NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MICROWAVE SITES FROM THE LATE 1970s

K CARRIER SITES

The Reno A & B cable route--K carrier-- entered California east of Truckee.  The first California stations was the Cal-Vada K station then to the Truckee K Station.  Next was Kingvale (Notice the elevated snow access door, then Blue Canyon.  The next stop was Colfax, then Auburn, Roseville and then to Sacramento.  The Oakland A & B cables left Sacramento for Davis, Cordelia, Elmira and south to Oakland/San Francisco.  The Stockton A & B cables carried K service south to LA and the lower part of the state.  The Elk Grove  and Lodi stations (right outside the Lodi MW Site) were between Sacramento and Stockton.

 

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BLUE CANYON (July 1979)

 

CAL VEDA

 

KINGVALE

 

TRUCKEE

 

VINTON JUNCTION

 

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