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At the heart of the Quiet Zone sits the Monongahela National Forest of West Virginia. Historically, the United States government has made a sport of neglecting key infrastructure in Appalachia.

Inside West Virginia’s quiet zone, 66-year-old federal restrictions on radio communications strictly limit internet access and service from cell towers to clear the way for a space observatory ...

The National Radio Quiet Zone is meant to provide protection from many forms of human-made radio frequency interference. Pendleton County leaders in West Virginia were the first to express ...

(WBOY) — After a new total of 10 West Virginia counties, along with one county in Virginia, called for change regarding the communication restrictions inside the National Radio Quiet Zone ...

The National Radio Quiet Zone covers approximately 13,0000 square miles. According to multiple Office of Emergency Management directors in the region, its limitations on radio communications pose ...

On Wednesday, the supervisors passed a resolution calling for the dissolution of a radio quiet zone that limits the strength of emergency responder communications in the county. The resolution means ...

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"The vast majority of people within the areas of Virginia and West Virginia collectively known as the National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) can now receive high speed satellite Internet service," the ...

On Friday, SpaceX announced it had developed a way to bring Starlink to so-called “radio quiet zones” in New Mexico and West Virginia that house two radio astronomy observatories.

More counties are expressing concerns about the National Radio Quiet Zone surrounding the Green Bank Radio Observatory and the Sugar Grove Research Station. The National Radio Quiet Zone is a ...