A television composite video signal is found to contain a large number of pulses. These pulses are provided so that
A. News can be transmitted to be displayed at the bottom
B. Audio information like speech, music, etc., can be transmitted in PCM form
C. Receiver can achieve synchronism in sweep
D. Correction can be made in contrast
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For an earth station transmitter with an antenna output power of 40 dBW (10,000 W), a back-off loss of 3 dB, a total branching and feeder loss of 3 dB and transmit antenna gain of 4 dB, the effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) will be
A. 38 dBW
B. 40 dBW
C. 36 dBW
D. 47 dBW
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Perigee means
A. Smallest radius of the elliptical orbit
B. Largest radius of the elliptical orbit
C. Line of sight distance from a particular point on earth to satellite
D. The distance of the satellite from the subsatellite point
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A signal transmitted from an Earth station bounces back from a geostationary satellite, with an altitude of 35864 km from the Earth surface. The range from the Earth station is 38200 km. The round trip time is about:
(excluding processing delays and assuming c = 3 × 108 m/s)
A. 255 ms
B. 127 ms
C. 239 ms
D. 120 ms
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In ship to ship communication, the problem of fading can be overcome by using
A. Frequency diversity
B. Space diversity
C. More directional antenna
D. A broad band antenna
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The received power of a RADAR receiving antenna whose effective area is 0.2 m2 for an available power density of 200 µW/m2 is:
A. 400 µW
B. 40 µW
C. 500 µW
D. 50 µW
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The A-scope of a radar displays
A. no "grass"
B. target position and range
C. target range but not the position
D. target position but not the range
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What is the greatest allowable PRF for unambiguous reception in a radar having a maximum range of 120 km?
A. 1250 pps
B. 2500 pps
C. 1200 pps
D. 5000 pps
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Which of the following frequencies cannot be used for reliable beyond the horizon terrestrial communications without repeaters?
A. 12 GHz
B. 18 GHz
C. 120 GHz
D. 180 GHz
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A radar system uses TWTA as high power RF source for transmitting 300 W peak power. The efficiency of transmitter during pulse is 75% and the transmit duty is 25%. If the DC power required during pulse off period is 20 W. The average power dissipation in TWTA is
A. 81.25 W
B. 125 W
C. 50 W
D. 40 W
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The lowest frequency used in satellite communication is
A. 0.8 GHz
B. 3 GHz
C. 18 GHz
D. 30 GHz
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In radar propagation, attenuation in the clear atmosphere is seldom a serious problem at frequencies below
A. 30 GHz
B. 16 GHz
C. 16 MHz
D. 30 MHz
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A scan type radar display can
A. indicate only the target range
B. indicate only the target bearing
C. indicate both range as well as direction of target
D. none of these
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If it takes a transmitted signal 1 m sec to go up to the target and come back after reflection, how far is the transmitter from the target?
A. 150 Km
B. 150 m
C. 15 Km
D. 1500 m
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In Satellite antennas, the available noise from a thermal noise is given by
A. Pn = KTp Bn 2
B. Pn = KTp 2 Bn
C. Pn = KTp Bn
D. Nothing
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As per WARC-1979 allocation, commercial communication satellites use bandwidth of
A. 4 MHz
B. 40 MHz
C. 200 MHz
D. 500 MHz
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A planet nine times far away from Sun as compared to earth, has an orbital period of
A. 9 Earth years
B. 27 Earth years
C. 729 Earth years
D. 81 Earth years
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An artificial satellite can be tracked very precisely from the earth by using-
A. Zeeman effect
B. Raman effect
C. Doppler effect
D. Gaussian effect
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A satellite orbiting in 600 km orbit transmits 5 GHz frequency. The Doppler shift observed at the ground station, when the satellite is over head of the station is
A. Zero
B. Maximum
C. Infinity
D. None of the above
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Tracking radar determines
A. Range
B. Azimuth angle
C. Elevation angle
D. Range, azimuth, elevation and doppler shift
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