It is not necessary to leave a gap in the transmission sequence. I once worked upon a system that continued non stop with a pseudo random BPSK signal.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Tue, Feb 21, 2012 3:15 pm Subject: RE: [Vo]:100 years 1912 beep beep beep and aliens -----Original Message----- rom: Alan J Fletcher > Jef Poskanzer pointed out a few years ago that spread-spectrum ncrypted radio traffic would be indistinguishable from white noise. Isn't there always a preset packet size? That alone would provide regular aps in the rate of transmission, it would seem.