Connecting the headend to a building in the city center posed a challenge for CGI in Homer, Alaska. Cable AML came to the rescue with a Wireless HFC Extension. The 4 Kilometer bidirectional link carries the full Downstream and Upstream cable channel load on a single pair of antennas with radomes. The active electronics are all rack-mounted indoors.

The Headend was built on a ridge near the city. The very low look angle to geostationary satellites serving CONUS, requires satellite receive antennas in Alaska to be constructed on rises or on manmade structures.

The link interconnects the Headend with the central data site in the city center. Right-of-way issues and the high cost of constructing a fiber link made a microwave link the only feasible solution.