Title:
Satellite communications and DBS systems
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Oxford : Focal Press, 1992
ISBN:
9780240513386
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Library | Item Barcode | Call Number | Material Type | Item Category 1 | Status |
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Searching... | 30000002199598 | TK6677.W66 1992 | Open Access Book | Book | Searching... |
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Summary
Summary
Provides a comprehensive account of the origins and growth of satellite communications technology and the evolution to high powered transponders which has made possible television broadcasting on a direct-to-home basic (DTH) from DBS satellites. With its easy-to-read format, and wealth of informative data and statistics, this book will be of interest to: * students of space communications * students of radio, TV and HDTV * anyone contemplating a career in radio or TV * personnel in the satellite TV retailing industry * TV enthusiasts wishing to knwo the fundamentals of satellite TV James Wood is a consulting engineer and freelance specialist journalist, having contributed to all the major broadcasting journals.
Table of Contents
| Include: Historical overview of communications and broadcasting |
| The economics of satellite communication systems |
| Television transmission systems |
| HDTV systems |
| Direct satellite broadcasting |
| Multiplexed analogue component systems |
| Propagation characteristics |
| Domestic receiving systems for DBS |
| The European ASTRA satellite system |
