NRAO Electronics, November 1979
Subject
Description
On 6 August 1956, the West Virginia Radio Astronomy Zoning Act became the first legislation in the world intended specifically to protect basic research, and on 19 November 1958 The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) was established by the Federal Communications Commission to minimize potential harmful interference to the NRAO in Green Bank, WV, as well as to the radio receiving facilities for the US Navy in Sugar Grove, WV. This 1979 photos shows NRAO's frequency van, used to detect sources of interference in and around Green Bank, long before the era of ubiquitous computers, cell phones, drones, and satellites, when threats were more likely to come from malfunctioning household appliances or poorly sited TV broadcast towers.
Creator
Records of the NRAO
Type
Still Image
Identifier
GB79-17654.jpg
Original Format of Digital Item
B&W negative
Location
Start Date
1979-11-20
Photo Credit
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Historical Negative #
GB79-17654
Series
Photographs Series
Unit
Electronics, Computers and Equipment Unit
Range #
2A
Citation
Records of the NRAO, “NRAO Electronics, November 1979,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed May 9, 2025, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/30036.