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TA0321 TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Lightning protection for LNB supply and control voltage
regulator
Introduction
Communication satellites operate within two frequency bands for TV/Broadband service broadcast signals, C Band and Ku Band.
The C Band overall frequency spectrum is 4.
0 GHz - 8.
0 GHz, while the Ku Band overall frequency spectrum is 10.
7 GHz - 18.
4 GHz.
Within these bands each satellite has a specific uplink and downlink frequency allocation.
For example:
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Ku Band downlink frequency is 10.
7 GHz-12.
75 GHz and uplink frequency is 17.
3 GHz-17.
8 GHz.
C Band downlink frequency is 3.
7 GHz-4.
2 GHz and uplink frequency is 5.
925 GHz-6.
425 GHz
To use the frequencies that are...