Transmit and Receive RF Characteristics

An earth station can provide two different types of service. It can act as a transmitter, a receiver or both at the same time. The types of service offered by the earth station are determined when you make the initial selection of Service type

For each type of service offered, a tab will appear as part of the earth station properties on the Sidebar. The tabs allow you to define the characteristics for each type of service. A Receive tab will appear if receive services have been selected and a Transmit tab will appear if transmit services have been selected.

The picture below shows the situation where both transmit and receive services have been selected. The Transmit tab is selected.

The transmit service characteristics comprise the antenna, power levels and assigned frequencies. The receive service characteristics are identical, with the exception of power levels which are obviously not applicable and the inclusion of system noise parameters needed in I/N calculations.

The following sections describe these characteristics.