Comment on Possible Radio Emission from Exoplanet DetectedparentComments−anonymfus5yIs not the signal in question modulated by the motion of the source, as most signals in astronomy are?−ac295yProbably, but I think the post you are responding to is talking about the sort of modulation that artificially alters a radio carrier wave in order to encode information.−anonymfus5yThe post I am responding to suggest calling that signal unmodulated, and I think that would be wrong.
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Is not the signal in question modulated by the motion of the source, as most signals in astronomy are?
Probably, but I think the post you are responding to is talking about the sort of modulation that artificially alters a radio carrier wave in order to encode information.
The post I am responding to suggest calling that signal unmodulated, and I think that would be wrong.