NRAO logo

NRAO dedication, 1957. NRAO/AUI image

85 foot Tatel Telescope dedication, 1958. NRAO/AUI image

85 foot Tatel Telescope. NRAO/AUI image

Struve at 300 foot ground breaking, 1961. NRAO/AUI image

300 foot telescope. NRAO/AUI image

140 foot telescope ground breaking, 1958. NRAO/AUI image

NRAO 140 Foot telescope. NRAO/AUI image

Green Bank Interferometer. NRAO/AUI image

VLA dedication, 1980. NRAO/AUI image

VLA. NRAO/AUI image

AIPS logo. NRAO/AUI image

VLBA Pie Town antenna. NRAO/AUI image

300 foot after collapse, 1988. NRAO/AUI image

GBT ground breaking, 1991. NRAO/AUI image

Green Bank Telescope. NRAO/AUI image

Alma Camp ground breaking. NRAO/AUI image

ALMA. NRAO/AUI image

Lo, Vanden Bout, Roberts, Heeschen - 4 NRAO Directors at 50th anniversary. NRAO/AUI image

NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY ARCHIVES

Records of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Item listing
Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope

ItemType	Notes and papers
Title	LFST - Antenna Design Studies
Start Date	1957
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, notes, proposals, memos, blueprints, budget
	[Range 3A Box LFST 1]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	D.S. Kennedy and Co.
Title	Technical Proposal for a 250 foot Diameter Tracking Antenna
Start Date	5/1959
End Date	6/1959
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence and proposals
	[Range 3A Box LFST 1]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	LFSP chronology: file collected by Maxwell M. Small, including notes, memos, correspondence
Start Date	10/3/1963
End Date	1964
Notes	1 folder. Materials collected and annotated by Maxwell M. Small; title from Small's cover label. File presumably passed on to Findlay when Small left NRAO. Includes notes, memos, correspondence, reprints, and newspaper clippings.
	[Range 3A Box LFST 1]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	LFST - General - 1963-1964
Start Date	1963
End Date	1964
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, notes, meeting notes
	[Range 3A Box LFST 1]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	LFSP chronology: file collected by Maxwell M. Small, including notes, memos, correspondence
Start Date	1/1965
End Date	5/1965
Notes	1 folder. Materials collected and annotated by Maxwell M. Small; title from Small's cover label. File presumably passed on to Findlay when Small left NRAO. Includes notes, memos, correspondence, reprints, and newspaper clippings.
	[Range 3A Box LFST 1]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	LFST - General - 1965
Start Date	1965
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, project schedule and cost estimates, initial reports and comments
	[Range 3A Box LFST 1]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	LFST - Formation of Working Group, 1965-1968
Start Date	1965
End Date	1968
Notes	1 folder. Correspondence, notes, resumes, contracts
	[Range 3A Box LFST 1]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Title	LFST - Working Group - Meeting Notices and Minutes
Start Date	1965
End Date	1967
Notes	1 folder. Notices, minutes, distribution lists
	[Range 3A Box LFST 1]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	LFSP chronology: file collected by Maxwell M. Small, including notes, memos, correspondence
Start Date	6/1965
End Date	9/1966
Notes	1 folder. Materials collected and annotated by Maxwell M. Small; title from Small's cover label. File presumably passed on to Findlay when Small left NRAO. Includes notes, memos, correspondence, reprints, and newspaper clippings.
	[Range 3A Box LFST 1]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	LFST - General - 1966
Start Date	1966
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, notes, reports
	[Range 3A Box LFST 2]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	LFST - General - 1967-1968
Start Date	1967
End Date	1968
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, notes, meeting notes
	[Range 3A Box LFST 2]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Lockheed Electronics Company
Title	Flare Star Antenna Design Study
Start Date	1961
End Date	1962
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, report, blueprints
	[Range 3A Box LFST 2]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Lockheed Electronics Company
Title	Reflecting Cross Antenna: Lockheed Study
Start Date	1961
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, reports, purchase order
	[Range 3A Box LFST 2]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	E. R. Faelten
Title	300 foot Steerable Antenna Design: E. R. Faelten Study, Estimate and Report
Start Date	1961
End Date	1965
Notes	2 folders. Includes correspondence, reports, notes, blueprints, photos.
