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Important Questions on Communication System

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A TV transmission tower has a height of 140 m and the height of the receiving antenna is 40 m. What is the maximum distance upto which signals can be broadcasted from this tower in LOS (Line of Sight) mode? (Given: radius of earth =6.4×106 m).
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In which of the following frequency ranges, use is made of ionosphere to reflect the electromagnetic waves for communication?
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If the height of a tower used for LOS communication is increased by 21%, then percentage change in range is

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A TV transmitting antenna is 98 m high and the receiving antenna is at the ground level. If the radius of the earth is 6400 km, the surface area covered by the transmitting antenna is approximately:
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The maximum line-of-sight distance undefined between the transmitting antenna of height undefined and receiving antenna of height undefined in undefined communication is undefined radius of the earth)
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Height of receiving and transmitting antenna in communication of a signal are 245 m and 180 m respectively. Find the maximum distance between the two antenna for proper communication.

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The height of a transmitting antenna at the top of a tower is 25 m and that of receiving antenna is, 49 m. The maximum distance between them, for satisfactory communication in LOS (Line of Sight) is K5×102 m. The value of K is _____ .

(Assume radius of Earth is 64×105 m) [Calculate upto nearest integer value]

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By what percentage will the transmission range of a TV tower be affected when the height of the tower is increased by 21%?

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A TV transmitting antenna is 81 m tall. It has half-power, beam-width of 10 degrees, If the receiving antenna is at the ground level, the service area covered by the transmitter is determined by
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What should be the height of transmitting antenna and the population covered if the television telecast is to cover a radius of 150 km?  The average population density around the tower is 2000 km-2 and the value of Re=6.5×106 m.
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If the sum of the heights of transmitting and receiving antennas in the line of sight of communication is fixed at 160 m, then the maximum range of LOS communication is _______ km (Take radius of Earth =6400 km)
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In a line of sight radio communication, a distance of about 50 km is kept between the transmitting and receiving antennas. If the height of the receiving antenna is 70 m, then the minimum height of the transmitting antenna should be: (Radius of the Earth =6.4×106 m)
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The physical sizes of the transmitter and receiver antenna in a communication system are:
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To double the covering range of a TV transmitting tower, its height should be multiplied by:
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The length of a half wave dipole at 30 MHz is
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What is the minimum length of antenna required to transmit a radio signal of frequency 20 MHz?
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To cover a population of 20 lakh, a transmission tower should have a height ... (Radius of earth = 6400 km, population per square km =1000)
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What is the minimum length of antenna required to transmit a radio signal of frequency 20 MHz?
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A T.V. tower has a height of 75m. What is the maximum distance up to which this T.V. transmission can be received?

(Radius of the Earth =6.4×106m )
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How much population is covered by the TV broadcast having a TV tower of height 100 m and the average population density around the tower is 1000 km-2 (radius of the earth=6.37×106 m)