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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. 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.

4. Satellite dish - Wikipedia

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   The first satellite television dishes were built to receive signals on the C-band analog, and were very large. The front cover of the 1979 Neiman-Marcus Christmas catalog featured the first home satellite TV stations on sale. [2] The dishes were nearly 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter. [3]

5. Bell Satellite TV - Wikipedia

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   Bell Satellite TV currently provides 50 cm (20") dishes to its customers. Canadians living in the territories and certain parts of British Columbia and northern mainland portion of Newfoundland and Labrador require larger dishes between 60 and 120 cm; these are used to compensate for the weaker satellite signal available to these regions.

6. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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   A typical satellite has up to 32 K u-band or 24 C-band transponders, or more for K u /C hybrid satellites. Typical transponders each have a bandwidth between 27 and 50 MHz. Each geostationary C-band satellite needs to be spaced 2° longitude from the next satellite to avoid interference; for K u the spacing can be 1°.

7. List of CBC Television stations - Wikipedia

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   North Bay, Ontario: CKNY-TV 10: 1955-1971 CTV Now a CTV O&O Oshawa, Ontario: CHEX-TV-2 22: 1992-2015 CTV Semi-satellite of CHEX-TV. Became a CTV affiliate on August 31, 2015; now a Global O&O Pembroke, Ontario: CHRO-TV 5: 1961-1990 CTV Later became affiliated with NewNet (later A-Channel and A) in 1995; now a CTV Two O&O Peterborough, Ontario ...

8. C band (IEEE) - Wikipedia

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   Typical antenna sizes on C-band-capable systems range from 6 to 12 feet (1.8 to 3.5 meters) on consumer satellite dishes, although larger ones also can be used. For satellite communications, the microwave frequencies of the C band perform better under adverse weather conditions in comparison with the K u band (11.2–14.5 GHz ), microwave ...

9. Kijiji - Wikipedia

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   Kijiji's owner was also a minority shareholder in Craigslist.In April 2008, eBay launched a lawsuit against Craigslist claiming that their executives were attempting to weaken eBay's investment, while in May of the same year, Craigslist filed a counter suit claiming Kijiji had stolen trade secrets and that eBay used misleading tactics to promote the service.