	[Range 3A Box LFST 2]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	300 foot Steerable Antenna Design: Rohr Aircraft Corporation
Start Date	1961
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Title	Benelux Cross Antenna
Start Date	5/6/1961
End Date	8/13/1962
Notes	1 folder. Benelux Cross Antenna Project Technical Reports nos.3, 7, 9-17, 19-20
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	ITT Federal Laboratories
Title	3000 foot radio telescope
Start Date	8/1961
Notes	1 folder. Filed with report: Minutes, conference on very large antennas, 1960 May 5
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Title	Antenna Design Study: Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, report
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	ITT Federal Laboratories
Title	Antenna Design Study: ITT Federal Laboratories
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, notes, ITT Technical Proposal no. 64020
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Battelle Memorial Institute
Title	Battelle Memorial Institute Proposal
Start Date	1962
End Date	1964
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Blaw-Knox Company
Title	Blaw-Knox Company Proposal
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Dalmo Victor Company
Title	Dalmo Victor Company
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Freeman, Fox & Partners
Title	Freeman, Fox & Partners Proposal
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, telegram
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Hughes Aircraft Company
Title	Hughes Aircraft Company Proposal
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Kennedy Antenna Division, Electronic Specialty Co.
Title	Kennedy Antenna Division, Electronic Specialty Co. Proposal
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, feasibility study; response to 11/8/1962 Request for Proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 3]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	North American Aviation
Title	North American Aviation, Inc. Proposal
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, technical proposal for antenna design study; response to 11/8/1962 Request for Proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 4]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Radio Corporation of America
Title	Radio Corporation of American Proposal
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence; response to 11/8/1962 Request for Proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 4]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	Rohr Corporation Proposal
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, technical proposal, information about Rohr Corp., response to 11/8/1962 Request for Proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 4]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Sperry Gyroscope Company
Title	Sperry Gyroscope Company Proposal
Start Date	1962
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, notes, proposal, information about Sperry, journal cut, reprints, response to 11/8/1962 Request for Proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 4]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Antenna Systems, Inc.
Title	Technical Proposal for Design Study Program (for large steerable telescopes)
Start Date	1962
End Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 4]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Technical Research Group
Title	300 foot Steerable Antenna Design: Technical Research Group
Start Date	1962
End Date	1964
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, report
	[Range 3A Box LFST 5]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	von Hoerner Telescope
Start Date	2/15/1962
End Date	9/16/1964
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, memos
	[Range 3A Box LFST 5]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	Correspondence with Lear Siegler on LFST
Start Date	11/8/1962
End Date	5/11/1966
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, contracts, and other related material
	[Range 3A Box LFST 5]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	400 ft Diameter Transit Type Radio Telescope for AUI at NRAO, Green Bank, WV
Start Date	1963
End Date	1964
Notes	Blueprints (3 folders, folder 3 in LFST box 6)
	[Range 3A Box LFST 5]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	E. R. Faelten
Title	400 foot Transit Radio Telescope Design
Start Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, reports, blueprints
	[Range 3A Box LFST 6]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	100 meter Fully Steerable Telescope - Rohr Corp. Design
Start Date	1963
End Date	1965
