[tz] The Mysterious Cube

[Brian Inglis]

On 2014-11-29 22:32, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Wow, the Arlington Time Signal -- it's been a looong time since that phrase was in common use.
>Although a big deal in the early days of radio, the Arlington Radio Towers were dismantled in
>1941 because they would have been a hazard to aircraft approaching the new Washington National Airport;
>see <http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDEB_The_Arlington_Radio_Towers>.

AKA The Three Sisters "Radio" NAA
http://www.w4ava.org/nl/2013/02/20/100th-anniversary-of-three-sisters-radio-towers/
at Fort Myer
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naa-1913.jpg
where the NWS, USN Signal Corps school, and US time ticks started.
The time and weather broadcasts moved to NSS Annapolis,
where the towers were later sent.

> Perhaps the 1957 Superman episode was derived from an earlier source, a comic book say?
> Or maybe Superman had some time-travel powers that "The Mysterious Cube" didn't disclose....

There are other references to NAA radio call sign use in entertainment, like phone 555-1212,
prior to being revived for a cold war VLF submarine radio station at Cutler, Maine.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis