Obviously this is not the right forum for this question, but it won't hurt if I try.
Maybe someone can suggest a better forum, or even provide a response?
BACKGROUND:
"The waterhole, is an especially quiet band of the electromagnetic spectrum between 1420 and 1662 megahertz... It is a popular observing frequency used by radio telescopes in radio astronomy"
"...two molecules, which combine to form water... tends to absorb radio noise at these frequencies. Therefore, the spectrum between these frequencies forms a relatively "quiet" channel in the interstellar radio noise background."
For this reason "Several programs involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including SETI@home, search in the waterhole radio frequencies"
[Quotations from Wikipedia]
QUESTION:
If at these frequencies Radio noise is absorbed, wouldn't the same be true of intelligent life, purpose made, radio transmissions?
For this reason, wouldn't this potentially be the worse place to use for very long distance (interstellar) radio transmission?
Maybe someone can suggest a better forum, or even provide a response?
BACKGROUND:
"The waterhole, is an especially quiet band of the electromagnetic spectrum between 1420 and 1662 megahertz... It is a popular observing frequency used by radio telescopes in radio astronomy"
"...two molecules, which combine to form water... tends to absorb radio noise at these frequencies. Therefore, the spectrum between these frequencies forms a relatively "quiet" channel in the interstellar radio noise background."
For this reason "Several programs involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including SETI@home, search in the waterhole radio frequencies"
[Quotations from Wikipedia]
QUESTION:
If at these frequencies Radio noise is absorbed, wouldn't the same be true of intelligent life, purpose made, radio transmissions?
For this reason, wouldn't this potentially be the worse place to use for very long distance (interstellar) radio transmission?