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The Big Ear Wow! Signal (30th Anniversary Report)
Jerry R. Ehman, 2010. Big Ear Radio Observatory / NAAPO (bigear.org).
Completed 9 July 2007 and last revised 28 May 2010. A line-by-line reconstruction of the printout and the telescope's operation: the 6EQUJ5 intensity code, the frequency of 1420.4556 ± 0.005 MHz, the two J2000 positions, the 54/212 Jy flux, the 72-second duration, the two-horn problem, and the author's assessment of interference, reflection, scintillation and extraterrestrial explanations. Includes a scan of a colour copy of the printout.
What it's used for here
The primary reference for every recorded parameter of the signal and for the discovery narrative.
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Research copy, for editors and curators. The work is the publisher's, so readers are sent to it. We keep this copy so the citation can be checked if the page changes or goes.
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Ehman, J. R. (2010). The Big Ear Wow! Signal (30th Anniversary Report). Big Ear Radio Observatory / NAAPO (bigear.org). https://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/wow30th.htm
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Ehman, Jerry R.. “The Big Ear Wow! Signal (30th Anniversary Report).” Big Ear Radio Observatory / NAAPO (bigear.org) (2010).