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, memos, letters of transmittal, reports
	[Range 3A Box LFST 6]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	University of California Radio Astronomy Laboratory
Title	328 foot (100 meters) Radio Telescope Preliminary Structural Design Report
Start Date	1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, report, blueprints
	[Range 3A Box LFST 6]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	400 foot antenna
Start Date	1/25/1963
End Date	4/4/1964
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, memos, notes
	[Range 3A Box LFST 6]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	Antenna design studies - budget
Start Date	1/28/1963
End Date	3/1/1963
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, memos, graphs
	[Range 3A Box LFST 6]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	North American Aviation
Title	Design description of 600-foot radio transit telescope [proposal]
Start Date	6/21/1963
Notes	2 folders. Proposal to utilize existing Sugar Grove site and structure; page 1 of Introduction missing from bound volume.
	[Range 3A Box LFST 6]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	North American Aviation
Title	Design description of 600-foot radio transit telescope [correspondence]
Start Date	9/20/1963
End Date	10/8/1963
Notes	1 folder. Correspondence related to North American Aviation proposal to utilize existing Sugar Grove site and structure.
	[Range 3A Box LFST 6]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Lear Siegler
Title	Antenna design study for Associated Universities, Inc., The National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Start Date	9/25/1963
Notes	2 folders
	[Range 3A Box LFST 7]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	Engineering Summary of a Feasibility Study for a 328-foot Diameter (100 Meter) Fully Steerable Radio Telescope
Start Date	1964
Notes	30+ page report
	[Range 3A Box LFST 7]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Lear Siegler
Title	Proposal for a feasibility study of a 500 ft diameter radio telescope
Start Date	1964
Notes	1 folder.
	[Range 3A Box LFST 7]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	General Design Data for a 100-Meter Radio Telescope
Start Date	3/16/1964
Notes	1 folder. Includes design details, blueprints
	[Range 3A Box LFST 7]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	General Design Data for a 100-Meter Radio Telescope: Appendices
Start Date	3/16/1964
Notes	1 folder. Includes design details, blueprints
	[Range 3A Box LFST 7]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	Summary information, 328 foot antenna
Start Date	5/1964
Notes	1 folder.
	[Range 3A Box LFST 8]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Max Small
Title	Very large antenna - LFSP
Start Date	6/21/1964
End Date	2/8/1966
Notes	1 folder. Pasted inside front cover: article dated 6/21/64 from Charleston Gazette on Fred Hoyle's proposal to revise Einstein's theory of relativity.
	[Range 3A Box LFST 8]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	North American Aviation
Title	Technical proposal for 100 foot transportable antenna for Arecibo
Start Date	9/10/1964
Notes	Cover letters dated 1964 October 14
	[Range 3A Box LFST 8]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Title	The floating sphere antenna
Start Date	12/1964
Notes	LFSP/JWF/2
	[Range 3A Box LFST 8]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Title	LFSP - General
Start Date	1965
End Date	1966
Notes	Includes reports, drawings, correspondence, meeting minutes
	[Range 3A Box LFST 8]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Title	LFST 500 ft parabolic antenna design study
Start Date	1965
Notes	Includes reports, correspondence
	[Range 3A Box LFST 8]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Otto Heine
Title	Largest Feasible Steerable Paraboloid Complete Study "Concrete Sphere"
Start Date	1965
Notes	Report
	[Range 3A Box LFST 8]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	E. R. Faelten
Title	LFST Drawings
Start Date	1965
End Date	1966
Notes	Includes drawings, notes, memos
	[Range 3A Box LFST 8]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	E. R. Faelten
Title	LFST: 600'x840' Fixed Elevation Spherical Antenna Revisions to Towers 1 thru 6
Start Date	1965
Notes	Blueprints
	[Range 3A Box LFST 9]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Anthony M. Isber
Title	Pointing accuracy and surface accuracy of Cassegrain reflector systems
Start Date	1965? [undated]
Notes	In same file as 1965 210 foot advanced antenna system report from Rohr Corp
	[Range 3A Box LFST 9]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	E. R. Faelten
Title	Preliminary Design for 600' x 840' Spherical, Fixed Elevation Radio Telescope
