John wrote:
[...]

You are now moving over to the SETI-Enhanced, and BOINC does and auto
download of the software. This is not mandatory at the moment but will
become so soon.

At the moment, there is a mix of s@h WUs and s@h-enhanced WUs being sent
out. The first s@h-enhanced WU that you download will trigger the
automatic download of the new files needed for s@h-enhanced processing.

Its all random as to when you might get a s@h-enhanced WU.

The new Enhanced WU is doing additional science, and the sensitivity is
about 2 magnitudes higher than the existing 4.18 WU.

Wow! I wish it was indeed _that_ good an improvement!!!

It is however just x2 (approximately) the sensitivity of the existing
standard s@h client. This gives about a x6 increase in the /volume/ of
space around Earth that we are searching for a detectable signal.

(We'll have to wait a while yet for a x100 gain!)

Further details here:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_plans.php

There was a comment in there previously about the extra sensitivity
gained when ALFA comes into use. Combined with the extra sensitivity of
the s@h-enhanced search, we will then get a very much greater volume of
space searched.

The change over is being done gradually and the splitters (6 off) are
slowly being switched over as demand rises. Soon there will be no 4.18
WU to download!

Keep searchin',

Regards,
Martin

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