Troposcatter Communications for Intercontinental TV Transmission

Bibliographic Reference(s)

• Synthetic Highs — An Experimental TV Bandwidth Reduction System [Active]
• The NARCOM Plan for Transatlantic Television and Other Wideband Telecommunication Services [Active]
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• 38(A). Heffner H. Kotzebue K. , “Experimental characteristics of a microwave parametric amplifier using a semiconductor diode” . EXTERNAL
• 4. Yeh L. P. , “Tropospheric scatter system design,” Trans. AIEE, Communications & Electronics , Paper No. 58–816, Nov. 1958 . EXTERNAL
• 38(B). Herrmann G. F. Uenohara M. Uhlir A. Jr. “Noise figure measurements on two types of variable reactance amplifiers using semiconductor diodes,” Proc. IRE , 1301 , June 1958 . EXTERNAL
• 39. Chisholm J. H. Roche J. F. Rainville L. P. Root H. G. , “Angular diversity reception at 2290 mcps over a 188-mile path,” IRE Trans. on Commun. Systems , p. 195 , Sept. 1959 . EXTERNAL
• 40. Vogelman Ryerson Bickelhaupt , “Tropospheric scatter system using angle diversity,” Proc. IRE , p. 688 , May 1959 . EXTERNAL
• 41. Staras H. , “The statistics of combiner diversity,” Proc. IRE , 1057 , Aug. 1956 . EXTERNAL
• 42. Staras H. , “Diversity reception with correlated signals,” J. Appl. Phy. , 93 , Jan. 1956 . EXTERNAL
• 43. Brennan , “Linear diversity combining techniques,” Proc. IRE , p. 1075 , June 1959 . EXTERNAL
• 44. Yeh L. P. , “Basic analysis on the controlled carrier operation of tropospheric scatter communications system,” IRE Natl. Convention Rec. , Pt. 8, p. 261 , 1958 . EXTERNAL
• 45. Hern H. D. Ulstad M. S. , “A method of improving reception in FM communications,” IRE WESCON Convention Rec. , Pt. 8, 46 , Aug. 1958 . EXTERNAL
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• 47. Nichols , “Performance of a 640-mile 24-channel UHF-SSB communication system,” IRE and George Washington Univ. , Rec. National Symposium on Extended Range and Space Communications, Oct. 1958 . EXTERNAL
• 5. Kamen Doundoulakis , Scatter Propagation Theory and Practice , 1st ed. , Howard W. Sams, Inc. , Indianapolis , 1956 . EXTERNAL
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• 50. The Evening Star (newspaper) , Washington, D.C., A12 , Nov. 11, 1958 . EXTERNAL
• 51. Joint Technical Advisory Committee , “Radio transmission by ionospheric and tropospheric scatter,” Proc. IRE , p. 5 , Jan. 1960 . EXTERNAL
• 6. Staras H. , “Tropospheric scatter propagation—a summary of recent progress,” RCA Review , XIX : No. 1 , Mar. 1958 . EXTERNAL
• 7. Booker H. G. Gordon W. E. , “The role of stratospheric scattering in radio communication,” Proc. IRE , 1223 , Sept. 1957 . EXTERNAL
• 8. Crain C. M. , “Survey of airborne microwave refractometer measurements,” Proc. IRE , 1405 , Oct. 1955 . EXTERNAL
• 9. Chisholm J. H. Portmann P. A. DeBettencourt J. T. Roche J. F. , “Investigations of angular scattering and multipath properties of tropospheric propagation of short radio waves beyond the horizon,” Proc. IRE , 1317 , Oct. 1955 . EXTERNAL