Start Date	1965? [undated]
Notes	Report
	[Range 3A Box LFST 9]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	210 foot advanced antenna system
Start Date	1965
	[Range 3A Box LFST 9]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Otto Heine
Title	LFST/FTT: Preliminary Feasibility Study of a 200 m Diameter Fully Steerable Radio Telescope Mounted in a Floating Spherical Shell
Start Date	1965 January
End Date	1966 December
Notes	Report (3 folders)
	[Range 3A Box LFST 10]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Title	The largest feasible steerable filled-aperture telescope
Start Date	1/14/1965
Notes	LFSP/JWF/1
	[Range 3A Box LFST 10]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	Unsolicited Proposal for the Engineering Design of a 328-foot Diameter (100 meter) Fully Steerable Radio Telescope
Start Date	2/4/1965
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 10]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	E. R. Faelten
Title	The largest feasible steerable filled-aperture telescope
Start Date	2/5/1965
End Date	6/9/1967
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, memos, reports, blueprints, drawings
	[Range 3A Box LFST 11]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Title	The largest feasible steerable paraboloid
Start Date	2/11/1965
Notes	LFSP/JWF/3 Report includes two reprints on large telescopes by R.N. Bracewell
	[Range 3A Box LFST 11]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	Otto Heine File
Start Date	2/25/1965
End Date	4/15/1968
Notes	Correspondence, drawings, reports (3 folders)
	[Range 3A Box LFST 11]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Title	The fixed elevation transit telescope
Start Date	3/4/1965
Notes	LFSP/JWF/4
	[Range 3A Box LFST 11]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Ryan Aeronautical Company
Title	Proposal for study of beam pointing and gain correction of large spherical antennas
Start Date	1965 April
	[Range 3A Box LFST 11]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Science Research Council; Her Majesty's Stationary Office
Title	Radio astronomy: Report of the Committee appointed by the Lord President of the Council under the chairmanship of Lord Fleck 1961-1964
Start Date	4/1965
Notes	LFSP/JWF/7
	[Range 3A Box LFST 11]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Title	Working Group for the LFSP study
Start Date	4/19/1965
Notes	LFSP/JWF/5
	[Range 3A Box LFST 12]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Title	First meeting of the LFSP Working Group
Start Date	4/28/1965
Notes	LFSP/JSF/6
	[Range 3A Box LFST 12]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Title	LFST Contracts
Start Date	4/29/1965
End Date	6/20/1968
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence and contracts concerning Otto Heine, E. R. Faelten, R. L. Jennings, North American Aviation, and Lear Siegler, Inc.
	[Range 3A Box LFST 12]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Systems Development Laboratory
Title	LFST Drawings
Start Date	5/5/1965
End Date	9/21/1966
Notes	1 folder. Drawings
	[Range 3A Box LFST 12]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Rohr Corporation
Title	Unsolicited proposal for high viscous hydrostatic bearings
Start Date	5/18/1965
Notes	Filed with report: preliminary report dated 1965 February 3
	[Range 3A Box LFST 12]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Edgar R. Faelten
Title	Fixed focal point - 660 diameter - Summary of physical properties
Start Date	1965 July
Notes	2 folders. Folder 1: 100 p. text; 11 accompanying drawings, folded sheets 24"x36"; most pages undated, a few have July 1965 dates; Folder 2: 8 accompanying drawings dated May 1965, 3 dated July 1965
	[Range 3A Box LFST 12]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	R. L. Jennings
Title	LFSP : Stress Analysis of Floating Sphere
Start Date	7/9/1965
Notes	Report
	[Range 3A Box LFST 12]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	R. L. Jennings
Title	LFSP: Summary of Bending Moment Analysis for a Spherical Shell
Start Date	8/8/1965
Notes	Report
	[Range 3A Box LFST 12]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	D.B. Alves
Title	Summary of bending moment analysis for a spherical shell
Start Date	8/8/1965
Notes	Investigator: R.L. Jennings, prepared by D. B. Alves. Originally in 3-ring binder labeled "Jennings: Shell Anal"; with "Proposal for a homologous structure to support a paraboloid dish" by Jennings & Biswas
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Correspondence
Title	Correspondence and reports on North American Aviation 600 foot floating sphere proposal
Start Date	8/17/1965
End Date	1/18/1967
Notes	Includes both NRAO and NAA materials: contract, correspondence, statements of work, monthly status reports
