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Re:The "Wow!" signal was likely from extraterrestrial source... by anikom15 on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @04:49PM (#45045061)
What handheld electronic devices existed in 1977? A flashlight would have been incandescent.
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Re:The "Wow!" signal was likely from extraterrestrial source... by dghlsakjg on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @07:38PM (#45046625)
Handheld radios (walkie talkie) predate that by at least a decade.

They probably were mostly operating around 30 mhz in the CB band or 120-150 in the Ham or aircraft bands in that era, but harmonics are a thing

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Re:The "Wow!" signal was likely from extraterrestrial source... by pyman on Thursday August 28, 2025 @06:04AM (#45050357)
Or the government was planning to cut funding, and to stop that from happening someone deliberately created the interference.

Statistically speaking, that's more likely than aliens going extinct after sending one single message.

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