[HamWAN PSDR] Map of AT&T Wash. Microwave Network - 1976

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There was a posting on Reddit awhile about these AT&T Long Lines network.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/comments/9yvidg/shes_coming_down/

Eric
On 5/5/2019 8:18 AM, Paul Barwick wrote:
> Thanks!
>
> On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 8:16 AM Randy Neals <randy at neals.ca
> <mailto:randy at neals.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Solid lines are microwave.
>     Beaded lines are coaxial cable
>     Dashed lines are copper. Usually screened pairs.
>
>     Railways became routes for fiber in the competitive telco boom.
>     Usually cable was placed along roads and occasionally along
>     private right of way.
>
>     On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 7:17 AM Paul Barwick <paulbarwick at gmail.com
>     <mailto:paulbarwick at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         I  am guessing that the solid lines with the directional
>         markings are microwave paths  I wonder if the dashed lines are
>         following railroad right of ways?  I know that fiber optic
>         cables run along the RR right of way now.  I am not sure if
>         they used to do the same thing with copper.  Now that I think
>         about it, there always used to be overhead cables or wires
>         along the RR right of way.  I had always assumed those were
>         for RR communications.  Perhaps I was wrong and they belonged
>         to someone else who leased the space.
>
>         On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 5:59 AM Darcy Buskermolen
>         <darcyb at gmail.com <mailto:darcyb at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1S7cXpv02lAd4okrYqzDKna7Ekvo&ll=45.268463719529315%2C-122.1243670978431&z=7  
>
>             On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 5:48 AM Skyler F
>             <electricity440 at gmail.com
>             <mailto:electricity440 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 Where did you get that map? Could I find one of the
>                 whole US?
>
>                 On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 2:45 AM Randy Neals
>                 <randy at neals.ca <mailto:randy at neals.ca>> wrote:
>
>                     Many of these sites may sound familiar.
>
>                     image.png
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