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WV POTA/SOTA Trip WA3WSJ KB3SBC KA3RMM

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park Nestled in the mountains of West Virginia The park’s 11-mile long heritage railroad and authentic company town are some of the state’s most popular tourist attractions. Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is one of America’s only authentic operating museums of lumber railroading.

Cass, WV Lumber Industry Town

Shay #2 Locomotive

Green Bank Observatory Dish

Green Bank Radio Telescope Observes 85% of sky 485 feet tall Weighs-in at 17 million lbs. 2004 metal panels 2.3 acres – two football fields!

Grote Reber, W9GFZ obtained his first amateur radio license when he was 16 years old, the beginning of an obsession that would make him the first and for a full decade, the only radio astronomer.

160MHZ was the Ticket!