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Satellite and Space Links:

Many European satellite-related private Web sites, especially the UK ones, seem to be preoccupied with hacking -- with ways of accessing encrypted premium programming without paying for it. I have tried here to find a few whose interest is not so much in encryption as in the transmission and reception technology, or in satellite operations. Plus some commercial and professional, some US sites with DSS and TVRO stuff, and a few satellite operators with footprints and other good things, in no particular order -- Steve

Satellite, Cable and Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting -- Professional:

• DVB -- the European DVB Project Group's Home Page.
• DAVIC -- the Digital Audio Visual Council stresses Interoperability
• DAVIC Documents -- alternative anon-ftp site with some ETSI docs
• ETSI -- The European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• DVB Standard -- newer version of Markus Kuhn's text
• ITU -- International Telecommunications Union, in Geneva
• DAB On-Line Information System -- Eureka-147 DAB Project Office in Cologne
• WorldSpace -- satellite-based digital radio broadcasting: a non-Eureka DAB system
• BBC R&D -- a pioneer in COFDM, DAB and DTB (DVB-T or dTTb)
• Satmaster -- Satellite Link Planning Software by D J Stephenson
• SMW Link -- free download of Swedish Microwave's excellent downlink software
• DirecTv -- true DBS at last for America; they call it DSS
• DBS Online! -- US DBS News
• DSS Info from Digital Direct Marketing Group in the States
• SkyReport from SBCA, the US TVRO trade association
• UK Media Internet Directory -- everything about British broadcasters, including satellite
• Sky Television -- British Sky Broadcasting
• BT Broadcast Services -- these are the friendly folks who provide the broadcast comms and satellite links
• BT's Earth Station Diary -- if only I'd had this back in '81 when compiling my Guidebook's list of regular feeds on the Intelsats! -- Steve
• Intelsat -- current deployment in the Global System
• Intelsat Earth Station Specifications -- ftp document site
• Eutelsat -- Europe's Regional FSS Operator
• Yahoo -- listing various companies in this satellite business
• Orbit Satellite TV -- the Arab Regional Digital DBS System
• ComStream -- US specialist supplier of cable and satellite digital modems
• DiViCom -- the US video compression outfit
• Poynton's Consumer Video Page -- Charles Poynton's pages are well worth a visit

Satellite -- Hobbyist and DXer:
• Mark Long's Site -- Pioneering satellite TV journalist and systems consultant, now in Thailand
• The Satellite TV (and Radio) Page -- nice US-based hobbyist-oriented page
• Mark Maimone's Home Page -- broad space resources list. Terrific Links!
• Hobby Corner Sites -- super list of satellite sites
• Jack Decker's TVRO Page -- another bunch of links
• Derek Tobin's Satellite Telecomms Page -- Dublin's "Hooligan" on emerald green
• ARI's satellite links from Washington DC
• Peter Merrett's TVRO pages -- Australian perspective on satellite TV, with news
• Satellite Communication -- more news from Perth for DX-ers
• SATCO DX Satellite Chart -- Interactive list of Euro-visible services by satellite and transponder
• H2H Satellite News -- Italian satellite news page, in English
• Radio Sweden's DX program includes satellite industry news
• Infosat -- German Satellite Magazine. Long did they champion DSR, but to no avail ...
• Tele-Satellit -- Alexander Wiese's magazine. German, but going international. Includes Dr Dish!
• Robin Clark's Satellite Pages -- also in French
• TV Schedules of the World -- catch that movie in Brazilian Portuguese
• Euro TV -- detailed schedules for European TV stations on (and off) satellite

Space, general:
• NASA Space Calendar from JPL -- the most up to date space operations guide
• SETI League -- Join the (narrow-band assumption) radio Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
• Satellite Situation Center at Goddard
• Geostationary Satellites Log -- orbital elements of every geosynchronous satellite ever flown
• Community Air & Space Report -- DC's Keith Stein includes a telemetry frequencies list
• Jonathan's Space Report -- newsletter from Jonathan McDowell at Harvard
• ESA Operations Centre in Darmstadt
• ESA Earth Observation Guide -- entry points to the huge field of remote imaging
• Small Satellites Home Page -- U of Surrey's Centre for Satellite Engineering Research
• Space Studies Institude -- the development of space as envisioned by Dr G K O'Neill

RF and Electrical Engineering:
• ARRL Radio Designer -- a subset of Super-Compact, at a fraction of the price (sub-Compact?)
• APLAC -- powerful RF design CAD from Finland. A must for the design engineer
• Wireless World -- not the venerable British magazine, but Tim Cocklin's RF comms resource guide
• Doug Lung's RF Technology Page -- especially TV broadcasting, my old speciality -- Steve
• E E Network Sites -- good advice on locating E E info in the Internet
• WWW Virtual Library: Electrical Engineering -- Big List of companies and software
• David Lovelace's E E Page -- more good electronics design links
• Microwave Journal -- one of those irritating sites that need a log-in, which they immediately forget!
• Electronics Manufacturers on the Net -- links to most of the big electronics companies

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