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Offline RonR

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RCAG Sites
« on: May 04, 2012, 10:12:48 AM »
Something I've always been wondering about: how do the ATC transmissions get routed back and forth between the RCAG sites and the enroute centers?  I once thought it was by a microwave link but I have my doubts about that...

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Offline K5PAT

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Re: RCAG Sites
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2012, 10:38:56 AM »
It used to be wireline (telephone) control lines. They used both DC control and audio (tone) control. But nowadays it is probably fiber optic cable. There may be a few microwave links in the remote areas, but the maintenance is a problem with microwave.

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Re: RCAG Sites
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2012, 12:23:19 PM »
Ah, I had a feeling it might be something like that.  At one point I even thought that there might be satellite links involved but sort of ruled that out too.  Thanks K5PAT!

Ron