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2. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Owners of cable systems paid $10,000 to install 3-meter dishes to receive TV signals in C band. In 1976 Taylor Howard built an amateur system, which consisted of a converted military surplus radar dish and a satellite receiver designed and built by Howard, for home satellite reception.

3. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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   The receiver uses the DiSEqC protocol to control the LNB mode, which handles this. [19] If several satellite receivers are to be attached to a single dish a so-called multiswitch must be used in conjunction with a special type of LNB. [19] There are also LNBs available with a multi-switch already integrated. [19]

4. FTA receiver - Wikipedia

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   A Viewsat Xtreme FTA receiver. A free-to-air or FTA Receiver is a satellite television receiver designed to receive unencrypted broadcasts. Modern decoders are typically compliant with the MPEG-4/DVB-S2 standard and formerly the MPEG-2/DVB-S standard, while older FTA receivers relied on analog satellite transmissions which have declined rapidly in recent years.

5. Satellite dish - Wikipedia

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   A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive or transmit information by radio waves to or from a communication satellite. The term most commonly means a dish which receives direct-broadcast satellite television from a direct broadcast satellite in geostationary orbit .

6. Dish Network - Wikipedia

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   Both a standard receiver and a receiver with built-in digital video recorder (DVR) were available to subscribers. [83] The DISH Network ViP722 HD DVR replacement for the ViP622 received generally positive reviews. [84] It could record up to 350 hours of standard-definition (SD) broadcasts, or 55 hours of high-definition (HD).

7. List of communications receivers - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of rack-mount or tabletop communications receivers that include short wave frequencies. This list does not include handheld, portable or consumer grade equipment. Those that include VHF or UHF can be termed wideband receivers, whereas those without HF would be termed scanners, or surveillance receivers.