COMSAT and the State of Maine could not save the AT&T Long Lines RADOME built for TELSTAR in Andover, Maine in 1962. Thankfully, some artifacts, such as the ruby for the maser, a gold plated platinium ring that connected the movable portion of the horn to the stationary part, and other artifacts, are preserved at the New England Museum of Telephony in Ellsworth, Maine.
Those intersted in preserving the history at Holmdel should cultivate a good relationship with the developer so that photographs of the facililty and grounds can be taken, and a "Virtural Holmdel" could be created online. Imagine an online world where one could enter and sit in on discussions with a virtural Harald Friis, and other BTL notables.
Those who worked at Holmdel were the technological cousins of 'the greatest generation'. BTL and AT&T, Western Electric served America well, and helped keep her free.
It is imperative to act fast to preserve history, both physical buildings, and those whom occupied them. I was fortunate to have known, though only through emails, Gene O'Neill, Project Director of TELSTAR, Nelson Upthegrove, who worked on TELSTAR at Cape Canaveral, and Irwin Welber.
Best of luck to those who work to preserve this history!
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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COMSAT and the State of Maine could not save the AT&T Long Lines RADOME built for TELSTAR in Andover, Maine in 1962. Thankfully, some artifacts, such as the ruby for the maser, a gold plated platinium ring that connected the movable portion of the horn to the stationary part, and other artifacts, are preserved at the New England Museum of Telephony in Ellsworth, Maine.
Those intersted in preserving the history at Holmdel should cultivate a good relationship with the developer so that photographs of the facililty and grounds can be taken, and a "Virtural Holmdel" could be created online. Imagine an online world where one could enter and sit in on discussions with a virtural Harald Friis, and other BTL notables.
Those who worked at Holmdel were the technological cousins of 'the greatest generation'. BTL and AT&T, Western Electric served America well, and helped keep her free.
It is imperative to act fast to preserve history, both physical buildings, and those whom occupied them. I was fortunate to have known, though only through emails, Gene O'Neill, Project Director of TELSTAR, Nelson Upthegrove, who worked on TELSTAR at Cape Canaveral, and Irwin Welber.
Best of luck to those who work to preserve this history!