…The Technicians’ Handbook

Local pick-up preferred, but will ship, at the buyer’s expense

Kingston – Books 15 – IMG_7078

Authors: Frank Baylin; Richard Maddox; John McCormac

Publisher: Baylin Publications

Illustrations; Charts; Graphs; Pictures; Block Diagrams; Sample Schematics; Spectrum Analyzer Waveforms

Table of Contents (In Brief)

Introduction…..1

1. THE HOME SATELLITE SYSTEM…..5 2. SATELLITE REFLECTORS…..21 3. FEEDS…..31 4. LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS…..39 5. CABLES AND CONNECTORS…..47 6. ANTENNA POSITIONING SYSTEMS…..57 7. POWER SUPPLIES…..67 8. IF CIRCUITS…..81 9. VIDEO PROCECCING…..89 10. AUDIO PROCESSING…..105 11. RF MODULATORS…..117 12. MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVER CIRCUIT ISSUES…..123 13. COMPLETE CIRCUIT DESCRIPTIONS…..135 14. TELEVISION OPERATION 15. BROADCAST FORMATS…..159 16. BASIC SCRAMBLING METHODS.....177 17. PIONEER SCRAMBLING SYSTEMS…..199 18. CASE STUDIES…..209 19. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS…..229 20. SETTING UP A TEST BENCH…..235 21. TROUBLESHOOTING A SYSTEM…..245 22. SPECIALIZED COMPONENTS…..255

APPENDIX A. ACTIVE COMPONENTS GUIDE…..267

APPENDIX B. EQUATIONS AND CHARTS…..283

Antenna Parabolic Geometry…..288

APPENDIX C. COMMON SATELLITE TELEVISION ABBREVIATIONS…..293

APPENDIX D. GLOSSARY OF BROADCAST & SATELLITE TV TERMS…..294

APPENDIX E. CHANNEL ALLOCATIONS…..304

APPENDIX F. REFERENCE AND RESOURCE MATERIALS…..306

APPENDIX G. LISTS OF MANUFACTURERS OF SATELLITE EQUIPMENT…..309

APPENDIX H. REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS…..319

Paperback 320 pages ISBN: 0-917893-11-5