(perhaps off topic, but) Microwave Towers

Sun Jul 15 07:03:58 UTC 2018

I was going to say... in my experience (I've been to a lot of the
Arizona electronics sites, having grown up around broadcasting) that
most of the microwave equipment in use was for Bell. That was by far
the most populous tower on any mountain top. The broadcasters don't
send their signals anywhere but either from downtown to the transmiter
or in some cases from the big town to a small town to feed a local low
power transmitter (like 5kw VHF as opposed to the normal 100kw).
Anything else was Satelite. I know the railroad did some wireless
(Sprint's towers were also quite densely packed with directional
horns) but a lot of their communication for rail signaling was
hardwire as far as I was aware.

-Wayne

On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 12:20:34PM -0500, frnkblk at iname.com wrote:
> Is it possibly AT&T's old network?
> https://99percentinvisible.org/article/vintage-skynet-atts-abandoned-long-lines-microwave-tower-network/
> http://long-lines.net/places-routes/
> 
> This network runs through our service territory, too.  The horns are distinctive.  
> 
> Frank
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org> On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2018 9:54 AM
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: (perhaps off topic, but) Microwave Towers
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I find myself driving down Route 66.  On our way through Arizona, I was 
> surprised by what look like a lot of old-style microwave links.  They 
> pretty much follow the East-West rail line - where I'd expect there's a 
> lot of fiber buried.
> 
> Struck me as somewhat interesting.
> 
> It also struck me that folks here might have some comments.
> 
> Miles Fidelman
> 
> -- 
> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
> In practice, there is.  .... Yogi Berra
> 
> 
> 

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Wayne Bouchard
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