Indeed its a common mistake that everyone thinks its ma. Andover me was chosen because its was miles from any place and was in a hole essentially. They strung microwave towers to the place.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:06 PM, J. Forster <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops. I didn't know there was an Andover ME. > > Thanks, > > -John > > =============== > > > > > > [email protected] said: > >> There was / is? a ground station near Andover Massachusetts also. The > >> antenna was called a Hogg Horn. > > > > Andover Massachusetts or Andover Maine? > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andover_Earth_Station > > > > > > Hogg seems to be the guy (or main guy) who put a parabolic reflector on a > > horn. If you rotate the whole thing around the Z axis and and then > rotate > > the horn around the X axis, you can aim at anyplace in the sky. > > http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/butowsky5/astro4k.htm > > > > > > > > -- > > These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
