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" <j...@quik.com> > To: bro...@pacific.net, "Discussion of precise time and frequency > measurement" <time-nuts@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.sei...@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"<golgarfrinc...@yahoo.com> >>> To: time-nuts@febo.com >>> Sent: Friday, October 8, 2010 5:06:34 AM >>> Subject: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver >>> >>> Lester Veenstra-ââ¬ÅNo, 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Have Fun, >> >> Brooke Clarke >> http://www.PRC68.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.