Arecibo Forum: SSI-List
Thread: Arecibo
# 20767 byArthur Smith on Aug. 30, 2005, 4:10 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
Actually, I don't think the original quote was on compressing Arecibo
from 1 MW-sec to 1 MW-microsec (which is all you'd need for a TW, not a
nanosecond). I don't think you normally compress radio waves to
microsecond pulses for any real purpose. Rather it was referring to the
effective number of dB's amplification caused by the antenna focusing:
the 1 MW from Arecibo focused produces a power in the focus direction
equivalent to what a uniform transmitter would emit if it were going at
several TW.