Alien's Dissatisfied with the Switch to Cable

As the US and many other countries switch their televisions to digital cable instead of analog, the possibility of alien intelligence picking up the signals are drastically decreased. The spikes of radio signals that analog televisions picked up have now disappeared and with all broadcasts at similar low levels the ability for ET to tune into popular culture of 50 years ago is close to impossible. But with radar being the strongest signal sent into outer space, it is still possible for alien life to know that we are here and searching for them. But with us constantly flooding the airwaves Seth Shostak says that eventually "someone may notice."

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