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             09/04/2008


"A splendid World of Satellite TV!"
Arthur C. Clarke

Mark Long has endeavoured not simply to apply a fixed formulae but to publish an inviting and informative book. Tele-satellit magazine
 

The text is written in a clear, easily understood style that has plenty for the technical layman as well as more detailed information for the experienced satellite TV professional.
 Broadcast Engineering News
 

  A great deal of useful and technical information about satellite TV in this part of the world. Electronics Australia

Thoroughly comprehensive, yet written in a down home style, this book takes the mystery out of the more technical aspects of buying, installing, operating and maintaining your home earth station.
 Popular Communications

The World of Satellite TV is a worthwhile contribution to the satellite TV industry....it should be welcomed by anyone who doesn't feel completely secure in the blizzard of terms and knowledge that surrounds the subject. Satellite Orbit


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Check out our latest satellite technology courses, now available on interactive DVD!


Expand your technology horizons by studying our three dazzling interactive high-tech satellite courses on DVD.

Partner Shelburne Films

Shelburne Films

The Satellite Training Series previously presented on videotape by author Mark Long and Shelburne Films has been the leading instructional media in the satellite industry for the last 20 years.
  • Satellite Technology Overview
  • Satellite Installations
  • Digital Video Compression
Now shipping in a thoroughly updated and expanded multimedia format that tackles 21st Century challenges, the latest editions of all three courses are highly visual and carefully edited educational presentations, now on interactive DVD for the first time ever!

Each course includes a comprehensive video-based tutorial, a companion text in the pdf file format, multimedia reference materials, and an online exam that automatically returns a final grade and a course completion certificate to those who have succeeded in completing the course.

Students may also combine all three courses -- which collectively feature over 4 hours of highly illustrated, information packed video -- to complete a comprehensive Master's Course in satellite communications technology.

The instructional presentations are perfect for corporate training and the vocational classroom.  They form an ideal tutorial for disaster recovery personnel working in the field, who need some basic understanding of what is required to successfully align and tune the dish in the event their automated equipment fails.  Order all three DVDs and enjoy special package price savings! 

For further information about how you can acquire the technical knowledge and expertise you need, or to preview selected video clips from our programs, visit our Satellite Technology Catalog.

 
The World of Satellite TV (WSTV) provides all the facts that every enthusiast needs to know about buying, installing, operating and maintaining satellite TV systems. The technical details of satellite TV receivers and IRDs, feedhorns, antennas, and LNBs are thoroughly explained in a straight forward style that is accessible to everyone. What's more, readers are guided through the complex world of signal encryption and MPEG-2 digital video compression. List price: $24.95. Go to Amazon.com for a discount:

The book includes detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to install, operate, test and repair DTH systems. Also included: encapsulated overviews of MMDS and mini-cable (SMATV) signal distribution systems.

Also available:

Digital Satellite TV Handbook

This is an entire course in digital satellite TV technology for installers and technicians, complete with self-grading exams and supporting IBM-PC compatible software on CD-ROM.


List price: $49.95.

"I found this book to be
a good intro to satellite TV. It was
an easy read."

Scott Diamond

Partner Shelburne Films

Shelburne Films


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