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Post #AbwGsjOxD6udQxgHvE by [email protected] |
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High Seas Radiotelephone Antenna, Ocean Gate, NJ, 2009.An "inverted discon… |
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Post #AbwHKCSjGqpDNpXqk4 by [email protected] |
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From the 1930's through 1999, AT&T operated a "high seas" rad… |
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Post #AbwIIUESKeShs1cESW by [email protected] |
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Sadly, all of the AT&T radiotelephone sites have by now been razed. But the… |
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Post #AbwJKkPXFcY0a5RKqW by [email protected] |
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KMI, the AT&T radiotelephone site at Point Reyes, had this very spiffy sign… |
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Post #AbwJPbFgjMWHci9Dmq by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze RCA ran WCC, a similar service from Chatham on Cape Cod: https://www… |
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Post #AbwJPbJaUrdfonyKrg by [email protected] |
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@technodad Yes, and WCC is operated now (remotely) by the MRHS people. |
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Post #AbwKvkTK5QfZRIQ1uy by [email protected] |
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It's sometimes hard to remember how recently it was - in living memory for … |
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Post #AbwLKAfOLZupd9i2vQ by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Not long ago, even long distance to the other side of the country wa… |
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Post #AbwLn08wYGMHOIHNaK by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze To show how much the world has changed: ~60 years ago, a friend'… |
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Post #AbwLn0DCIRlFbUGmDQ by [email protected] |
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@SteveBellovin Today it would be "Did you fly?" "No, we decided … |
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Post #AbwLv2ZPPdQnEaUXya by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I think it was around 1987 that lighthouses (in Canada, anyway) were… |
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Post #AbwM3EF5tn1fkgtUq8 by [email protected] |
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@CStamp Even the name "lighthouse keeper" is so evocative of what see… |
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Post #AbwNFhxjKJ4TM8Hpui by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Many of the decommissioned ones were purchased by communities to kee… |
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Post #AbwNFkXbjsxTLz5W76 by [email protected] |
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@CStamp @mattblaze Top-flight journalism on the lives of lighthouse keepers:htt… |
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Post #AbwNFkbrU4MRZB4ukC by [email protected] |
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@sps @CStamp Oh, neat. Canadian humor is so polite. |
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Post #AbwO5lc303kRjey6HA by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Might you know any info on the (former?) antenna farm next to US 101… |
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Post #AbwO5lgIkF9PwqxUuG by [email protected] |
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@karlauerbach Yes, that was KFS, owned until recently by Globe Wireless, which … |
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Post #AbwOl9dsYzsy8PYnNg by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze As a little child flying in the 60s, I got to visit the cockpit and … |
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Post #AbwOl9hmKV0MKVNuSW by [email protected] |
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@jacquiharper I remember those! |
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Post #AbwYrC9p7k2PDN1MuG by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Yep. As a kid I remember a couple occasions when the family was awak… |
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Post #AbwYrCE4rvRNQZ0lXM by [email protected] |
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@stuartmarks Our world has gotten so small we don't remember how big it als… |
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Post #AbwahfhCe6eRq4DjkG by [email protected] |
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@karlauerbach @mattblaze The Palo Alto site:https://punchmagazine.com/itt-build… |
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Post #AbwahflSOI3Q3GD8NM by [email protected] |
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@gco @mattblaze Thanks for posting that link!Now to figure out about that radio… |
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Post #Abwahfpi8TSOGSCX0S by [email protected] |
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@karlauerbach @gco The Half Moon Bay site is the receiver site for the Palo Alt… |
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Post #Abwc7c9kWoy8LPVWAS by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Awesome story. I’ll pay a visit to KMI sometime. |
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@rombat All gone now, I'm afraid. But the RCA station next door is still ac… |
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Post #AbwwsuuScTE9CVBmeu by [email protected] |
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Here’s what I believe was the last published frequency list and schedule card… |
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Post #Abx0gD3kEAaVXjjBS4 by [email protected] |
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@SteveBellovin @mattblaze remember shannon to gander? |
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Post #Abx0gD8Lx2H3m1srdQ by [email protected] |
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@enoclue @mattblaze Only from reading. My first international flight was non-st… |
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Post #Abx0gDCbhDg1zDsGGW by [email protected] |
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@SteveBellovin @enoclue In addition to Gander, Keflavik was a common refueling … |
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Post #AbxNJhiAOcJ2tTs9J2 by [email protected] |
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@kentborg It depended on the ship. The shore side was full duplex. The ship cou… |
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Post #Aby6w2RKGxtc7heHD6 by [email protected] |
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@kentborg no one would use a duplexer at those frequencies. Separate antennas. |
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Post #Ac0cJEmS2f2vx8zYKe by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze is it weird this is the kind of thing that makes me teary-eyed. i fe… |
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Post #Ac0cJHPWGNUA6tHmVM by [email protected] |
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@blogdiva @mattblaze There are museums for vintage landline systems.At least on… |
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Post #Ac0cJHTQ1sbYIz6taC by [email protected] |
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@dec23k @blogdiva @connections Well worth a visit! |
