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  • Category: Military
  • Founded: Mar 17, 1999
  • Language: English
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A history of the project, and declassified documents - very interesting reading: http://www.cia.gov/csi/books/17240/art-7.html Albert...
3 Sep 8, 2005
7:45 pm

Albert LaFrance
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From Wayne Weishan, showing how an open-wire line's bandwidth was allocated among J-carrier with twelve voice channels, C-carrier with three channels, along...
1 Sep 7, 2005
1:13 pm

Albert LaFrance
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To all list members concerned about Mark Cuccia: Mark Cuccia is safe and sound. Mark called me at 8 AM this morning (Wednesday). His apartment did not get...
1 Sep 7, 2005
12:20 pm

David
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Another interesting contribution from Wayne Weishan: the modulation plan for the J-carrier system, developed in the 1930s to transmit twelve voice channels on...
1 Sep 4, 2005
9:51 am

Albert LaFrance
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An interesting aspect of the AT&T concrete-silo microwave tower near Lee, IL is that the facility was given a name in addition to the usual geographic place...
1 Sep 2, 2005
4:13 am

Albert LaFrance
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Greetings. This is Jeff Schallenberg, and I was glad to find this discussion group, in my quest for information on the early evolution of computer networks. I...
3 Sep 2, 2005
4:05 am

schallenbergjeff
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I recently came across the following list which may be of interest: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ham-Radio-History/ Albert LaFrance...
1 Aug 30, 2005
4:13 am

Albert LaFrance
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A list member advised me that the large versions of some photos in the "Contributed Images - Interior" section of my Buckingham Project Office page were...
1 Aug 30, 2005
3:27 am

Albert LaFrance
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Here are some contributed photos of this former Long Lines station on Long Island: http://long-lines.net/places-routes/NoyackNY/index.html Albert...
4 Aug 29, 2005
12:15 pm

Jim Burks
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A visitor to my web site has contributed three recent aerial photos of the AT&T Project Office hardened troposcatter station which I've designated [VA-6], in...
1 Aug 27, 2005
5:57 pm

Albert LaFrance
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A visitor to my web site is seeking a contact in RCA's successor regarding employment on the DEW Line in 1975. He would also like to know what union ...
3 Aug 20, 2005
9:24 pm

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Posted, please share your insight! This has me confused....
7 Aug 20, 2005
5:41 pm

Blake Bowers
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Hughes' book Rescuing Prometheus discusses SAGE and a few other large engineering projects. ...
1 Aug 19, 2005
4:57 pm

Scott
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Terry Michaels, owner of the Lee, IL station, has contributed a wealth of information and photos concerning this concrete-silo tower on AT&T's first ...
4 Aug 18, 2005
4:55 am

Albert LaFrance
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Looks pretty intact. http://cgi.ebay.com/Motorola-Mitrek-UHF-Duplex-Echo-Fox- Transceivers_W0QQitemZ5798923101 Also see the seller's other items, the Mitrek...
3 Aug 16, 2005
11:15 pm

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Here's a link to the archived version of the story. http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050812/NEWS/508120320/1033/NEWS01 -- Sam Stokes,...
5 Aug 16, 2005
12:03 am

Wayne_H
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The O'Dell 2 tower has been demolished. Drove past there last week and the tower was on the ground. Horns, etc are still there as well as the concrete ...
1 Aug 15, 2005
2:46 am

Scott Grams
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Hello All: It appears that the Colorado section of AT&T's first transcontinental microwave route was significantly altered sometime in the early '60s. I have...
9 Aug 8, 2005
4:17 am

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... (I'm cross-posting my reply/question here to both the Central Office/Crossbar Yahoo group AND the ColdwarComms Yahoo Group, since it goes more into...
2 Aug 6, 2005
6:31 am

Matthew Sadler
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MessageFolks, I got this from a friend at SPAWAR. Good on ya, Brits!!!!!! Dick BRAVO LONDON...! Hello Lads, I don't know what sort of news coverage you're...
1 Aug 2, 2005
12:40 pm

Dick
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DSN Telephone Prefixes Sorted in Prefix Order DSN Area Codes: CONUS-312 CARIBBEAN(C)-313 EUROPE(E)-314 PACAF (P)-315 ALASKA(A)-317 MIDDLE EAST(M)-318 22x-xxxx...
1 Aug 2, 2005
5:20 am

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A concrete "silo" tower on the first transcontinental microwave route, with an adjacent steel-lattice tower. The station was also a cell site for the Advanced...
1 Jul 31, 2005
9:23 pm

Albert LaFrance
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3 people visited the site Friday, and all walked away, ok, well drove away, with numerous items. We have another visit scheduled, so if anyone is interested,...
1 Jul 31, 2005
9:15 pm

Blake Bowers
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A photo and information about this integrated tower-building station on AT&T's TD-3 field trial route, courtesy of Wayne Weishan: ...
4 Jul 30, 2005
2:00 am

James Kester
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Seems Mounds OK had lots of tests going on at the autovon site. Reading through the building access logs, mention is made of the following items, TD 180 field...
1 Jul 27, 2005
5:15 pm

Blake Bowers
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Anyone want a chance to own their own little piece of history, at bargain prices? We are presently cleaning out the Mounds site, and there is a BUNCH of...
5 Jul 27, 2005
3:37 am

Blake Bowers
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Tim Tyler has contributed the text of a speech by an FCC commissioner in 1957 to a meeting of Hawaiian broadcasters, describing CONELRAD and asking for their...
1 Jul 24, 2005
7:35 am

Albert LaFrance
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Al Grobmeier has contributed histories of the vessels which comprised the electronic-intelligence collection fleet operated by the Navy during the Cold War: ...
1 Jul 22, 2005
3:40 am

Albert LaFrance
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Jim Innes Wireless Access Technologies, Inc. 4217 Ridge Ave. #2 Philadelphia, PA 19129-1745 267 481 1461 f215 438 1220 innesj@... ... From: Jim Innes...
2 Jul 18, 2005
1:36 am

James Kester
radioconstco
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From: Jim Innes [mailto:innesj@...] Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 6:34 PM To: 'coldwarcomms@yahoogroups.com' Subject: Cold War Air Defense: NORAD (System...
1 Jul 17, 2005
10:36 pm

Jim Innes
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