>>>> Part 2 of 2...
 > Moonbounce, and point-to-point communication.  The 6 Meter, (50-54
 > MHz), band, is borderline: it is generally local, however when
 > conditions are right, it can be used for worldwide contacts.
This can be said for ANY frequency, but only a few are used on a regular
basis. The best radio propagation occurs between 500 kc - 30mhz. The
higher frequencies are not as conducive to "skip" propagation.
 > (You are reading a message from an Extra-class Ham - the highest
 > Ham
 > license issued by the FCC - a level that fewer than 10% of all
 > Hams ever
 > attain, and while I, like you, can only speculate about UFOs and
 > ETs, but
 > when I speak of Ham Radio, (or electronic communications in
 > general, since
 > I earned a Radiotelephone 1st class license over 30 years ago, and
 > have
 > worked for several AM, FM and TV stations, including as Chief
 > Engineer of
 > one), I know whereas I speak!)
La de da!  O;-) ...And your taglines are STILL too long, Ms 1st. class
ham. ...But you wore me out the last time, so don't comment.
 >    :-}
Thanks for reminding me we are off-topic. Go stand in the corner.
 >  JS> Just a simple, "Hello, out there!" might take a thousand years to get
 >  JS> any kind of reply. ...And that is about all we dare to hope for.
 > ...Or less than 5 years if it's one of our "neighbors."
 >  JS> How far into space can a radio telescope transmit to a similar setup
 >  JS> on a distant alien world? Could a radio signal even travel 1 light
 >  JS> year? ...Yet alone a thousand, or 10,000, or one million light years
 >  JS> that may be needed.
 > As long as the receiving equipment is sensitive enough, there is
 > NO LIMIT
 > to how far a light - or radio - signal can be received!
I would think the further into space a signal penetrates, the more
dispersed it becomes. There must be a limit somewhere!
 >  JS> I'll tell you a secret feeling of mine, Troy... Sometimes I lose my
 >  JS> optimism altogether! The grand design of the universe seems to keep
 >  JS> us separated from our sentient neighbors at just the distance 
equired
 >  JS> to prevent communications.
 > Sorry, Jack, but our current technology _CAN_ communicate over
 > multi-light-year distances!  The only problem is how long it takes
 > for
 > light, (or radio waves), to reach the destination.
There has to be a limit, in my opinion.
 >  JS> So, now we have our UFOs... They must be from another world, because
 >  JS> we don't have anything like them, right?
 > Wrong, though IMO that's the more likely of several theories,
 > especially
 > after talking personally to several contactees/abductees I have
 > known.
Aha! ...But now you are getting away from the factual, probable and
even the willing to accept, and have joined the ranks of the
speculative folks (like me).
 >  JS> Small wonder that skeptics dare ask, "OK, then how did they get 
ere?"
 >  JS> "Um, er, well, you see, it's like this..."
 > Simple.  Their technology has discovered things that ours
 > hasn't... yet.
More speculation.
 >  JS> The imagination of mankind needs no skimpy boundries like light speed
 >  JS> or worm-holes, or warp-9, or FTL to get from one place to another.
 >  JS> ...But even our own Captain Kirk had enough sense to confine his
 >  JS> travels to just our own Milky Way galaxy.
 > No worm-holes?  How about DS-9?   :-]
I knew it... You have crossed over the line.
 > But then, one is always free to dream!   :-}
 >  JS> EARTH TO JACK! ...Ok, already! I'm baaack!
 > Sittin' right here waitin' for ya.   :->
 > Catch you later... Keep l00king up!
 >    Ivy
Nice discussion!  
Regards,
Jack
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