As I mentioned, if the SETI people examined Earth right now by their current protocol, they'd find nothing here. ;^)
This is more than just an amusing irony, BTW. The problem here is that the interference from Earth-based transmissions is so intense that this forces SETI to restrict its search to a frequency not otherwise used. The problem however is that the reason this frequency is not otherwise used is because it's not especially useful. Odds are that if any ET civilizations are out there then they are transmitting on the same frequencies we're transmitting, which we can't search, because we're transmitting on them.......
Yes they would.
This is more than just an amusing irony, BTW. The problem here is that the interference from Earth-based transmissions is so intense that this forces SETI to restrict its search to a frequency not otherwise used.
Not true.
The problem however is that the reason this frequency is not otherwise used is because it's not especially useful.
No, the "water hole" frequency band is not utilized because it is so very important to radio astronomers.
Odds are that if any ET civilizations are out there then they are transmitting on the same frequencies we're transmitting, which we can't search, because we're transmitting on them.......
Again, this is not the case.