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Old 28th October 2021, 06:09
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Originally Posted by BobClay View Post
That reminds me a little bit of this thing. Used by Penzias and Wilson to listen to the beginnings of the Universe via radio. At one time they thought that the hiss they were hearing was caused by pigeon sh1t from some unwelcome visitors that had made their home in the horn. So they rolled up their sleeves and scrubbed it all out, but the Big Bang hiss didn't go away.
The things you have to do to get a Nobel Prize ....
I remember being able to hear Jupiter having a hissy fit on shortwave, just above 15 megahertz or so.
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