Show Microwave Micro Equipment Slipped for Colorado or do River iver Project System equipment for use in inthe inthe the mile 1000 microwave net net- network work that will serve the Col Colorado orado River Storage Project has been shipped by Strom Strom- Carlson berg a division of General Dynamics THE ENTIRE microwave system with the exception of antenna is being set up at a special staging area in Denver as Stromberg-Carlson Stromberg em em- employs ploys an installation and systems testing concept that is new to the communications industry The multiplex telemetry 1 d 4 uI are being installed in build build- buildings ings at a t Denver Denver tested and adjusted and then the build ings with equipment in place will be moved by trailer from the staging center to the pow pow- power er substations and mountain sites At the sites with prelim prelim- preliminary inary construction work com com- completed it will be necessary only to line up antennas and complete final system checks to place the complete system into service THE MULTI channel radio system using multiplex will provide communications for the entire Colorado River Storage Project which spans five states and stretches from Cheyenne Wyo southwest across the Continental Divide to just east of the Grand Can Can- Canyon yon and then to Phoenix Ariz Work is being carried out under a contract totaling more than two million dollars from the US Bureau of Rec Rec- Reclamation Two telephone exchanges to serve power plants are al al- al already ready in operation providing internal telephone communications at Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge Dams At each installation n a Touch Touch-Lite turret provides ease in extend extend- extending ing incoming calls A special code calling feature by which persons can be paged both internally and externally the power plants also is in in- in incorporated in the exchanges STROMBERG Carlson has completed the work to iden iden- iden identify tower locations at about 3 30 sites and to conform the elevation of some 30 more critical points along the microwave path Surveys were carried carried out by aerial photography and ance Crews worked at loca loca- loca locations from feet among glacial lakes to the burning desert desert s of eastern Arizona The firm is now directing substantial construction work at the various sites including clearing grading pouring concrete foundations and in in- in installing stalling fuel systems which will provide employment for contract personnel in the states to be served I Towers antennas and re- re repeater repeater peater stations will be erect ed in two systems for the vast Colorado River Storage Pro Pro- Project Pro Pro-I which encompasses one one- twelfth of the land area of the United States The multiplex equipment will pro pro- provide vide high quality voice and data channels and permit future expansion to as many manyas manyas as channels The equip equip- equipment ment employs frequency divi- divi division division sion single sideband and sup sup- suppressed pressed carrier techniques to provide economical use of available FR frequencies I Stromberg Carlson has nearly completed manufacture ture of the he equipment for the southern operating system and has begun production of the thc northern system both of which terminate at Montrose Colo Equipment for the south southern rn system is being gath gath- gathered ered at the Denver staging area for final systems check which is scheduled for com com- completion this summer Strom Strom- berg Carlson also has established established a field office at Mont Mont- Montrose rose BESIDES THE terminal at n m aw x c a as s k d dr r a k INDIAN ROYALTY Debra Paget stars as the CIley Chey- enne eane princess Appearing Day who 1 falls in love with a fron fron- fron frontier tier surveyor In White Feather Monday night TV rv I movie presentation Montrose southern system terminals also will be at Ship Ship- Shiprock Shiprock rock N M Flagstaff and I Phoenix Ariz and at oration mation installations at Glen Canyon and Pinnacle Peak The northern system will have terminals at Montrose Hille Rifle Hayden Colo Vernal Utah Cheyenne and Archer Wyo and at reclamation in in- in installations at and Flaming Gorge Repeater in in- in will be at 15 loca loca- loca locations including Abajo Peak which is feet above sea level and at Buffalo Pass which is on the Continental I Divide Both systems provide channels for telephone reo re- remote mote control and relaying way Two common service channels will be provided for microwave system maintenance maintenance I ance and for transmission of alarms and remote channels In case of failure at any point both visible and audible alarms will be sounded at con con- control II stations I I The US Bureau of mation is developing the Colorado River one of Am Am- America's erica's wildest and most say age rivers and is and accumulating while putting the waters water's energies to work for man man- mankind kind Gigantic dams are un under der construction Transmission sion lines are carrying power through the Rocky Mountain States areas water is being diverted for irrigation and the entire Colorado River Ba Ba- Ba Basin sin is being developed into a scenic recreation area METERING of power trans trans- transmission mission facilities determination tion of load requirements and utilization of computer tech tech- techniques techniques to ascertain the most economic method of meeting these requirements will take place at Montrose with information matlon mation transmitted from vari vari- various ous sites over the communication cation system Remote and supervisory control via microwave will include stop start of power station generators and con con- control control of electric power flow in inthe inthe the power grid as well as con con- control I of the water flow of the many dams in the project I The network provides control for the transfer of power I among many of the power companies in the Ro Rocky ky Mountain States area including ing Arizona Public Service Utah Power and Light Com Com- Company pany and Public Service Com Com- Company pany of New Mexico |