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  2. Slow-scan television - Wikipedia

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    Slow-scan television (SSTV) is a picture transmission method, used mainly by amateur radio operators, to transmit and receive static pictures via radio in monochrome or color. A literal term for SSTV is narrowband television .

  3. G5RV antenna - Wikipedia

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    A transmatch (antenna tuner) is not required to use this antenna near its nominal design frequency of 14 MHz, and judicious length adjustments can sometimes include one other frequency band. All other frequencies require a transmatch. [citation needed] There are many variants of the G5RV antenna. Two variations of the G5RV design, called ZS6BKW ...

  4. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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    Satellite television, like other communications relayed by satellite, starts with a transmitting antenna located at an uplink facility. [7] Uplink satellite dishes are very large, as much as 9 to 12 meters (30 to 40 feet) in diameter. [7] The increased diameter results in more accurate aiming and increased signal strength at the satellite. [7]

  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. Television antenna - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the United States, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Over-the-Air Reception Devices OTARD Rule) allows "any owner or a tenant" [24] the right, "on property that they own or over which they have exclusive use or control", [24] to install "An antenna that is designed to receive local television broadcast signals" but that "masts ...

  7. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Later that same year, HBO leased a transponder on Satcom 1 and began transmission of television programs via satellite to cable systems. Owners of cable systems paid $10,000 to install 3-meter dishes to receive TV signals in C band.

  8. Gemstar–TV Guide International - Wikipedia

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    An integrated circuit with Gemstar technology. Gemstar–TV Guide International, Inc. was a media company that licensed interactive program guide technology to multichannel video programming distributors such as cable and satellite television providers, and consumer electronics manufacturers; video recorder scheduling codes under brands such as VCR Plus; as well as serving as publishers of TV ...

  9. Moxon antenna - Wikipedia

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    Moxon antenna for the 20-meter band.The antenna is the faint rectangle of wires held in tension by the bent X-shaped support frame. Moxon antenna for the 2-meter band. The Moxon antenna or Moxon rectangle is a simple and mechanically rugged two-element parasitic array, single-frequency antenna. [1]