Living Next Door To SETI

NO SIGNAL: Growing Up in Green Bank, West Virginia, Observer (scroll down to page 36)
“I grew up in Green Bank, West Virginia, at the center of the federally mandated National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ), where interference like cell phones, wireless internet, and other devices are legally regulated. My hometown feels like another planet, full of opposites and tucked away from the world in a quiet spot. I grew up feeling no different than the average child, but it wasn’t until middle school that I realized I lived in a unique area. Green Bank is a special town–the epicenter of the NRQZ, and also a site of fascinating technology used for astronomical research. Green Bank is home to what was, during my childhood, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and is now the Green Bank Observatory (GBO). At GBO, there are eight telescopes, but the most impressive telescope is the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, or the GBT.”
Going Off Source: Time Away With SETI In West Virginia, Astrobiology.com (1997)
“For the past several months I had been meaning to get out to Seneca Rocks, West Virginia to check in with the folks at the Gendarme Rock Climbing Shop. You see, I [used to] run their website, and I have been too busy to get out there – or “get vertical'” for quite some time. Just as this particular need to go out to West Virginia was becoming obvious, along came another reason: I needed to catch up with some SETI folks – and they were going to be in nearby Green Bank for a day or so, an hour’s drive from Seneca Rocks. Two perfect excuses to escape the Washington DC metro area, and go off source.”