receiving antenna

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receive
verb[T]
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/rɪˈsiːv/us
/rɪˈsiːv/
to get or be ...
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antenna
noun
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/ænˈten.ə/us
/ænˈten.ə/
either of a pair of long, thin organs that are found on the heads of insects and crustaceans (= animals with hard outer shells) and are used to ...
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Thereceivingantennaheight of 10m dates from the 1950s when receivers were relatively insensitive and used rooftop antennas.
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Much of the beam of a microwave link passes thereceivingantennaand radiates toward the horizon, into space.
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According to reciprocity, the efficiency of an antenna used as areceivingantennais identical to the efficiency as defined above.
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Even for areceivingantenna, it is more usual to state the gain than to specify the effective aperture.
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It is best for thereceivingantennato match the polarization of the transmitted wave for optimum reception.
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This creates a slight time delay between the primary and reflected signals, causing cancellations as direct and reflected signals are combined in thereceivingantenna.
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As areceivingantenna, the figure describes how well the antenna converts radio waves arriving from a specified direction into electrical power.
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Reception is all or nothing; areceivingantennatoo small to capture the video can not capture the narrowband elements either (e.g., voice).
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The photoquantity is not radiometric because the sensor, camera, or the like, is not an idealreceivingantenna.
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When the wave hits a buried object or a boundary with different dielectric constants, thereceivingantenna records variations in the reflected return signal.
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Rather, it is merely not received by thereceivingantenna.
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The signal form the camera is transmitted via microwave downlink, which is received on site by a microwave technician with areceivingantennaarray.
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However, using a singlereceivingantennaonly gives a direction.
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The satellites high-gainreceivingantennapasses the transmitted data to the transponder which filters, translates and amplifies them, then redirects them to the transmitting antenna on board.
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The term "boresight" came from high-gain antennas such as parabolic dishes, which produce narrow, pencil-shaped beams which are difficult to aim accurately at a distantreceivingantenna.
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The system included a mechanism synchronizing the aiming direction of thereceivingantennawith a compass-like indicator; it also included a means of rejecting false signals.
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A local signal may travel by more than one path from the transmitter toreceivingantenna.
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Jamming can be defeated by using very efficient transmitting antennas, carefully choosing the transmitted frequency, changing transmitted frequency often, using single sideband, and properly aiming thereceivingantenna.
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Thereceivingantennawas used both to download information about the satellites' condition and surroundings, as well as data download, which was stored on magnetic tape.
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In cases where thereceivingantennamust work in any position, as in mobile phones, the emitter and receivers in base stations use circular polarized electromagnetic waves.
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