[time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver

[J. Forster]

About the only doors in the place that did not have electronic combo locks
were the bathrooms.

Sad to see it's being shut down. IMO, it was one of the kewl places to be
in the heddy early days of space.

OTOH, it probably makes some sense to muve the thing into the bowels of a
mountain somewhere.

FWIW,

-John

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> Hi Dave:
>
> Yes, it was right on the central expressway and was part of the GTE
> military electronics complex.
>
> Hi John:
>
> My recollection of the antennas at the Blue Cube is that they are out in
> the open.  See photo at:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cube
>
> Have Fun,
>
> Brooke Clarke
> http://www.PRC68.com
>
>
> d.seiter at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> We had similar dome in Sunnyvale (Ca) until the late 80's, but I can't
>> remember who owned it, maybe GE?; it's all housing now.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Arthur Dent"<golgarfrincham at yahoo.com>
>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>> Sent: Friday, October 8, 2010 5:06:34 AM
>> Subject: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver
>>
>> Lester Veenstra-“No, Andover Maine.”
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> The white Dacron fabric dome of the station in Andover,
>> Maine, really stood out and could be seen by hikers on the
>> tops of mountains miles away. Somewhere I have photos I
>> took looking down at that white speck in the distance. On
>> one of my hiking trips I stopped to check out the facility. The
>> Dacron fabric dome that was held up only by air pressure
>> (like a carnival funhouse) was still standing but was scheduled
>> to be taken down in the near future. Below is a link to a video
>> about Telstar that appeared on the History Channel and another
>> link to still photos of the horn and the inside of the dome. The
>> date given for removal in the second link was 1985 but I was
>> thinking the dome was removed a few years later than that.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfGuSmSHWM
>>
>> http://users658.mainememory.net/slideshow/386/display%3Fformat=list&prev_object_id=1050&prev_object=page&slide_num=1.html
>>
>>
>> -Arthur
>>
>>
>>
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>
> Brooke Clarke
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