Any terrestrial microwave groups out there?

[k8ai]

Anyone know of any discussion groups out on the internet for microwave radio equipment and systems? Thanks... Curt

[k8ai]

Since I didn't find one on the internet, I started one at Yahoo. We'll see how it works. - Curt

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/terrestrialmicrowave/

[Tom in D.C.]

Why not start by asking ARRL? Or by contacting one of the 10 gHz people listed in QST? They must have web groups dedicated to their kinds of comms.

[k8ai]

There are a few ham microwave discussion groups out there but I'm not talking about homebrew ham stuff. Thanks. - Curt

[richyradio]

gee, am I not the only one out there with alot of heavy metal/plumbing with the names Farinon, Microwave Associates, Terracom, and all the other names which they turned in to as we progressed into the future? (i.e. microwave associates = Ma/Com, Farinon = Harris) (my personal favorite: Terracom- the blue boxes favored by telcos throughout the land- the single piece units, not the split ones- came in every concievable freq range- insanely well constructed...funny thing, they all smelled like a dead fish!)

[ASTROMODAT]

ICOM's D-STAR system includes a 10 GHz microwave radio system designed to serve as a 10 Mb/s ATM backbone to haul high speed Internet service to the D-STAR repeater at its remote mountain top site. I would expect to see lots of discussions on Internet boards on these digital microwave radios as soon as they are offered for sale with the D-STAR repeater and ID-1 mobiles. They are supposed to be priced at about $15,000 per link (including the 1 meter dish antennas and microwave radios).

larry