Guide to Satellite TV Technology

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Summary: Mix of Telecom basics and old Satellite TV Technology
Review: This book is a mixture of Electronics/Telecom basics and no updated Satellite TV Technology. Around 1/3 of the book shows basics concepts ( Resonance , Heterodyning , Demodulation , Full-Wave Rectifiers , Zener Diode Regulators , etc. ). Chapters 3 , 4 and 5 ( around 90 pages ) describe the old Big-Dish Systems , used to receive C-band signals .Chapter 8 , dedicated to DBS systems , is very superficial ( just 25 pages ). The same occurs with chapter 10 , that presents Encryption/Decryption Technologies : 29 pages with no updated information. Finally , the Index found in the end of the book is very confused ; for example ,DBS Satellite Transponder refers the reader to page 214 , where will be found the schematic diagram for an IRD channel display circuit .