• DocumentCode
    1378143
  • Title

    Transatlantic communications: A historical résumé

  • Author

    Kelly, Mervin J. ; Radley, Sir Gordon

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, N. Y.
  • Volume
    75
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1957
  • Firstpage
    841
  • Lastpage
    842
  • Abstract
    THE PAPERS that follow describe the design, manufacture, and installation of the first transatlantic telephone cable system in all its component parts, including the connecting microwave radio-relay system in Nova Scotia. The purpose of this introduction is to set the scene in which this project was undertaken and to discuss the technical contribution it has made to the development of world communications.
  • Keywords
    Cable TV; Coaxial cables; Communication cables; Electron tubes; Laboratories; Repeaters; Underwater cables;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part I: Communication and Electronics, Transactions of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0097-2452
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCE.1957.6372602
  • Filename
    6372602