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The last upload was 30 January.

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Chuck Walla said:
These are apparently Rohr's effort to make horn antennas for the Bell System. These were an artifact of five nines reliability. Most of the 3500-4000 MHz links these carried have been transitioned to (reliable) fiber.

In a WalMart culture, where everyone is trying to get something for nothing, there's no room for five nines reliability.

Suggested reading: Sagan, Scott, The limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons

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Chuck Walla said:
Per Rohr Magazine Summer 1965 issue, these are Bell System KS-15676 horn antennas made by the Antenna Division.

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