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Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT)
"The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) was established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Docket No. 11745 (November 19, 1958) and by the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC) in Document 3867/2 (March 26, 1958) to minimize possible harmful interference to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, WV and the radio receiving facilities for the United States Navy in Sugar Grove, WV. The NRQZ is bounded by NAD-83 meridians of longitude at 78d 29m 59.0s W and 80d 29m 59.2s W and latitudes of 37d 30m 0.4s N and 39d 15m 0.4s N, and encloses a land area of approximately 13,000 square miles near the state border between Virginia and West Virginia."
According to our business contact the equipment located in Green Bank is exceptionally sensitive. Due to the NRQZ, it regularly picks up garage door openers and on one occasion, a dog had accidentally “relieved” itself on an electric blanket; the subsequent short was detected by their equipment and eventually traced back to the leaky canine.
All of the vehicles roaming the facility’s grounds are old diesel Suburbans or Checker cabs. Apparently they do not posses electronic transmissions, which would interfere with the telescopes.
Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT)
"The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) was established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Docket No. 11745 (November 19, 1958) and by the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC) in Document 3867/2 (March 26, 1958) to minimize possible harmful interference to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, WV and the radio receiving facilities for the United States Navy in Sugar Grove, WV. The NRQZ is bounded by NAD-83 meridians of longitude at 78d 29m 59.0s W and 80d 29m 59.2s W and latitudes of 37d 30m 0.4s N and 39d 15m 0.4s N, and encloses a land area of approximately 13,000 square miles near the state border between Virginia and West Virginia."
According to our business contact the equipment located in Green Bank is exceptionally sensitive. Due to the NRQZ, it regularly picks up garage door openers and on one occasion, a dog had accidentally “relieved” itself on an electric blanket; the subsequent short was detected by their equipment and eventually traced back to the leaky canine.
All of the vehicles roaming the facility’s grounds are old diesel Suburbans or Checker cabs. Apparently they do not posses electronic transmissions, which would interfere with the telescopes.