[Coco] Fest Plans in Doubt

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Thu Apr 10 11:21:27 EDT 2008


On Thursday 10 April 2008, RJRTTY at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 4/10/2008 8:51:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>
>gene.heskett at verizon.net writes:
>>The problem is that when you get up into the UHF band, Green Banks gear  is
>>very sensitive, and on channel 58, we could only make 4.78 watts  worth of
>>noise up here or they would deny the license.  They have  that power over
>> us. The current occupant of channel 12, although a few  miles outside the
>> NRAO
>
>line
>
>>on the maps, is I believe only licensed for  half the maximum for this same
>>reason.
>
>Yes I have toured Green Bank and it is an impressive  installation.   Would
>be a shame to render it all useless with excessive noise.     Pardon me
>for doing so but I hope they have to have you in person where upon we  can
>see you at the fest.....
>
>Roy
>
I called Vicky, and she has a migrain, so it won't be till tommorrow when I 
can play like Uri Geller with her hands & eyes.  That would be a bit late to 
get started I think, darn it.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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