The â??footprintâ?? is the area of the Earthâ??s surface where a satellite signal can be received. The footprint on Earth is determined by the footprint of the antennas on the satellites.
It can gather more light
-- Measure the diameter of the dish, in feet.-- Take the frequency of the satellite signal, in gigahertz.-- Multiply the two numbers.-- Take the common log of the product.-- Multiply the log by 20, and then add 71/2 .-- The result is very close to the gain of the dish, in dB,when used for signals at that frequency.-- I'm sorry if you don't understand that, but it is the answer to the question.
By using a satellite dish, a person will be able to access channels that are not available over public airways (public networks are ones such as NBC, ABC, or FOX). These other channels that do not offer themselves to be viewed freely are paid by private satellite TV providers to allow their programs to be broadcast by a certain TV provider, and that TV provider is in turn paid monthly by viewers of satellite TV for being able to watch these shows.
The quality of a signal is a measure of how much the signal has changed during transmission. A high quality signal has changed very little. A low quality signal has other information in it which was not there in the original signal. The additional unwanted information is called noise.
The pitch period of a signal is the fundamental period of the signal, or in other words, the time interval on which the signal repeats itself. The pitch frequency is the inverse of the pitch period, which is the fundamental frequency of the signal.
Footprint
A satellite footprint refers to the area on Earth's surface where the satellite signal is received. It is the geographical coverage range of the satellite's signal transmission. The footprint size and shape depend on factors like satellite altitude, beam characteristics, and antenna design.
is in milli watts.
radar
Satellite TV Providers transmits the signals through their satellite dish converting it first from digital signals to analog signals. These signals which were converted will be transmitted to the satellite. The satellite will then transmit the analog signals per request of the satellite dish connected to the receiver of the subscriber. Once signals are received, it will be converted back to digital signals which can be read by the receiver and be displayed to the television.
The speed of a satellite signal is approximately the speed of light, which is about 299,792 kilometers per second. This means that signals transmitted from a satellite to Earth or vice versa travel at this high speed.
There are many reasons why you may have no signal from your satellite. Your service could have been disconnected for example.
1 - programming source transmits signal to a DBS provider broadcast center (Satellite TV Providers) 2 - these satellite tv providers automatically assigns received signal from the programming source to their respective bands and transmits to the satellite dish. 3 - when a user requests for a band/channel, by using a receiver it will then requests the band from the satellite to a satellite dish connected to the receiver.
The correct signal for satellite TV is determined by the direction the satellite dish is pointed. DirecTV and Dish Network signals come out of the Southern sky from the direction directly above Texas. Many other satellites orbit the earth and send out audio and video signals of all different types and formats. Simply put, a satellite dish is like a catchers mitt and will catch any signal coming from the satellite it is aimed towards. The signal received will need to be properly matched with the in house receivers and equipment in order to work properly. For example, if a Dish Network dish is aimed towards a DirecTV satellite signal, the system will not work.
The satellite signal can be blocked by various things.
The satellite signal uses microwave radiation and water absorbs microwaves. So when it rains or there are thick clouds the signal from the satellite gets absorbed and if enough is lost by this process your Dish Network receiver will lose signal
In satellite communication, up link refers to the signal traveling up to the satellite while down link refers to the signal coming from the satellite down to earth.