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	D.B. Alves; R. L. Jennings
Title	Floating sphere stress analysis - Investigator: Jennings
Start Date	8/20/1965
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Lear Siegler Inc
Title	Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope: progress report for August 1965 (structural studies)
Start Date	9/14/1965
Notes	Contract no. RAP-56
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Lear Siegler Inc
Title	Largest Feasible Steerable Telescope: progress report for September 1965 (structural studies)
Start Date	10/8/1965
Notes	Contract no. RAP-56
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	R. L. Jennings, M. Biswas
Title	Proposal for a homologous structure to support a paraboloid dish
Start Date	10/11/1965
Notes	Originally in 3-ring binder labeled "Jennings: Shell Anal"; with "Summary of bending moment analysis for a spherical shell"
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	ITT Federal Laboratories
Title	Large aperture Luneberg lens proposal
Start Date	11/19/1965
End Date	2/27/1966
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, proposal, and revised proposal
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Title	Investigation of the effects of ring design on the shell (sandwich shell) response when oriented 60 deg off zenith
Start Date	1966
Notes	No author or date on report; pencil note says "Jennings, recd 8/17/1966"
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	[North American Aviation, Inc] (originated by D. N. Ulry)
Title	Monthly status report number 1, 600 foot diameter floating sphere, antenna feasibility study
Start Date	1966
Notes	Contract number RAP-59. Undated; lists target dates for contract, 15 February 1966 through final report on 30 June 1966
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	[North American Aviation, Inc] (originated by D. N. Ulry)
Title	Monthly status report number 2, 600 foot diameter floating sphere, antenna feasibility study
Start Date	1966
Notes	Contract number RAP-59. Undated; date on one drawing is 4/12/1966
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Otto Heine
Title	LFST: Fixed Focal Point Telescope
Start Date	1966 January
End Date	1967 December
Notes	1 folder. Includes drawings, notes, computer printout
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Title	Progress report on the design of the largest feasible steerable telescope (LFST)
Start Date	1/1966
Notes	LFST/JWF/8 Filed with report: correspondence related to preparation
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Systems Development Laboratory
Title	LFSP: Systems Development Laboratory
Start Date	1/10/1966
End Date	2/16/1967
Notes	1 folder. Includes correspondence, reports, drawings
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Agbabian-Jacobson Associates
Title	Briefing charts: structural studies on the largest feasible steerable radio telescope
Start Date	2/6/1966
Notes	1 folder. Prepared for Lear Siegler
	[Range 3A Box LFST 13]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Systems Development Laboratory
Title	LFST/FTT: Preliminary Feasibility Study of a 200 m Diameter Flat Transit Radio Telescope with Limited Sky Coverage
Start Date	9/1/1966
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Title	A synthetic antenna which may meet the LFST requirements
Start Date	4/1967
Notes	LFST/JWF/9
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	Systems Development Laboratory
Title	Blueprints
Start Date	1/6/1968
End Date	7/29/1969
Notes	1 folder. Includes 9/19/1963 Otto Heine blueprints of Gear Train Assembly for a 2 Axis Antenna
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 300 foot homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Wilbur W. Bolton, Jr.
Recipient	David S. Heeschen
Date of corresp	6/13/1968
Subject	NSF approves AUI's request of subcontract with Systems Development Laboratory for work on the VLA & Homology Antennas
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	E. R. Faelten
Title	LFST: 660 foot Environmental Antenna
Start Date	6/19/1968
Notes	Report
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Title	LFST: FTT Weigh Summary
Notes	Undated. Reports
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	J. A. Muradligan
Title	300 ft Dia Homology Radio Telescope Drive Sub-system
Start Date	12/18/1968
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 300 foot homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Hein Hvatum
Recipient	S. von Hoerner, W.G. Horne, O. Heine, W.Y. Wong, J.E. Finks, D.S. Heeschen, J.W. Findlay
Date of corresp	3/21/1969
Notes	Includes notes from 3/13/1969 & 3/14/1969 meeting, Estimated Costs for 300 ft homology telescope
