About this Vintage Print Ad
The advertisement highlights Bell Telephone Laboratories' pioneering work in microwave relay systems for telephone communication. It describes the use of a portable tower and a microwave dish to explore new paths for long-distance telephone transmission, enabling hundreds of simultaneous conversations and future radio relay links between major cities. The ad emphasizes innovation, efficiency, and the ongoing improvement of the telephone system.
- Brand: Bell Telephone Laboratories
- Product: Bell Telephone Laboratories Microwave Relay System
- Tagline: This 'eye' scouts new telephone frontiers
- Publication: Scientific American
- Year: 1950
Objects in the advertisement: microwave dish, tower, support structure
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