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2. Parabolic antenna - Wikipedia

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   Parabolic antennas are also classified by the type of feed, that is, how the radio waves are supplied to the antenna: [6] Axial, prime focus, or front feed – This is the most common type of feed, with the feed antenna located in front of the dish at the focus, on the beam axis, pointed back toward the dish. A disadvantage of this type is that ...

3. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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   The narrow beam width of a normal parabolic satellite antenna means it can only receive signals from a single satellite at a time. [38] Simulsat or the Vertex-RSI TORUS, is a quasi-parabolic satellite earthstation antenna that is capable of receiving satellite transmissions from 35 or more C- and K u-band satellites simultaneously. [39]

4. Dish Network - Wikipedia

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   It was retroactively named the "DISH 300" when legal and satellite problems forced delays of the forthcoming DISH 500 systems. It uses one LNB to obtain signals from the 119°W orbital location, [ 85 ] and was commonly used as a second dish to receive additional high-definition or international programming from either the 148°W or 61.5°W ...

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6. 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 .

7. PrimeStar - Wikipedia

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   PrimeStar was an American direct broadcast satellite broadcasting company formed in November 1990 by seven cable television companies including Comcast Corp. and TCI Communications Corp. [1] PrimeStar was the first medium-powered DBS system in the United States but slowly declined in popularity with the arrival of DirecTV in 1994 and Dish Network in 1996.