Tain't no radio here....

[W7TFO]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57437846/a-rare-island-of-serenity-thanks-to-the-fcc/

73DG

[steve_qix]

I've been there - back in 1973!  Spent almost a month at the "National Youth Science Camp" down in that area.  Wonder if that program still exists..  Good to see the radio "silence" zone is still in place.  I had wondered.

At night you can could the usual skip stuff coming in - used to listen to WABC from NY, NY back then.  Those frequencies shouldn't interfere with what they're doing at the NRAO, which is way up there in frequency.

[k4kyv]

Does the ban include transmitters operating on MF and HF? And what do they do about plasma TVs and other non-radio consumer-electronics garbage that pollutes the entire spectrum?

When they first opened up the expanded AM band from 1600-1700, the first station, running 1 kw from Elizabeth, NJ, could be heard entertainment quality over half the North American continent at night, almost as well as the 50-kw clear-channel blowtorches whenever the atmosphere was quiet.

[Steve - K4HX]

It's still in place. I was at the Greenbank Observatory a number of years ago. The population density in the area is very low and the mountains shield any VHF/UHF stuff from population centers.

I've been there - back in 1973!  Spent almost a month at the "National Youth Science Camp" down in that area.  Wonder if that program still exists..  Good to see the radio "silence" zone is still in place.  I had wondered.

At night you can could the usual skip stuff coming in - used to listen to WABC from NY, NY back then.  Those frequencies shouldn't interfere with what they're doing at the NRAO, which is way up there in frequency.

[Lou W9LRS]

So that's why I'm losing my hair and my teeth hurt.

[K7EDL]

So that's why I'm losing my hair and my teeth hurt.

I just lined my call sign hat with aluminum foil and all that stopped.

Eric