This practical guide to the design, implementation, and maintenance of cable television systems, written for technical personnel, engineers, managers, and operators, includes an overall introduction to standard National Television Standard Committee (NTSC) and High Definition Television (HDTV) systems, outlining start-up procedures and development of the industry to the present day. The impact of new (HDTV) systems is also discussed, for the first time in any cable television book. To insure proper maintenance, readers get the latest test procedures and measurement, plus guidance on standards, records and reference data.
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Excellent, but dated, nuts 'n bolts how-to for CATV,
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This review is from: Cable Television Technology and Operations: HDTV and NTSC Systems (Hardcover)
Excellent information at a detailed level on how to build a cable TV system from scratch, but because this book was published in 1990, it is dated. Sadly, even though the tag line in Amazon specifically mentions HDTV (so does the cover of the book), there are only 2 pages on that subject, mainly to let the reader know that no standards had been published as of the book's writing. Copious diagrams and examples are this book's main strengths, making it a useful resource in gaining a fundamental knowledge of CATV systems.
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Cable TV Technology by Eugene Bartlett,
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This review is from: Cable Television Technology and Operations: HDTV and NTSC Systems (Hardcover)
The book was very useful, however I orginally bought the book in 1989 or 90 and used the information exstensively, however I beleive it to be somewhat outdated now. I know Eugene was writing an updated version at that time however I have not read any further books by Eugene. I didn't actually enter here to review this book. I was really hope to find an email address for Eugene. He and I work together as staff engineers at Tele-Media co. years ago and i was hoping to find him well and drop him a line.
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A great overview,
This review is from: Cable Television Technology and Operations: HDTV and NTSC Systems (Hardcover)
I'm new to Cable TV and work mainly on the software side. Two years of hearing the plant guys use decibels to describe coax runs led me to this book. This book is a great intro to the RF side of things. Note that while it isn't an EE level e-mag book it is not for the mathematically faint at heart.
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As its name implies, a cable television system is simply a means of delivering television signals to a home television set via a cable instead of the usual rooftop antenna. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
port signal level, video carrier level, signal level meter, power inserter, steel messenger strand, aluminum center conductor, picture impairment, line extender amplifiers, reel trailer, cable television plant, trunk amplifiers, copper center conductor, line extenders, lashing wire, noise buildup, composite triple beat, sweep system, ferroresonant transformer, outage hours, sweep signal, noise combining, vector scope, identical amplifiers, video carriers, loop resistance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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As its name implies, a cable television system is simply a means of delivering television signals to a home television set via a cable instead of the usual rooftop antenna. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
port signal level, video carrier level, signal level meter, power inserter, steel messenger strand, aluminum center conductor, picture impairment, line extender amplifiers, reel trailer, cable television plant, trunk amplifiers, copper center conductor, line extenders, lashing wire, noise buildup, composite triple beat, sweep system, ferroresonant transformer, outage hours, sweep signal, noise combining, vector scope, identical amplifiers, video carriers, loop resistance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Selected Bibliography, Englewood Cliffs, United States, John Wiley, Television Engineering Handbook, Radio Handbook, Band Frequencies, Communications Electronics, Electronic Communication, National Association of Broadcasters, National Television System Committee, Principles of Communication Systems, Telecommunication Transmission Handbook New!
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- Television Engineering Handbook by W.Blair Benson on 6 pages
- Cable Television by John Edward Cunningham on 5 pages
- Cable Television by William Grant on 5 pages
- Radio Handbook on 4 pages
- Telecommunication Transmission Handbook (Wiley Series in Telecommunications) by Roger L. Freeman on page 107, page 222, and page 392
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- Cable Television Handbook by Eugene R Bartlett in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Telecommunications Transmission Handbook (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing) by Roger L. Freeman on page 1026
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