on all of my Linux
boxes. I've not done that in a very long time. I've pretty much reached
the point where I doubt there's any intelligent life out there...but of
course, I could be wrong. :)



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I'm interested and curious to understand what you use and also how you
can hook it into your BBS. Perhaps we can start a mini SETI endeavor across some fellow BBS? :)

I am in the middle of rebuilding my system as we had some renovations going on at the house here. I started with a ten foot (three metre) satellite dish and I ran digital signal processing on the audio looking for narrow-band signals. The data was fed to a database where I could pull statistics and send commands to control the movement of the dish. I also had an automated mode where the system would determine which stars were in view and it could change position automatically. Right now I have a relatively small dish set up, but I will be putting a larger dish up again in the spring. The biggest stumbling block will be bandwidth requirements if distributing "work units". However, it would be easy enough to send commands via Echomail to tell my dish to change frequency and run a scan and have it auto-reply with the results. This would take some time to implement but it would be fun to design and build! I'd be willing to make my system available for such a project.

Scott


Scott Carter, VE3CGN aka SetiOp
Alien Signals BBS * Radio Astronomy and SETI
Ontario, CANADA

... Reward for a job well done: More work

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Way back in the day, I used to run the SETI software on all of my Linux boxes. I've not done that in a very long time. I've pretty much reached the point where I doubt there's any intelligent life out there...but of course, I could be wrong. :)

Yes, SETI at Home was a cool project but unfortunately they discontinued running the servers a while back. I really don't expect to find a signal, but I enjoy the technical challenges associated with the search. I have have been working on my radio telescope project for about six years now and am just going through yet another redesign of the system. It is in a constant state of development. :)

Scott


Scott Carter, VE3CGN aka SetiOp
Alien Signals BBS * Radio Astronomy and SETI
Ontario, CANADA

... A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere

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I have two interests in your project - the search and then secondly how you did the technology including BBS interfacing.

Hello! The software I was using to analyze the signals wasn't ideal, so there is an effort underway to make a more modern version of Digital Signal Processing using Python. In order to interface with my BBS, I used a combination of Python and Java to send control messages to a database queue. I could then process the queue to move the dish or run scans. I am currently redesigning my system and am considering options for new ways to control my dish remotely.

73
Scott


Scott Carter, VE3CGN aka SetiOp
Alien Signals BBS * Radio Astronomy and SETI
Ontario, CANADA

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To which Darklord replies...

Way back in the day, I used to run the SETI software on all of my
Linux boxes. I've not done that in a very long time. I've pretty much reached the point where I doubt there's any intelligent life out there...but of course, I could be wrong. :)

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To which Bf2K+ replies...

There's certainly none on this planet...

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On 17 Feb 24 02:03:50 Atari8Guy wrote...

To which Atari8Guy replies...

Well the certainly isn't any down here.

To which Darklord replies...

Well, it's certainly hard to argue with that... :)



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On 13 Feb 24 23:26:22 Bf2K+ wrote...

To which Bf2K+ replies...

There's certainly none on this planet...

To which Darklord replies...

I swear, I started to put that in my message... Glad someone else used
it. Now we just need to wait for someone to drop in the Star Trek/Kirk
"Beam me up..." part! :)


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On 13 Feb 2024 at 04:43p, SetiOp pondered and said...

I am in the middle of rebuilding my system as we had some renovations going on at the house here. I started with a ten foot (three metre)

sounds full on Scott :)

up again in the spring. The biggest stumbling block will be bandwidth requirements if distributing "work units". However, it would be easy enough to send commands via Echomail to tell my dish to change frequency and run a scan and have it auto-reply with the results. This would take some time to implement but it would be fun to design and build! I'd be willing to make my system available for such a project.

I don't really know anything about how it all works, best I get onto a website to read up some more to understand things further. Where is the best place to start?

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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On 13 Feb 24 16:13:04 Darklord wrote...

On 11 Feb 24 16:16:07 SetiOp wrote...

Hello All,

I run a private SETI station using a radio telescope that I have
built. I am curious if there is anyone else interested in the
Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence? I will be interfacing
my radio telescope to my BBS so that it can be operated remotely
and users can view the status.

SetiOp Alien Signals BBS

... A Meteor is an example of a rock star.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Raspberry Pi/32) * Origin: Alien
Signals BBS (21:1/105)

To which Darklord replies...

Way back in the day, I used to run the SETI software on all of my
Linux boxes. I've not done that in a very long time. I've pretty much reached the point where I doubt there's any intelligent life out there...but of course, I could be wrong. :)

/\
Dark><Lord
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To which Atari8Guy replies...

Well the certainly isn't any down here.

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Hello! You can check out my stuff at http://www.setidata.ca/ or join the "Trillium Amateur Radio Observatory" Facebook group. I am the Special Projects Coordinator for SETI League. Their main website is http://www.setileage.org/ and the Canadian website will have more info once I get the chance to build the site at http://www.setileague.ca/ Thanks for your interest!

I just ordered a telephone line for my BBS dialup which I am excited about as well, and I am hopefully adding Fidonet to the board this weekend. Some time I need to get the ANSI editor out and customize the board too. I am looking forward to setting up a unique experience for the BBS.

Scott


Scott Carter, VE3CGN aka SetiOp
Alien Signals BBS * Radio Astronomy and SETI
Ontario, CANADA

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On 17 Feb 2024 at 08:56a, SetiOp pondered and said...

Hello! You can check out my stuff at http://www.setidata.ca/ or join the "Trillium Amateur Radio Observatory" Facebook group. I am the Special Projects Coordinator for SETI League. Their main website is http://www.setileage.org/ and the Canadian website will have more info once I get the chance to build the site at http://www.setileague.ca/ Thanks for your interest!

thanks Scott :) I'll take a look tonight :)

I just ordered a telephone line for my BBS dialup which I am excited
about as well, and I am hopefully adding Fidonet to the board this weekend. Some time I need to get the ANSI editor out and customize the board too. I am looking forward to setting up a unique experience for
the BBS.

Wow, can you still do that these days? I'm not sure I can get a POTS line here now, it's all VOIP these days :(

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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I run a private SETI station using a radio telescope that I
have built. I am curious if there is anyone else interested
in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence? I will be interfacing my radio telescope to my BBS so that it can be
operated remotely and users can view the status.

To which Darklord replies...

Way back in the day, I used to run the SETI software on all of my
Linux boxes. I've not done that in a very long time. I've pretty
much reached the point where I doubt there's any intelligent life
out there...but of course, I could be wrong. :)

To which Atari8Guy replies...

Well the certainly isn't any down here.

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Maybe we need to jump-start a SETI/ATARI project?

After all, if the Aliens are responding to our signals, they're likely responding to our retro transmissions of long ago!
:)

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