Wi-Fi Being Allowed Near Green Bank Observatory for First Time Ever

Wi-Fi being allowed near Green Bank Observatory for first time ever

GREEN BANK, W.Va. (WBOY) — For the first time ever, residents are allowed to use certain wireless internet in the highly restrictive West Virginia Radio Quiet Zone near the Green Bank Observatory. Since it was built in 1956, the observatory, which houses the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world, has been located in both the National Radio Quiet Zone, which spans several counties in West Virginia and Virginia, and the West Virgini…

Green Bank Observatory Works with Local School to Allow WiFi in the “Quiet Zone”

The U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) is entering a new era for the “Quiet Zone”— allowing the use of WiFi at the Green Bank Elementary and Middle School, which sits next door to the NSF Green Bank Telescope. The Observatory exists within two “Quiet Zones” that protect its scientific research: the […] Source