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2. Television receive-only - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] As of 2009, there are 23 C-band satellites and 38 K u /K a band satellites. [17] There were over 150 channels for people who want to receive subscription channels on a C-band dish via Motorola's 4DTV equipment via two vendors Satellite Receivers Ltd (SRL) and Skyvision Archived January 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. The ...

3. C band (IEEE) - Wikipedia

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   The satellite communications portion of the C band is highly associated with television receive-only satellite reception systems, commonly called "big dish" systems, since small receiving antennas are not optimal for C band. Typical antenna sizes on C-band-capable systems range from 6 to 12 feet (1.8 to 3.5 meters) on consumer satellite dishes ...

4. Satellite dish - Wikipedia

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   This great decrease of dish size also allowed satellite dishes to be installed on vehicles. [10] Dishes this size are still in use today. Television stations, however, still prefer to transmit their signals on the C-band analog with large dishes due to the fact that C-band signals are less prone to rain fade than K u band signals. [11]

5. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Hughes's DirecTV, the first national high-powered upper K u-band satellite TV system, went online in 1994. The DirecTV system became the new delivery vehicle for USSB. In 1996, EchoStar's Dish Network went online in the United States and

6. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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   A C-band Andrew Corporation satellite dish used by TVRO systems. The term television receive-only , or TVRO, arose during the early days of satellite television reception to differentiate it from commercial satellite television uplink and downlink operations (transmit and receive).

7. List of satellites in geosynchronous orbit - Wikipedia

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   Hybrid C/K u /K a-band satellite; C band payload referred to as Galaxy-23 2008-11-26 EchoStar-9: FS-1300: United States Echostar/DISH Network: Direct Broadcasting North America: 7 August 2003: Hybrid C/K u /K a-band satellite; K u /K a-band payload referred to as EchoStar-9 2008-11-26 121.1°W Galaxy 31 (Galaxy 23R, PACSTAR-L4) LS-1300: United ...