The length of the path between a communications satellite and an associated earth station. Above the United States, communications satellites are typically positioned in slots which are based at two degree intervals. A satellite broadcast service available to hotels, motels, apartment complexes, etc. An optional interface used to synchronize the UCS time with the studio time. Snow A form of noise picked up by a television receiver caused by a weak signal.
Snow is characterized by alternate dark and light dots appearing randomly on the picture tube.
Solar Outage Solar outages occur when an antenna is looking at a satellite, and the sun passes behind or near the satellite and within the field of view of the antenna. This field of view is usually wider than the beamwidth. Solar outages can be exactly predicted as to the timing for each site. They occur twice yearly in the spring and in the fall. The range of electromagnetic radio frequencies used in transmission of voice, data and television.