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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 02:35:18 GMT
- From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: GTE Rural Area Phones Go Digital
- Message-ID: <telecom12.922.3@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 922, Message 3 of 10
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- In article <telecom12.920.3@eecs.nwu.edu> rlm@mcgort.COM (Robert
- McMillin) writes:
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- >> The FCC allotted the Quitaque system up to 23 frequencies in the range
- >> of 450 megahertz, Langley said. The system can handle as many as 92
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- > Perhaps the unwritten assumption made by the author here is that the
- > links are point-to-point microwave using parabolic dishes. This would
- > make it harder, not impossible, to monitor calls than ordinary
- > cellular, which is omnidirectional.
-
- Last time I checked, 450MHz was not considered in the microwave range.
- While it is possible to design a directional antenna setup for such a
- low frequency, the signal is still going to spread out a great deal
- more than something in the 10GHz range or so. And if they keep the
- power low enough to reduce eavesdropping, they'll probably get
- complaints from the users when propagation gets bad and they start
- getting static or dropouts.
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- Marc Unangst, N8VRH mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us
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