We use dozens of these radios to carry DS3 traffic, quickly and reliably, hundreds of miles in our division. If you're familiar with these radios and ever needed repairs done, you'll know that the repair cost can be expensive. Single Source would do repairs for about half the cost of Alcatel. Even that can get expensive, so I've been fixing our own recently. I found a stereo microscope at a flea-market and with a steady hand (no coffee) I've done some pretty fine (small) repairs. I've fixed up to about a dozen of these microwave modules in one day, saving thousand$!! Email me if you need a cheap and quick repair or two, or three. Don't forget to change the 'n' to a 'r' in the email address. It should spell 'verizon' (anti-spam trick).
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