Astronomy Fun Fact: 1-meter radio is high frequency "shortwave". It's around 30 megaHertz.
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1-meter radio is high frequency "shortwave". It's around 30 megaHertz. Shouldn't that be 300 MHz +/- ?
Two meters is 144 MHZ, six meters is around 50 MHz, ten meters is about 28 MHz.
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The Milky Way. The Galaxy. Means the same thing. At the same time that some astronomers and cosmologists are making a career looking for the origin of the universe, we don't know much about our own backyard. It's going to be difficult exploring the Galaxy with our present understanding of physics since any robot platforms we send out of the galactic plane or toward the center will take so long to get into position. During that time civilizations will fall and rise, and the robots will be forgotten and will probably evaporate before they send any useful data.
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