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 300 foot homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	D. S. Heeschen
Recipient	NRAO Trustees Committee
Date of corresp	3/25/1969
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 300 foot homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Hein Hvatum
Recipient	Sebastian von Hoerner
Date of corresp	4/4/1969
Notes	Includes NEROC Cost Summary for a 440-Foot Radome-Enclosed Radio/Radar Observatory
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 300 foot homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	J. W. Findlay
Recipient	David S. Heeschen
Date of corresp	4/23/1969
Notes	Includes 4/22/1969 draft of "A Ten-Year Radio Telescope Program" by John W. Findlay
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 300 foot homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	Hein Hvatum
Recipient	S. von Hoerner, J.W. Findlay, W.G. Horne, O. Heine, W.Y. Wong, J.E. Finks
Date of corresp	4/23/1969
Notes	Summary of 4/17/1969 discussions
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 300 foot homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	W. Horne
Recipient	Hein Hvatum
Date of corresp	7/29/1969
Notes	Design Work on Homology Antenna
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 300 foot homology telescope]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Subject	65-meter homology telescope
Title	The Homology Telescope Design
Start Date	11/9/1969
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	I. F. Cutitta
Recipient	Otto Heine
Date of corresp	11/18/1969
Subject	65-meter homology telescope
Notes	References contract; included with letter: Chapter 7 Cost Estimates and Time Schedules
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	John W. Findlay
Recipient	S. von Hoerner, H. Hvatum, W.G. Horne, O. Heine, J. Payne
Date of corresp	1/27/1970
Subject	65-meter Homology Telescope: Review of Progress and Plans
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	T. R. Riffe
Recipient	John W. Findlay
Date of corresp	2/2/1970
Subject	Funding for 65-meter Homology Telescope Design
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	J. W. Findlay
Recipient	D.S. Heeschen, H. Hvatum, S. von Hoerner, W.Y. Wong, J. Payne, S. Weinreb, W.G. Horne, O. Heine
Date of corresp	2/16/1970
Subject	Notes from 65-meter Homology Telescope Meeting 2/12/1970-2/13/1970
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	John W. Findlay
Recipient	Robert D. Hall
Date of corresp	5/19/1970
Subject	Asks for assistance in design and building of 65-meter antenna
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	John W. Findlay
Recipient	W.D. Merrick
Date of corresp	5/19/1970
Subject	Asks for assistance in design and building of 65-meter antenna
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	I. F. Cutitta
Recipient	Otto Heine
Date of corresp	5/25/1970
Subject	Change Order no. 1 to contract
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	I. F. Cutitta
Recipient	Otto Heine
Date of corresp	6/12/1970
Subject	Change Order no. 2 to contract
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	J. W. Findlay
Date of corresp	7/8/1970
Title	Notes on the 65-meter Homology Telescope Design
Notes	Includes 300ft homology telescope specifications and costs
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	I. F. Cutitta
Recipient	Otto Heine
Date of corresp	7/16/1970
Subject	Change Order no. 3 to contract
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	W. G. Horne
Recipient	John W. Findlay
Date of corresp	8/7/1970
Subject	Estimate of detailed engineering costs, 65-meter homology antenna
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Subject	65-meter homology telescope
Title	The Present Status and Future Work on the Design of the 65-meter Homology Antenna
Start Date	8/19/1970
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	John W. Findlay
Recipient	Daniel Hunt
Date of corresp	9/4/1970
Subject	Present status and future work on design of 65-meter homology antenna
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	V. Herrero
Title	Agenda and minutes of 65m Telescope Design Review
Start Date	9/10/1970
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	J. E. Finks
Recipient	Otto Heine
Date of corresp	10/19/1970
Subject	Change Order no. 4 to contract
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Correspondence
Author	David S. Heeschen
Recipient	Otto Heine
Date of corresp	12/28/1970
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

ItemType	Notes and papers
Author	John W. Findlay
Title	Conceptual Design of a 65-meter Homology Radio Telescope
Start Date	8/23/1971
	[Range 3A Box LFST 14 Folder 65 meter homology telescope]

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