[SixClub] Question

[Christopher Boone]

Oh S Band was being used quite a bit back then :) Even 6-7GHz was in use 
by the Telcos (AT&T mostly) Heck T1s have been around since the 60s but 
a lot of folks outside the telephone companies didnt know it! T1 was 
primarily for trunking between locations that were close 
enough...microwave was used for the long hauls (remember the old 2600Hz 
BLEEP you used to hear at the end of a LD call when the distant party 
hung up?)

S Band was chosen because of the noise problems of trying to comm 
through the Van Allen radiation belts at UHF. Of course they used S Band 
for everything...Data, Video and voice....

Chris
WB5ITT

Richard J. Fiero II wrote:

>  Along time ago I was in a truck stop gossiping with other drivers and we
> got on the subject of the Apollo missions,
> he claimed he worked at NASA then  and that the radios where microwave,  and
> FM  I just figured it was one of those
> ( truckdriver stories ).   I didn't figure they had microwave technology in
> 1965. On reflection now, not knowing a thing about radio then,( I know I
> know ) ( RADAR ) maybe I should have gotten a few books and started
> learning. My priorities were different then.
> Radio had to wait about ten more yrs, thats not to say I know much more now,
> but I am learning (slowly ).

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