[time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver

[J. Forster]

Yes, I can well imagine The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

TANSTAAFL,

-J0ohn

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> That's OK, the Chinese will establish a moon colony using our money and
> copies of our technology. Of course, it then becomes possible to deliver
> really large moon rocks to selected positions on the earth... who needs
> nuclear warheads or missiles? Excuse me, I have to go out and buy another
> substandard toilet seat...
>
> Don
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
> To: <d.seiter at comcast.net>
> Cc: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
> <time-nuts at febo.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver
>
>
>> Kind of sad, IMO, the way the US has squandered our space competance.
>>
>> FWIW,
>>
>> -John
>>
>> =================
>>
>>
>>> The city of Sunnyvale was thinking of replacing it (the Blue Cube, etc)
>>> with car dealerships, but decided against it because only 3 dealers
>>> would
>>> fit. I was happy; who needs more car dealers?
>>>
>>>
>>> They now want to do something that won't increase traffic too much.
>>> They
>>> also just opened a bike trail in the wetlands behind Moffet (in
>>> reality,
>>> it took them a few years to remove 2 locks). There are still signs back
>>> there banning cameras (or they were there a year ago).
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>>> To: brooke at pacific.net, "Discussion of precise time and frequency
>>> measurement" <time-nuts at febo.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2010 9:27:20 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> ==============
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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-ââ,¬Å"No, Andover Maine.ââ,¬ï¿½
>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Have Fun,
>>>>
>>>> Brooke Clarke
>>>> http://www.PRC68.com
>>>>
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