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From: gregc@cimage.com (Greg Cronau)
Subject: Re: California Coast Sightseeing
Message-ID: <1991Mar23.095742.14378@cimage.com>
Reply-To: gregc@dgsi.UUCP (Greg Cronau/10000)
Organization: Cimage Corp, Ann Arbor, MI
References: <1991Mar22.021115.3032@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 91 09:57:42 GMT

In article <1991Mar22.021115.3032@cbnewsh.att.com> mrb1@cbnewsh.att.com (maurice.r.baker) writes:
>Hi ---
>
>On a trip to the West Coast last week, we had a chance to drive up
>Route 1 along the Pacific Coast from Monterey area to San Francisco.
>
>The scenery was beautiful, many of the coastal cliffs were breathtaking
>with the waves pounding up on them.
>
>In any case, I noticed what appeared to be a satellite tracking installation
>right by the shore at one point.  If memory serves me correctly, it
>had 2 dish antennas....one larger than the other....and the bigger one
>looked like it was tracking something while it was in view.  Couldn't spot
>any signs or (obvious) roads leading to it;  kinda stuck out into the
>water away from everything else.  
>
>When I found our location on the road map, it looked like we were at
>(or near) "Moss Beach"....there also was a little airport symbol on
>the map in the immediate area.
>
>Out of curiosity, what exactly is this installation?

I have been wondering the same thing. When I went out to SF a few years
ago to visit some friends, they took me over to a stretch of beach just
south of SF. I believe it was Half-moon bay. The installation was on a
peninsula on the North end of the bay. Couldn't find it on any maps.

gregc@cimage.com