The Alaska Telecommunication System |
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120 small earth additional Alaska system allocation analog transmission Anchorage Arion audio average bit rates bandwidth cable capability carrier COMSTAR conference cost DAMA developed digital bit stream digital communication digital system digital techniques digital transmission Eagle River emergency medical facilities frequency modulating gallium-arsenide field-effect transistor Geophysical Institute geostationary arc HF radio INTELSAT interstate voice ionosphere Juneau Ketchikan large number leasing transponder space Legislative low average bit master station Meteor burst systems meteor trail microwave system miles modulation number of companies number of customers number of transponders operation plan K-band satellites planned for launch problems quantizing noise radio frequency receiving remote station Robert Wold Company SATCOM satellite communication system satellite is planned satellite locations satellite transponder SCPC signal small earth stations space and frequency Talkeetna tele television demonstration program TELSTAR traffic transmission system transmitted traveling-wave tube University of Alaska utilized video teleconference voice circuit WESTAR