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From: Terry Blanton <commengr@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 08:48:23 -0400
Fwd Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 17:26:08 -0400
Subject: Re: SETI at Home


>Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 07:54:07 -0500
>From: Donnie W. Shevlin <dshevlin@primary.net>
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>Subject: Re: SETI at Home

<snip>

>What is a good indicator that you have detected a signal?

The first prime indicator will be a rather large signal level.
This is the fourth item down on "Data Analysis".  My computer
has finished 4 blocks of data and the noise range seems to be
from about 110 to 180.  A good signal would be much larger than
this.  Of course, that does not mean you found ET.  It could be
Entertainment Tonight, or some other terrestrial signal.  :-)

Another indication would be that you would see a "bump" instead
of all the small spikes in the frequency domain (that's the
horizontal axis).  Noise consists of very narrow bits of energy.
These are the "rectangles" that the graphics program is building
on your screen. A good signal will have a lot of large
"rectangles" side-by-side.

Happy Hunting!

Terry