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Earth Terminal Site Selection and Installation for the Public Television Satellite Interconnection System

1979; Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers; Volume: 88; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5594/j10410

0036-1682

Edmund A. Williams,

Satellite Communication Systems

The process of finding suitable sites for 150 ten-meter diameter satellite earth terminal antennas involves a complicated series of events. A wide range of expertise is required to determine: (1) how a station qualifies for an earth terminal; (2) the radio frequency interference environment; (3) the zoning and physical environmental regulations to be satisfied; (4) ownership of the property; (5) preparation of the FCC applications for construction permits and licenses; (6) design of site equipment configurations; (7) construction, installation and testing; (8) frequency coordination and protection; and (9) routine system testing. In order to accomplish these activities in the time frame provided, Public Broadcasting organized the Satellite Interconnection System Project Office (SISPO), comprised of representatives of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Collins Telecommunications Division of Rockwell International, Western Union, and Touche Ross & Co. There were three major phases to the overall effort: the system definition phase, the preliminary phase, and the implementation phase. The thrust of this paper deals with the engineering aspects of the latter two phases.