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It was about a hundred years ago that Marconi invented radio communicatings (1902). By 1930, many homes in the United rural areas and Europe had an AM radio stimulater. The world changed quite a bit in the 20th one hundred. Courier 1B, (Philco), the first active communication satellite, was launched in 1960. We now faces new communication challenges. High Definition Television (HDTV), which needs a much larger bandwidth for transmission, coupled with the current demand for hundreds of television channels and the growth in Internet communications, is resulting in a communication bandwidth shortage. One tool being used to kickshaw this problem is Satellite SpotBeams. By 2010, 60% of internet TV receivers will use a Satellite signal, up from 15% in 2002.

What are Satellite online TV SpotBeams?

Until deep, communication satellites transmitted with a very broad signal. The same signal that was received in the California was from the same author as the signal that was received in New York. Satellites that are not “SpotBeams” send out a signal over very large areas, transmitting data across the USA.

SpotBeams are unlike. It is similar to a searchlight focused on one area of the country. A typical SpotBeam has a gas constant of only 50-100 miles. Depending on where you are in the country, you won’t discovery the beam unless you are in the focus. 

DirecTV and DISH Network were one of the first to use SpotBeams. The transmission of local live TV channels is ideal since a signal focused on an area was a perfect fit for the application. The SpotBeam technology is being applied on newer satellites using the Ka Band (Ka band is 19-30 GHz). There are several Ka band satellites in use that do not use SpotBeams: Advanced Communication Technology System (NASA USA), Superbird and N-STAR (Japan), HOT BIRD 6 (Eutelsat, France), DFS Kopernikus (Germany), and Italsat (Italy), but the newer, more advanced satellites are using SpotBeam technology.

Anik F2 (built by Boeing, and operated by Telesat) was launched on July 17, 2004, and began service on October 1. It is currently the world’s largest communication satellite at 157 feet long and 27 feet wide. Anik F2 provides Internet service, distance encyclopaedism, and telemedicine to the United States and Canada. 

HDTV SpotBeams

HDTV SpotBeams used by DirecTV and DISH Network (Ka-band) are often narrower in focus than the Ku band SpotBeams used for accepted Definition TV. If you live more than 50 miles from the signal promenade in a populated region, it is possible that you will not be able to receive the HDTV SpotBeam. DirecTV and DISH Network have the technical capability of transmitting a broad SpotBeam signal, especially since the newer Satellites can operate at a higher power. It makes good byplay sense for them to maximize reportage, but there are tradeoffs.

 In New England it sometimes makes sense to focus the signal more narrowly, since the SpotBeams are more densely jam-pawncked together. nevertheless, since different frequencies are used for adjacent SpotBeams, wash usually can be managed.
 

I thought it was quite amazing yesterday when I first heard about the Russian spy ring in the New England area.  The media has chosen to focus on the youngest and possibly most alluring of the spies: the 28 Year-old Russian woman who was once married to an Englishman.

I guess the first question that comes to mind is why on Earth would the Russians still want to spy on us?  What is to be gained?  Perhaps the most they can hope for is some intelligence that can help them in fashioning economic deals with the US.

Perhaps even more interesting is the complete lack of actual teeth behind the maximum penalization.  It seems that in the old days, spying would bring with it a lifetime prison term or even death (in war time).  Yet, the most any of these individuals will get is 5 years and a heroes welcome back in Russia when they get out.

I thought it was an interesting note that the spy ring master has escaped from Cyprus. He just ‘disappeared’.  Of course, it is just a coincidence that the government of Cyprus is very communist leaning.  That of course, would have nothing to do with the spy ring master’s escape.

I thought it was even more interesting to hear an interview from a restaurant owner in Cambridge.  This is the area that many of the spies frequented.  The Kennedy School of government is there and many present and future high profile individuals visit this area.

In a sense, it is the perfect place for an information gathering spy to hang out! Of course, the young spy was burdened with technological troubles transmitting her weekly reports from her electronic computer. She allegedly was excited when they supplied her with a Mac notebook computer.  It was commented that this is the computer of choice for spies.

Speaking of good looking spies – how do you think she kept her slender figure.  Maybe she was drinking Cho Yung Tea.

High level spies also need good oral health. That they can get from reading a therabreath review or an oramd review! They need to be at their best, afterall.

Anyway, I have digressed. The people of the aforementioned town were actually excited to think there were spies in their midst. They were not outraged one bit.  They thought it was rather romantic.

Crazy, isn’t it?