The Trans-Canadian microwave system

THE SUBJECT of transcontinental telephone communications in Canada was recently reviewed in an article entitled, “Development of Transcontinental Communications in Canada,” by J. W. Noyes, G. Gaudet, and S. Bonneville, which appeared in AIEE Communications and Electronics, July 1956, and in which reference was made to the long-term relief plans of the Trans-Canada Telephone System. It was pointed out that this envisaged a coast-to-coast radio relay system carrying television and L carrier facilities. The construction of this system is now well advanced and is scheduled for completion in 1958.