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The Author
Dennis Roddy is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at
Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and has more than 40 years
of experience in industrial and technical education. He is also the author
of Radio and Line Transmission, Volumes 1 and 2, Introduction to
Microelectronics, and Microwave Technology; and coauthor (with J.Coolen) of
Electronic Communications; and Electronics.
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A timely text,
recently revised
Highly regarded for more than a decade as a teaching text and
professional tutorial, this classic guide to satellite
communications has been updated and expanded to cover global
wireless applications, digital television and Internet access via
satellite. New to this edition are Global wireless services,
including 3G; Antenna Options and Error Coding.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Overview of Satellite Systems
Chapter 2: Orbits and Launching Methods
Chapter 3: The Geostationary Orbit
Chapter 4: Radio Wave Propagation
Chapter 5: Polarization
Chapter 6: Antennas
Chapter 7: The Space Segment
Chapter 8: The Earth Segment
Chapter 9: Analog Signals
Chapter 10: Digital Signals
Chapter 11: Error Control Coding
Chapter 12: The Space Link
Chapter 13: Interference
Chapter 14: Satellite Access
Chapter 15: Satellites in Networks
Chapter 16: Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Television
Chapter 17: Satellite Mobile and Specialized Services
APPENDIX A: ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS
APPENDIX B: CONIC SECTIONS
APPENDIX C: NASA TWO-LINE ORBITAL ELEMENTS
APPENDIX D: LISTINGS OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
APPENDIX E: ILLUSTRATING THIRD-ORDER INTERMODULATION PRODUCTS
APPENDIX F: ACRONYMS
APPENDIX G: LOGARITHMIC UNITS
INDEX
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