DESIGN AND TESTING OF DRS ANTENNA

Abstract

Direct reception of Televisionbroadoaet from a Satellite is an upcoming mean of mass communication, In this type of communication- system for television si als , the sial is made to modulate a carrier in the microwave range and is sent to a geostationary satellite fm the earth. ThiS part of the a t em is caljo d uplink* The signal is processed in the Satellite and sent back to the earth, This part ► ' the a yst em is called down-link The signal that is transmitted from the satellite can be neo eived - over a large area of the earth# A much larger area coverage as compared to convention television broadcast iS the most important advantage of direct r : ept ,on Direct reception is a 'very suitable and eoonom cal way for co unity .television reoeiption in remote rural areae The. Indian sub continent extends over 1269 million square miles and it has a population of over 600 millions * Of this population on,. 80% live in the 570,000 Villages Whish are e itzated away f rc m the tom and has very little day to day contact with the rest of the co try.