Here's something I didn't know. "The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) was established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Docket No. 11745 (November 19, 1958).... ... encloses a land area of approximately 13,000 square miles near the state border between Virginia and West Virginia. "
http://www.gb.nrao.edu/nrqz/nrqz.html
Radio stations must point their antennas away from the area and operate at reduced power. Cell phone towers are extreamly rare, so no cellphones, power lines must be buried 4 feet in the ground, no cbs or walkie talkies, no cordless microphones, no electric garage door openers, no pagers, no wifi, or anything like that is forbidden.. And as you near the antenna even gas powered automobiles are banned becuase of interference from sparkplugs!
So, does anyone a part 15 station close by?
A better summary from Arcane Radio Trivia:
http://tenwatts.blogspot.com/2006/02/national-radio-quiet-zone.html
One of the amendments states "...other than" So amateur radio licenses are exempt.
How interesting!!
It reminds me of the PSAs on
TV in the early 1960s about:
blasting caps. Does anyone
remember? They said, "Don't
pick it up!" and, "Turn off all
2-way radios!"
By the way, NRQZ sounds like a
great callsign, don't ya think?
And, of course, TV channel 37 is
left ëmpty" for radio astronomy use.
Or it WAS. Is that still true?
Bruce, DOGRADIO