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CABLE LEAKAGE [4 records]

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Record 1 2017-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
  • Traction (Rail)
CONT

At public highway grade crossings and at turnouts in the track system, the line of contact rail must be broken and connections must be arranged between the two sections of rail thus formed by means of either an overhead or an underground cable, usually called a jumper.... The jumper cable must be thoroughly insulated from the ground, in order to prevent leakage current.

OBS

jumper cable: This term may also designate a cable used to electrically connect multiple-unit locomotives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies ferrées
  • Traction (Chemins de fer)
DEF

Câble isolé servant à maintenir la continuité de l'alimentation électrique d'un rail de contact à l'emplacement d'une coupure de voie.

OBS

câble de pontage : terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Waves
  • Telecommunications
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
OBS

Denotes an estimate of the cumulative impacts of leakage on aeronautical spectrum users. When the signal leakage measurements are taken on the ground, the CLI ground-based criterion(CLIg) is used. If the measurements are taken in the airspace above the cable distribution network, the CLI air-based criterion(CLIa) is used to estimate these impacts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Télécommunications
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

Désigne l'évaluation de l'incidence cumulative du rayonnement sur les exploitants des fréquences aéronautiques. Si les mesures de rayonnement sont faites au sol, l'ICR de mesures au sol (ICRs) s'applique. Si les mesures sont faites en altitude, au-dessus du réseau de câblodistribution, l'ICR de mesures aériennes (ICRa) servira pour l'évaluation de l'incidence.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Telephone Facilities
DEF

Leakage that occurs when the frequencies transmitted within a cable system are not properly contained within the cable plant.

OBS

Leakage may be caused by loose connectors; cracked or unterminated cables; and damage caused by accidents, such as cars knocking over poles supporting cable wires.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Installations (Téléphonie)

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
OBS

Computer-controlled data acquisition and analysis system used to conduct cable TV leakage patrols and to assist in analyzing the results.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)

Spanish

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