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  • They look for narrow-band transmissions because no other known astrophysical process generates them.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • You know that it can emit narrow-band EM signals, and that is all you know.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • Our own radio stations broadcast continuous narrow-band signals, that is, radio waves tuned to a sharply-defined frequency.

    Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010

  • Of what use could any narrow-band signal not known to be generated by astrophysical processes be in determining whether "intelligent life" (whatever that means) generated it?

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • The late Carl Sagan, a charismatic champion of searching for extraterrestrial signals in the 1980s, envisaged an advanced alien civilization deliberately beaming narrow-band radio messages at Earth to attract our attention.

    Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010

  • Our own radio stations broadcast continuous narrow-band signals, that is, radio waves tuned to a sharply-defined frequency.

    Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010

  • The late Carl Sagan, a charismatic champion of searching for extraterrestrial signals in the 1980s, envisaged an advanced alien civilization deliberately beaming narrow-band radio messages at Earth to attract our attention.

    Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010

  • Our own radio stations broadcast continuous narrow-band signals, that is, radio waves tuned to a sharply-defined frequency.

    Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010

  • The late Carl Sagan, a charismatic champion of searching for extraterrestrial signals in the 1980s, envisaged an advanced alien civilization deliberately beaming narrow-band radio messages at Earth to attract our attention.

    Is Anybody Out There? Paul Davies 2010

  • For a narrow-band antenna, the type used in cell phones, this loading sometimes might "kill" it completely, according to Webb.

    iPhone 4 FAQ: What exactly did Apple do? 2010

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