In article <3F29D0D5.21104BA7@alcyone.com>,
Erik Max Francis  <max@alcyone.com> wrote:

Logically, you should then broadcast constantly to all even remotely
promising stars nearby, just in case one even starts listening for a
moment.

I'm slightly surprised that people aren't doing that already; or is
it not reasonable to detect at a couple of parsecs out a signal beamed
with a three-kilowatt signal from an antenna costing $5000 (figures picked
to make it just about realistic as a hobby for a merely reasonably
wealthy radio amateur - 3kW is about $3000 a year at the price I pay for
electricity, and I thought radio transmitters were pretty efficient).

I can't figure out on the Net what kind of directional antenna you get
for $5000.

Or will the FCC shut you down if you try?

Tom