Communications
4s - reverberation time for a church
1. 3dB – signal level that must be kept within 6MHz
2. 12 dB – other than 6MHz
3. 12 dB – within the next 24 hours
4. 46 dB – visual signal level over RMS interference
5. 28 dB – minimum terminal match
6. 18 dB – front-back ratio
7. 16 dB – RF output terminal match
8. 13 - 17 dB – level of attenuation of aural signal with respect to
the video signal
9. 80 dB – In CATV, cross modulation of trunk amplifiers
10. 60 dB – In CATV, spurious signal rejection
11. 40 dB – In CATV, sound section isolation
12. Positive – carrier shift due to insufficient grid excitation; grid
modulation
13. Negative – carrier shift due to insufficient grid excitation; high
level
14. Trailing wire – submarine wire
15. 1.35 cm to 1.7 mm – wavelengths where water vapor molecule
absorption peaks
16. 5 mm to 2.5 mm – wavelengths where oxygen molecule
absorption peaks
17. 1520 m/s – speed of sound in water at 25oC
18. Intelsat – 21 satellites
19. Buncher – velocity modulates the beam
20. Antonio Meucci – “first inventor” of telephone
21. 1.5ms – line turn around
22. 300 – 2000 nm – sunlight wavelength
23. 500 nm – peak sunlight wavelength
24. Patch antenna – antenna that uses microstrips
25. 19.39 Mbps – data rate of a 6MHz terrestrial TV
26. 27 Mbps – data rate of a 6MHz CaTV
27. Acoustician – practitioner of acoustics
28. ¼ mile absolute and 100 feet relative – precision Loran C/D
29. 460 m – accuracy of LORAN C
30. MLS – no global coverage
31. Between Channels 6 and 7 and above Channel 13 – used in
CATV
32. Video Preamplifier – not tuned to the 3.58MHz signal
33. Noncomposite signal – video signal without sync signal
34. 1:1.38 – minimum VSWR for CATV
35. 42H – blanked during vertical retrace
36. Hash – short bit sequence sent typically 128bits in digital
signatures
37. Public key encryption – encryption of data is most commonly
achieved through
38. Private key encryption – enables decryption of Public key
encrypted data
39. 8kbps – Speech coding rate of D-AMPS
40. 7:8 – principal musical interval considered as dissonant
41. LEO satellites – 200 satellites
42. 100 Base Tx – Ethernet Standard 3-Level Manchester
43. 20 mins – maximum daily exposure in minutes for a loudness
level between 100 -110dB
44. 10 milliroentgens – Cold Cathode exposure… 30cm
45. 0.5 milliroentgens – TV receiver exposure… 5cm
46. 10cm – area with no dimensions rather than 5cm
47. 1.6s - 1.8s – reverberation time for an auditorium
48. 1.4 -3.
49. 120 dB – threshold of pain
50. 4 MHz – approximate critical frequency of E layer
51. 8 MHz – approximate critical frequency of F2 layer
52. 20 phons – typical loudness level of watch ticking
53. 3100 kHz – carrier frequency of supergroup 10
54. 3300 m/s – velocity of sound in wood
55. NTC Commissioner – Abraham Abesamis
56. V.32 – full-duplex transmission over two-wire at 9,600bps
57. V.90 – 56,000bps
58. Physical dimensions – affects resonant frequency of a Gunn
diode
59. 150uV – minimum input to a preamplifier
60. 5150 m/s – speed of sound in steel
61. 10-12 W/m2 – threshold of audibility
62. 6 months - average lead time to install a new base station is
approximately ____ to a year.
63. Distance-to-reuse ratio – geographic distance required
between calls using identical frequencies in order to avoid
interference
64. Cochannel Interference Reduction Factor (CIRF) – ratio of the
separation distance between cochannel cell to the cell radius
65. 4130 km – single-hop nighttime range for F2 layer
66. ±12kHz – maximum frequency deviation for cellular radio
67. Transmission loss – amount of sound reduction provided by a
barrier - wall, floor or ceiling
68. 6 to 10 dB – sound level most commonly perceived by people
69. 4 – number of octaves of a basic voice band
70. 10 – number of octaves of human hearing
71. Rhythm – sonic time pattern
72. RG-62A/U – impedance of 93Ω
73. Twin-lead – velocity factor of about 0.8
74. 0.9 – velocity factor of open-wire line
75. 100 m – Ethernet system 10 Base T restriction
76. Cognitive – information related to mental processes of
knowledge, reasoning, judgment, and perception
77. Delay line – transmission line used specifically for the purpose
of achieving delay
78. Ephemeris – location of a celestial body in space
79. TTC – monitors onboard conditions such as temperature and
battery voltage
80. 4 MHz – guardband between transponder channels
81. Helmholtz resonator – efficient absorption is only possible over
a very narrow band approaching 1.0
82. Erlang B – calls not immediately satisfied at first attempt are
cleared and do not reappear during the testing period
83. Erlang C – held in the system until satisfied
84. Poisson – held in the system until satisfied or abandoned
85. EO 196 – use of Philippine Communications Satellite
86. EO 467 – operation and use of international satellite
communications
87. EO 109 – improve the provision of local exchange carrier
service
88. EO 59 – compulsory interconnection of authorized public
communications carrier
89. Glass – fiber optic with the least loss
90. 2860W – input to a 2kW transmitter