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TheReaper
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 Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:11 am Post subject: Re: satellite pictures |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: satellite pictures |
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That's really cool. Thanks for the info!!
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:06 pm Post subject: RE: satellite pictures |
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My university has microfilm of the Gazette going back to 1819. If you can give me some dates to look up I will find the articles, scan them, and post.
Also, sorry for being picky, but quit calling this thing a satellite. It's a satellite dish, the satellite is what it communicates, or used to communicate with.  |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: satellite pictures |
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I'd say about the Jan 1965 to Feb 1969 mark. Those are the 2 dates I've seen.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:12 am Post subject: RE: satellite pictures |
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| There's an abandoned swinging bridge a couple of miles from this site. If anybody wants directions to it I can provide them. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:35 pm Post subject: RE: satellite pictures |
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| I grew up south of where this is and I've heard rumors of this structure, now I can finally go see it. Thanks for all the research already! |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: RE: satellite pictures |
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Punch in the coords into terraserver and you can find it but no good stallite photos BUT it does say
"Search Accuracy - This search location resolved to a discrete address."
So at one time is a sensitive facility. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:16 am Post subject: Re: satellite pictures |
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Anybody ever get anygood pictures from this place? I remember it was once a hot topic
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject: Re: satellite pictures |
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What do you mean by good pics? Artistic? If so then no. 
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: satellite pictures |
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damn! I remember that thread.. badass location. I wonder how things look today.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: satellite pictures |
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Here is "Early Bird" or Intelsat 1. That was the ground station dish for the downlink. Remember also (after reading the wiki) that this was the first commercial satellite-ground station link. Satellite communications was nearly non-existent until this. This was the very razors edge of communications, so it would be used in research as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_I
Oh and the little white box thingee? was a cableway access or "pullbox".
The latter pic with the "drive unit" was probaly a positioner for LNB reflector polarization or off-axis tuning. Notice there was not much travel room on the "plate". Off-axis is my guess... |
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