A rare island of serenity, thanks to the FCC

CBS News ^ | May 20, 2012 | CBS News "Sunday Morning"

[Calvin Locke]

I'm pretty sure it was the CIA or NSA that originally set up Green Bank for eavesdropping on the Soviets.

Technology made it obsolete for the spooks, but the RA types found it useful.

[Calvin Locke]

I’m gonna blow the receiver of that telescope OFF.

You do know that in the 1980s, it collapsed?

The then, now deceased, senior senator from WV got it rebuilt.

Oh, and its official name, surprise surprise, is now the "Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope".

[Brandonmark]

So what about Ham radios and CB’s? Are they illegal too?

According to WIKI: "Not all radio transmissions are prohibited in the Radio Quiet Zone. For example Citizen's Band radios, police and ambulance radios, and fire department radios are used there. However, large radio transmitter owners must typically coordinate their operations with representatives of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the U.S. Department of Defense. The Allegheny Mountain Radio company operates the only broadcast radio stations in the inner core of the Quiet Zone, with just one station in the AM band, and several low-power FM stations. Most radio transmitters within the area are licensed by the FCC (just as they are in the rest of the United States). Exceptions to the Radio Quiet Zone restrictions are usually determined on a case-by-case basis, with preference given to public safety concerns, such as remote alarm systems, repeaters for first responders, and NOAA Weather Radio. Due to the restrictions, the area has attracted people who believe they suffer from Electromagnetic hypersensitivity.[3]"

[tbw2]

When was that picture taken?

[WVNan]

Greenbank from Cass Railroad.

[WVNan]

Cass Railroad steam engine. Beautiful ride up a steep mountain.

[backwoods-engineer]

Here, most gadgets that transmit aren't just unwelcome, they're BANNED by the federal government.

So, now the media is laying a foundation that we don't need communication devices?

They will pry my radios from my cold dead hands.

[abb]

So, now the media is laying a foundation that we don't need communication devices?

Other than CBSCNNABCNBCNYTimesWaPoLATimesNPR, yes.

/sarc