This article is geared towards personnel planning to build a single microwave path or a wide area microwave network build-out. It is written with a focus on major microwave hubs and the networks that support them. If you haven’t been involved in microwave network build in the last few years, a lot has changed. Although this article does draw information based upon building a network for a utility, there are many common areas between a utility microwave network and a cellular microwave network.