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pcT (0BowYer)For the peot few months severalemployees at the Observatory havebeen actively engaged in theautomotion of the 40 1 te.esco_and associated receivers and quip -ment for the purpose of providingan instrument that eould be usedto make observations of the sameradio sources day in and day outfor perhaps a period of 3-5 years.hese series of observations are

the interest of Dr. Heeschen.

The system is designed to observeat 750 mc and 1400 mc simultaneously. Two standard MAO receiversare used with a Jasik feed.

Most of the control equipmenthas been designed and built atNRAO because of the need forspecific items which are not stockitems in the electronics industr

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Selects and identifies datato be punched and printed on tape-the day, t"ne time, the telescopeposition and the receiver outputs,

5. Initiates receiver calibrations at appropriate times.

At the present time the telescopeis operating automatically inorder to determine necessary pre-liminary checks.

The writer would like to takethis opportunity to thank all thempeople who have been instrumentalin preparing this instrument foroperation. We have asked forand received cooperation and helpfrom every group on the siteso pat yourselves on the cheekeveryone, but keep in mindthere's more to come.

One of the chief criteria for the Telescoe 0 erators Dinnsystem is reliability, since the Friday, February 16, 6:30 pmtelescope will be unattended.Every attempt has been made to make The telescope operators met in thethe system as reliable as possible, cafeteria for a very dry, stag,but how well this has been doneremains to be seen.

not worth mentioning; Omar "Bo-Coo"

chicken dinner. Speakers wereBilly "Rusty" Meredith - subject

The control system is the brainof the operation. It does thefollowing things:

1. Positions the telescopein the sky at appropriate times.

2. Initiates the beginning ofan observation.

3. Times the complete Obser-vation to the nearest second andsignals that the observation hasended.

Bowyer My Adventures as a Lover;Bob Viers gave everyone a haircutand manicure; George Grove demon-strated a method of viewingChannel 6 and Channel 10 commer-cials at the same time; TroyHenderson demonstrated his famouswing shot (chicken that is)7BoloVance explained how to get maximumenjoyment from a smelly cigar;Arnold Davidson explained how to

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A standard NRAO built 750 mc receiver will also work along sidethe 1O-cm for probably the nextyear.

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go to pot (with epoxv, thatHo e ,71-r r9 .174,re-• rn asmonstrate' how touoe: a hunting bow for wife beat -

purpoees, and Fred Crews atehi r.3 chickee, whether he liked itor not.

Ralph Perry receivedMonday, February 26,death of his sisterin-law of Ronceverte,

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moo ow. ammem• Latest re en Dr. Struve wasLab technicians John Hensley andFrank Perry, 'led hy BilL Kuhnen,and telescope opereetors HowardBrown arfl Bob Vance, led by FredCrews, ard Maxie Cumm and TomCarpenter, have just finished in-stalling the 10-cm receiver at the85-foot scope. This receiver wasbuilt at the Ewen-Knight Corporat-ion to AUI's specification. The10-cm receiver has made one othergrand appearance last year at the85-foot with very pleasing andastonishing results. Now withimproved modifications and greaterinterest, "things are looking upfor the 10-cm".

Sidney Smith is now workingthree days a week with StoneWebster Engineering Company inBoston, Mass., and two days aweek at Green Bank. His workin Boston with Stone & Websteris connected with the 14Ofoottelescope.

Merritt Gum and Richard Hinerwill attend the Southern ConferenceTournament at Richmond, VirginiaMarch 1, 2, and 3.

that he was in Fort Worth, Texas,and gettiAg a:-ng fi

Mr. Ed Fael en visited the Ob-servatory on February 27. Hebrought with him design drawingsof the surface panels for the300-foot telescope.

New EMPA2ZP:ta

Julian M. Hamed, of Green Bank,came to work on February 5 asDesigner.

Lyndell Brooks joined theEngineering Department as JuniorEngineer on February 6.

John Rader, of Coca, Florida,has joined the technicians inthe lab. Mr. Rader has movedhis wife and daughter to Cassfrom Florida He is working onthe 300-foot drive and position-ing systems.

John Hensley, also of Coca, Fla.,came to work as a technician onFebruary 12. He has moved hisfamily to Green Bank, and isworking with 10-cm receiver.

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The Observatory now has 115employees, both on permanent andtemporary basis.

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Lab Gab by D.Ross

Mr. D. Cartwright of CSIRO,Camden, Australia, visited D.Ross on February 20 to discussa VLF experiment to be done inconjunction with the "Whistler"experiment.

Dr. Orhaug is traveling inEngland, France, Norway andSweden on Observatory business.He will return to the US onMarch 17.

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Ed Gardner spent several daysthe first of February inspectingsurplus equipment in Illinois,Michigan, and West Virginia.

Saw aim

M. Waslo and T. Zatta attendeda Bivens & Caldwell Seminar onMicrowave Measurements atHigh Point, North Carolina lastweek. Their wives accompaniedthem to High Point.

Mrs. Irene Varner would likebaby-sitting and general housework. Phone 456-4455.

For Sale:

Good 1953 GMC Dump Truck. SeeJohn Matheny at Works Area.

Cliff McLaughlin has some goodused Christmas trees for saleand it is only 299 days untilChristmas.

Dr. and Mrs. Heeschen announcethe birth of a son on February1. This is their third childand has been named Richard Mark.

