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They look for narrow-band transmissions because no other known astrophysical process generates them.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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You know that it can emit narrow-band EM signals, and that is all you know.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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Our own radio stations broadcast continuous narrow-band signals, that is, radio waves tuned to a sharply-defined frequency.
Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010
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Of what use could any narrow-band signal not known to be generated by astrophysical processes be in determining whether "intelligent life" (whatever that means) generated it?
Bunny and a Book 2008
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The late Carl Sagan, a charismatic champion of searching for extraterrestrial signals in the 1980s, envisaged an advanced alien civilization deliberately beaming narrow-band radio messages at Earth to attract our attention.
Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010
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Our own radio stations broadcast continuous narrow-band signals, that is, radio waves tuned to a sharply-defined frequency.
Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010
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The late Carl Sagan, a charismatic champion of searching for extraterrestrial signals in the 1980s, envisaged an advanced alien civilization deliberately beaming narrow-band radio messages at Earth to attract our attention.
Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010
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Our own radio stations broadcast continuous narrow-band signals, that is, radio waves tuned to a sharply-defined frequency.
Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010
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The late Carl Sagan, a charismatic champion of searching for extraterrestrial signals in the 1980s, envisaged an advanced alien civilization deliberately beaming narrow-band radio messages at Earth to attract our attention.
Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010
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For a narrow-band antenna, the type used in cell phones, this loading sometimes might "kill" it completely, according to Webb.
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