[time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver

[d.seiter at comcast.net]

Close, it was about 2 miles away at about 237 and Central. 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com> 
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts at febo.com> 
Sent: Friday, October 8, 2010 7:26:22 PM 
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver 

Where? Off 401 (101) near the Blue Cube? 

-John 

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> 
> 
> We had similar dome in Sunnyvale (Ca)Â 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. Â 
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfGuSmSHWM 
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> 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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> 
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