Undergraduate Research Partici-pation rogram

This year, as in the past threeyears, the National Science Foun

-dation is sponsoring an Under-graduate Research ParticipationProgram (UGRPP) at the Observatory.Dr. Findlay has been chosenDirector of the Program, andnotices have been mailed to over70 colleges and universities ask-ing for applications from studentsmajoring in either astronomy,physics or electrical engineering.From the applications received,eight students will be selectedfor this program, which beginsJune 11 and ends August 25.students will assist staffscientists in various projects,learn to program the IBM 1620computer, and attend a series oflectures given by staff scientists.

Green Bank Hi.h School BasketballAt the Sectional Tournament onFebruary 23, at Hillsboro, GreenBank won over Hillsboro with ascore of 58 to 50. Being thewinner of the Sectional TournamentGreen Bank will play at Hintonin the Region 5 Tournament Friday,March 2, 7:00 am. The same night atHinton, Ronceverte will playRainelle, and the winners of thesetwo games will play at Hinton onSaturday, March 3, in the Green-brier Championship game.

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If you see a red or white flashgo by, don't be alarmed - iteither B. Nottingham or C. StClair.They have both traded cars inthe last month - just call themAstronaut and Kilowatt.

(RHiner)

The

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Better Vigwinq of Channel 5 TV

On Monday, February 5, Mr. February 11. A dinner was ar-McEwuen, Mr. Yerkey and Mr. Sayre ,ranged by the scientific staengineers of Weston Channel 5 T V for Dr. Struve just before hisvisited M. Waslo at the Obser- departure to California.vatory. Mike gave them the grandtour, ending with a visit through Unfortunately at the last minutethe lab and a session with Dr. Dr. Struve was unable to attend

Farewell Dinner for Dr. Struve

This problem was investiga d bythese engineers while at GreenBank, and other areas on thei rreturn to Weston. They informedMike that Dr. Hvatum was absolute-ly right in his observation, andthey have started troub le-shoot-ing their equipment to eliminatethese ghosts, which means betterTV viewing in the near future.

Hvatum.Dr. Hvatum made the observationto them that the ghosts seen onchannel 5 TV were not reflectedsignals, but true transmissionsdue to some mismatch or ringingeffect within the transmittingequipment. Mike investigatedthis further, noting that ghostsexist on TV sets in Weston,Clarksburg, Sutton, and Elkinsanywhere you view channel 5.

In a conversation about theNRAORA basketball games, BrownCassell was heard to remark,"Well, when we start to playsoftball at least we will haveclub in our hands." (Thesegames must be getting rough.)

due to illness. The dinner, pre-pared and served by the wives, wasdelicious and included many inter-esting dishes. During the courseof the evening a letter was pre-pared to be sent to Dr. Struveregretting his absence at thedinner, and wishing him every suc-cess in his new Post.

Guests included Dr. Robertson,of NSF, Dr. Heeschen, Dr. and Mrs.Wade, Dr. and Mrs. Drake, Dr. andMrs. Orhaug, Dr. and Mrs. Hvatum,Dr. and Mrs. Hogg, Dr. Vinokur,Mr . Waltman , Miss Ness and Masscrampin. (JC)

"The Searchers", the orchestrathat provided music for our NRAORADance, signed a recording contractwith the Mt. Vernon Record Company,Roanoke, Va. Carolyn stClair (Mr.Plunkett 's secretary) is vocalistwith this orchestra.They have been organized since1956, with Blair Smith as theirleader on the saxaphone, RupertHoward, electric guitar , "Cork"

a Burnette, base, Stanley Walker,drums, Les King, electric piano,and Carolyn StClair, vocalist.

4.11. 01110. 0.111. .100,1011W They will be delighted to provideThe telephone company is install- entertainment for any social ating four key systems in the anytime a suitable date can beLaboratory building. fixed. You may see Carolyn for

more information.

NRAORA Basketball Standings2 28 62

Team W L Pet Pf PaDavis 5 1 833 315 235Carpenter 3 3 500 290 294Davidson 2 4 333 303 297Shears 2 4 333 256 338

çpririg Leaders

BrooksCassellCarpenterRalstonShearsDavidsonOrefOliverSimmonsCrews

GMS Pts.118

4 1041368281746563

6 5653

Avg. 2926231613121110

Page 5LAST LAUGHS

A minister phoned his city's boardof health to ask that a dead mulebe removed from the front of hishome. The smart-aleck young clerkwho answered said, "I thought youpreachers took care of the dead."

"We do," said the preacher,"butfirst we get in touch with therelatives.

-A telephone operator says sheoverheard the following conversat-ion:

"Hello, that you, Bill?"Yes, this is Bill.""It doesn't sound like Bill.""Yes, this is Bill speaking.""Are you sure this is Bin?""YES, this is Bill.""Well, listen, Bill, this isGeorge. Lend me $50.

"All right, I'll ten Bill whenhe comes in.

An insurance agent made an appoint-ment with a businesswoman to goto her home and talk policies.

" You may find me in a dilemma,"she warned him.

"Oh, that's all right," he as-sured her,"my last prospect wasin a kimono."

BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT

Observatory All-Stars will playthe Cass Independents at 7:30 inthe Cass Gym.

This is the first time the All-Stars have gone "professional".

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