On This Day in Telephone History March 26TH 1958 "White Alice," the radio transmission web in Alaska, turned over to Air Force by Western Electric. "White Alice" used an over-the-horizon method of transmission to link outposts of the Alaskan Air Command and the DEW Line. Western Electric technicians directed the engineering, procurement, installation of the electronic equipment and construction of some of the sites. Bell Laboratories provided basic systems engineering and furnished consulting assistance in new scientific areas.

On This Day in Telephone History March 26TH 1958

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On This Day in Telephone History March 26TH 1958 “White Alice,” the radio transmission web in Alaska, turned over to Air Force by Western Electric.

“White Alice” used an over-the-horizon method of transmission to link outposts of the Alaskan Air Command and the DEW Line. Western Electric technicians directed the engineering, procurement, installation of the electronic equipment and construction of some of the sites. Bell Laboratories provided basic systems engineering and furnished consulting assistance in new scientific areas.