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Show Micro Wave Service Installed Between Salt Lake & Provo An $800,000 microwave system sys-tem has been placed in service between Salt Lake City and Provo, according to H. K. Richmond, Rich-mond, District Manager of the Mountain States Telephone Company. The new system will not replace re-place long distance lines now in use he explained. It will provide adequate circuits over an alternate route to meet the demands of the rapidly growing Central, Southern and Eastern parts of Utah. Alternate routing of long distance lines .through metropolitan centers is in keeping with the national , defense planning and assures greater communication stability. stab-ility. Microwaves are not affected aff-ected by wind or storm, and provide excellent means of furnishing constant high quality qual-ity service, Mr. Richmond said. In the radio relay method of telephone trensmission, super high frequency radio weves are beamed from point to point They are focused like light rays and are limited to a line of sight path. To provide this path three microwave towers and two buildings have been erected. One new building and tower is located at 1210 W. Center St. in Provo and the other building with an associated assoc-iated tower is near Camp Williams. Wil-liams. The third tower of the system is constructed on top of the main telphone building in Salt Lake City. |