Quote:
Originally Posted by walterbeers
In Omaha NE, before cable came to this city, there was a line of sight (probably microwave band) link from a tall building near downtown, (the masonic manor), to a special antenna that was mounted on the subscribers roof or building that allowed viewers to watch a few premium channels using a set top box. I forget what the company was called. I remember repairing a few TV sets of customers that had subscribed to it, and I was amazed that they could actually watch R rated movies right on their TV. Of course it disappeared when cable came in.
|
Those services were called MDS (multipoint distribution system) or MMDS (multichannel multipoint...) if I remember right. There were still several of these active in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1990s (not movie channels but universities with programming, and a local channel called BayTV), but I have not tried to reinstall an antenna and try to see what is still up there in years. They are/were in the 2.1-2.5 GHz range, as you said.
09-01-2013, 07:02 PM
Threaded Mode