If you live in an apartment can you still get a dish?

In most cases, yes, if you have a balcony. The law requires that your landlord must give you permission.FCC rules permit residents of rental property to install a satellite dish, but only in certain areas.

Generally, FCC rules permit renters to install a dish only in areas that are subject to the renter's exclusive use and control. Generally, this means an area that you may use, but that is not available for the general use of all tenants. Such an area may include a balcony, patio, yard, deck or other area that only you have the right to use. If you have such an area, you may install a dish.

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Satellite TV Glossary - Part 2

• Digital Audio Broadcasting: Standard which describes the method of transmitting digital audio.
• Digital Compression: A process of translating video images into a digital code which takes up less transmission space than the original signal would have. This allows more channels per satellite transponder: from four-to-one for live video to eight-to-one for film.

• DISH Network: The trademark name of Echostar,Inc. for its DBS Satellite TV system and programing.
• DISH Network System: The trademark name for the consumer hardware created to receive DISH Network programming. The hardware includes a dish (standard size is a 20" multi-sat dish, called DISH 500), a remote control, and the DISH Network Receiver.
• DISH Network Receiver: All DISH Network receivers are manufactured by Echostar Corp.Some units are made for JVC and they do differ slightly, but they are still the same.
• DTH: Direct to home. Official term used by the Federal Communications Commission industry to refer to the satellite television and broadcasting industries.
• DVB: Broadcast standard for digital radio and television, using MPEG II compression. DVB is being supported by all European manufacturers and broadcasters.
• Echostar: The company that owns and operates DISHNetwork.
• Elevation: How high a satellite is from the horizon.
• Feed Horn: A device which collects the signals at the focus of the satellite dish and channels them to the LNB.
• Footprint: An area of the earth that is able to receive a particular satellite’s signals. This depends on the satellites beam.
• Fixed Dish System: Satellite system in which the dish does not have to be moved.Dish Network is fixed dish system.

What is DBS ?

DBS stands for Direct Broadcast Satellite. DBS is a term used to discribe satellite TV platforms that broadcast high powered satellite signals directly to the home owner who uses a small dish to receive the signal. Another common meaning of DBS is Digital Broadcast Satellite.

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Satellite TV Glossary - Part 1

• Access card : A removable credit-card-sized plastic card included with each satellite receiver. The card identifies each individual receiver and provides PPV billing information each month to your program provider.
• Additional Outlet (A/O) : Receivers other than the primary one can be connected to the dish allowing other televisions in the house to be on different programs than the one connected to the primary receiver. An A/O also refers to a convenience outlet where there is not another receiver and the television will show the same programs as the television connected to receiver.
• Audio/Video Jacks: There are three jacks: one for the video, one for the right channel sound and one for the left channel sound. The audio jacks are necessary for the sound to be in stereo.Coaxial cable will not provide stereo from the satellite receiver.
• Azimuth: The horizontal direction of a satellite.
• Bandwidth: Range of frequencies occupied by a signal or allowed by receiving equipment.
• Baseband: The raw satellite TV signal before it is re-modulated to become a signal that is suitable for a TV.
• Blackout Area: A predefined area of the country where a particular programming service will not be available, usually because of contractual agreements.
• Clarke Belt: Named after its founder Arthur C. Clarke, the Clarke Belt is an orbit used by satellites at a height of 22,250 miles, in which satellites make an orbit in 24 hours, yet remain in a fixed position relative to the Earth’s surface.
• Coax Cable: Coax or coaxial cable is the standard type of cable used by all satellite TV technicians. The cable is round and is available in black, gray and white although black is most common used. Coax cable carries the signal from the dish to the satellite receiver and on to your VCR and TV.
• DISH Network System: The trademark name for the consumer hardware created to receive DISH Network programming. The hardware includes a dish (standard size is a 20" multi-sat dish, called DISH 500), a remote control, and the DISH Network Receiver.

Do trees and buildings affect reception?

Yes, any blockage of satellite TV signals will reduce system reliability or if significant enough will stop all reception. Many Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) systems are installed to close to trees and after the tree grows, the owner begins to experience intermittent signal loss. DBS systems including DISH network will provide a clear picture so long as enough signal can be received by the satellite receiver.
The minimum amount of signal that you should be receiving for trouble free operation is around 70. This holds true for DISH Network satellite TV.
Rain and snow will reduce the amount of signal that travels through the airwaves. This is called rain fade.Your local satellite service technician can determine if you have a tree growth issue or if you have another problem.

History of Satellite TV

The roots of what we know as satellite TV can be found in the works of Arthur C. Clarke ("2001, A Space Odyssey"). In 1945, Clarke suggested that worldwide communication would be possible if three space platforms orbited the Earth.

After the success of the Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957, the United States recognized the need to get into the “space race.” Thus began one of the greatest technological leaps in the history.
1963 : The first communication satellite was developed and launched by a consortium of business and government entites.
July 1963. : The first satellite communication was between a U.S. Navy ship in the harbor of Lagos, Nigeria and the U.S. Army located at the naval station at New Jersey.
1978. : Television began using satellites. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) introduced Public Television Satellite Service. Broadcast networks adopted satellite communication as a distribution method form 1978 through 1984.
Direct to Home (DTH) satellite receivers were developed in the early 1980's.
1986 and 1990. : Early successful attempts to launch satellites for the mass consumer market were led by Japan and Hong Kong.
The first successful attempt by the United States was made by a group of major cable companies. Echostar Dish Network entered the market in 1996 offering cheaper prices and forcing all of its competitors to do likewise.

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