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If you wish to gain a better insight into this technical world of satellite communications and earth stations, check out our Introduction to Earth Stations (0.5mb pdf file), an encyclopaedia of what there is to know, providing a full glossary of ‘earth station’ jargon and terms.

an introduction to earth stations 'contents'

 
       
  chapter 1 Satellite Orbits  
    Geostationary Orbits
Inclined Orbits
Doppler Shift
Stationkeeping
Time Delay

 
       
  chapter 2 The Satellite Link  
    End-to-End System Description
Modems
Up/Down Converters
High Power Amplifiers
Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) and Low Noise Block Converter (LNB)

 
       
  chapter 3 Antenna System  
    Electromagnetic Wave Basics
Feed Systems and Antenna Types
Antenna Tracking and Drive Systems
Tracking Systems

Step Track System
Program Track System
Overall Antenna Performance
 
       
  chapter 4 Link Budget Calculations  
    Earth Station Parameters
G/T
HPA size
Antenna gain
Antenna Tracking
Satellite Parameters
 
       
  chapter 5 System Noise and Interference  
    Uplink Thermal Noise
Transponder Intermodulation Noise
Downlink Thermal Noise
Overall Noise Performance
Interference

Adjacent Satellite Interference
Adjacent Channel Interference
Cross-Channel Interference
 
       
  chapter 6 Atmospheric Affects  
       
  chapter 7 Suggestions for Further Reading  
       
 
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