Here is a pic of the new GEP system. Quite a change from the old setup with the E/F sites. I added a STUDY to my NCA 2000 web site that describes the system in...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 2, 2000 1:53 am
I've posted a photo of the west side of the former Western Union Junction Office near Romney, WV: http://coldwardc.homestead.com/files/wu/romney/000917-03.jpg ...
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Mark Foster
mfoster@...
Oct 2, 2000 2:43 am
... So what are those antennas on the right hand side of the photo? They look new, maybe cellular or PCS?...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:21 am
... That would be my guess, based on their appearance and the fact that the site is owned by American Tower. There's a small, free-standing shelter on the...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:42 am
The north side of the former Western Union Junction Office near Romney, WV: http://coldwardc.homestead.com/files/wu/romney/000917-07.jpg This appears to have...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 3, 2000 3:07 am
Ken, Looking at my photos, I think there may indeed be an oddball power configuration at Romney. I didn't pay much attention to the electrical service at the...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 3, 2000 4:22 pm
Bill, That's a great map! And the study has a lot of fascinating information. Thanks for posting it. Mark Foster has a web page showing the Waldorf facility,...
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hooligan@...
Oct 3, 2000 8:00 pm
Just FYI, the original source of the report that Bill has been promoting can be found at: ...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 5, 2000 4:39 am
I've posted a brochure on the Solar brand "Saturn" gas turbine alternator set, deployed from 1963-1966 as the Bell System's standard emergency power source. Go...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 6, 2000 3:58 am
... I've been looking for one - no luck so far. You've raised an interesting question: exactly what is FEMA's current policy on nuclear civil defense? If a...
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combatsent@...
Oct 6, 2000 4:10 am
http://www.fema.gov/search/srchjs.htm I went to the FEMA Search engine and could not find any docs on "Bomb Shelters". I also checked the index and did not...
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hooligan@...
Oct 6, 2000 6:44 am
Albert LaFrance <alafrance@...> writes: < You've raised an interesting question: exactly what is FEMA's current policy on nuclear civil defense? > ...
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Michael Makar
mikemakar@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:42 pm
Group, Your assumption is correct there is little or no planning at the federal or state level for nuclear weapon attack. Most of that went out with the end...
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Michael Makar
mikemakar@...
Oct 6, 2000 1:21 pm
Tim, Very well said. There are two recent books about this Civil Defense Begins at Home by Laura McEnaney ...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 6, 2000 11:48 pm
An engineer familiar with the former Western Union microwave network sent me a map of the company's northeast corridor microwave route. It's larger than my...
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combatsent@...
Oct 8, 2000 5:13 am
http://www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/service/acts.htm If you would like to keep thwe time updated on your computer, you can download the NIST TIME ACTS for your ...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 8, 2000 1:56 pm
Both sides of the form can be seen at: http://bellsystem.homestead.com/files/documents/radexprec.jpg If that URL doesn't work, go to the main page ...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 8, 2000 4:30 pm
From the records of the U.S. Army Office of the Chief Signal Officer at the National Archives, a 1951 memorandum on "Gold": ...
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CLDWARHIST@...
Oct 8, 2000 4:36 pm
It mentions in the document that Second Army would include in its 1953 budget provisions for maintenance and supply and expansion of the facility. Where was...
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combatsent@...
Oct 9, 2000 3:07 am
Cold War Recon Reunion—Sponsored by Air Force Museum for units that flew/supported Reconnaissance (RB-17, RB-29, RB-50, RB-57, RB-36, RB-47, RC-130, RC-135,...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 11, 2000 1:20 am
The January 1966 issue of the "Lenkurt Demodulator" (monthly publication of telecom manufacturer Lenkurt Electric), has a short article about AUTOVON and...
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CLDWARHIST@...
Oct 11, 2000 1:34 am
Does the publication include the location of the overseas sites? George...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 11, 2000 2:37 am
The overseas locations aren't named; they're only shown by stars on small maps without borders. But I think most of the countries should be fairly easy to...
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Allan Bourdius
allanbourdius@...
Oct 11, 2000 8:30 pm
Hi folks, sorry for not keeping in touch. Since my last site reports from Salt Lake City, I've been in all of the following AT&T/ATTWS CO's 'round the land...
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Matthew Sadler
mws@...
Oct 11, 2000 8:41 pm
Quick question: Who is ATTWS - AT&T Wireless Services? --mws ... From: Allan Bourdius <allanbourdius@...> To: <coldwarcomms@egroups.com> Sent:...
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Mark Foster
mfoster@...
Oct 11, 2000 11:34 pm
... I believe this site is Gardena 2. The PacBell site is probably Gardena 1. Gardena 2 probably had a No. 1 ESS at one time....
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Joe_Cyr
Echoplex@...
Oct 12, 2000 11:39 am
Members of this group may be interested in this item from the GovCon Newsletter -- -- http://www.govcon.com Volume 1 Issue 30, 10/11/00: FEMA releases design...
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Allan Bourdius
allanbourdius@...
Oct 12, 2000 2:28 pm
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 12, 2000 11:23 pm
Lyn, According to a map in the first edition of "Engineering and Operations in the Bell System", Southern Bell's territory consisted (ca. 1977) of North ...
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Albert LaFrance
alafrance@...
Oct 12, 2000 11:57 pm
Today I looked at documents in the Western Union collection at the Archives Center of the National Museum of American History, related to the company's first...
