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fennec-posix ◴[] No.44567308[source]
I think the most impressive part about these sites was the way they networked them together with UHF/Microwave Troposcatter links, which basically just scream RF into the sky and then listen for the small amount of energy that's reflected off the troposphere on the other end. (It's a little more complex than that)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropospheric_scatter

This method was the back-bone of long distance Cold War communications links (As well as HF using ionospheric propagation) until Satellites started becoming more commonplace in the 70's

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blantonl ◴[] No.44567324[source]
meteor scatter communications were even more crazy and impressive (still in use actually)
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1. fennec-posix ◴[] No.44567332[source]
Had not heard of this, that's impressive.