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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. Buying, Installing, Operating, and Maintaining Your Home Earth Station. SYNOPSIS: Tune in the World! Now you can explore the exciting new horizons of satellite television from your home. As many as one hundred channels of entertainment, news, sports, movies, and international television are all available at the flick of a switch. This handbook provides everything you'll need to know: selecting, installing, and troubleshooting a system; what's up there to see and how to find it; plus DBS and other future innovations coming your way. The book's simple down-home approach, along with its maps, charts, and satellite "footprints" make The World of Satellite Television a valuable reference guide for the accomplished video enthusiast as well as an easy introduction for the newcomer. Mark Long and Jeffrey Keating are recognized authorities on international electronic communications. They are the authors of numerous magazine articles and publications, including a nationally distributed satellite TV column, and the million-selling Big Dummy's Guide to C.B. Radio. CONTENTS: Foreword; Introduction 1 Exploring the Realm of the Satellites 2 The World of Satellite Entertainment 3 Understanding Your Satellite Earth Station 4 Dishes 5 Feedhorns, LNAs, & Polarizers 6 Home Earth Station Receivers 7 How To Do Your Own Installation 8 Accessories 9 Cooperative Earth Station Sharing 10 TVRO Legal Questions and Scrambling 11 Troubleshooting 12 Satellite Audio Services 13 DBS: Satellite TV of the Future 14 Intelsat 15 Other International Satellite Systems 16 Satellite TV in Europe; Epilog; Appendices. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gregory Lowry, David Long, James Hartman, Hannah Scott, Steve Solomon (illustrator).…