I mean all the ground stations capable of receiving television. And by microwave link I mean the rather complicated connections -- involving microwave and satellite systems -- that were required for television bandwidth, as opposed to the permanent setups for voice and telemetry. I'm not trying to oversimplify the MSFN, merely point out that television connectivity to Houston was not a full-time proposition and that the infrastructure necessary to do that was scarce enough that it had to be used for other purposes when not used for Apollo.
Mike Dinn explained this to me, so he'll necessarily have a Honeysuckle Creek bias.
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