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The photo of the computer printout of the Wow! source shows not only
my handwritten comment ("Wow!") but also the circling of the 6
characters "6EQUJ5" lined up vertically in a column. What is the
meaning of this code?
The value "U", meaning the range 30.0 - 30.999..., was the largest value
ever seen. We do not believe that the intensity ever got above 31.0 and
hence no rollover (subtraction of 35) ever occurred. It would have
been easy to spot in a sequence of 6 or 7 numbers that should follow
the antenna pattern of the telescope.
The six successive values in channel 2 fit the antenna pattern of Big Ear
very well. I have also done a correlation analysis of the six data points
with the mathematical functions: (1) gaussian = normal curve; and
(2)(sin(x)/x)^2. The data fit each of those two functions very well with
correlation coefficients of over 0.99 (i.e., almost a perfect fit). I also fit
the data to each of the two actual antenna patterns (of the two horns)
using the moderately strong radio source OY372. The correlation
coefficients were again over 0.99. There was not enough difference
between the two correlation coefficients to determine which horn the
Wow! source was received in.
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