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MICROWAVE RELAY [3 records]

Record 1 2008-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Telecommunications Transmission
CONT

A satellite is a wireless receiver/transmitter that operates in orbit around the earth and acts as a microwave relay station, receiving signals sent from a ground-based station, amplifying them, and retransmitting them on a different frequency to another groundbased station.

OBS

radio relay; RR: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • radio relay station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Station réémettrice assurant le relayage d'un faisceau hertzien lorsque l'antenne de réception n'est pas en visibilité directe de l'antenne d'émission.

OBS

Dans le cas le plus fréquent d'un relais hertzien au sol, celui-ci comprend essentiellement un pylône ou une tour portant deux ou plusieurs antennes paraboliques et abritant les appareils de réception et réémission des signaux.

OBS

Peut être constitué par un satellite de télécommunications.

Key term(s)
  • station-relais

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Satellite Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications par satellite
OBS

BT-138

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
DEF

Mountains, jungles, and vast stretches of ocean have made it difficult to link existing telecommunications with conventional microwave relays and submarine cables.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
CONT

L'utilisation de moyens classiques comme les relais à micro-ondes ou les câbles sous-marins pour relier les installations existantes aurait été difficile en raison des montagnes, de la jungle et des grandes distances entre les îles.

Spanish

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