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What is a cycle?

The smallest, identifiable and regularly occurring part of a motion that is repeated at regular time intervals.

(0,90,270,360)

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Any point on Earth that a satellite can communicate with.

Satellite Terminal

100

Prevents electrical damage to SATCOM components.

Grounding Kit

100

What is the size of the ODIN SPHERE dish?

2.4 M

100

What is the size of the Mercury dawn dish?

1.2 M

200

What is the frequency range for HF?

3MHz - 30MHz

200

What are the two groups of satellites?

Bus and Payload

200

Filters noise from incoming signal.

Band-pass Filter

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How many cases does the AN/TSC-212 have?

Six cases

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How many cases does the SKIC come in?

Five cases

300

How does BLOS work?

Reflecting RF waves off of the atmosphere  

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Ability of communications equipment to handle more than one subscriber with minimal to no degradation in signal quality.

Multiple Access

300

Splits the receive and transmit paths in order to go to and from their respective components.

Diplexer

300

What type of keying does the HBSI-PT utilize?

Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK)

300

What networks does the AN/TSC-205 support?

JWICS and NSANet

400

What are the most common types of modulation?

Amplitude Modulation (signal strength), Frequency Modulation (number of cycles per second), Phase Modulation (direction)

400

A technique that matches user demands to available satellite resources.

Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA)

400

Boosts signal strength.

High Power Amplifier (HPA)

400

What is the the data rate for the ODIN SPHERE for transmitting and receiving?

2.5 Mbps upstream(Transmit), 2.5 Mbps downstream (Receive)

400

What are the the two main subsystems of the Mercury Dawn?

Hawkeye Lite III (HL3) and PacStar 4100-5

500

This type of polarization occurs when the orientation of the E-plane rotates in phase with the frequency; amplitude always stays constant.

Circular/ Elliptical Polarization

500

Three methods of encoding.

Sequential, Viterbi, and Manchester

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12GHz - 18GHz

Ku Band

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In what case can you find "MODEM and power"?

Case 2

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What type(s) of modulation does the SKIC use?

Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK), Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), and Eight Phase Shift Keying (8PSK)

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