relay station


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Noun1.relay station - an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signalrelay station - an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal
amplifier - electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
communication equipment, communication system - facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information
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The findings prompted Abu Ghaida to issue a tentative decision that Zaarour was acting in the capacity of an illegal internet relay station and was sourcing the internet connection from Cyprus.
The workers were doing maintenance works at al-Shaikh Najjar power relay station.
A vehicle has been sent to the government-designated evacuation zone to serve as a relay station for a helicopter.
The fuelling station is situated at the Relay Station in Frierson, which will serve the fuelling needs of heavy-duty truck fleets.
The waveform allows each radio within the network to operate as a relay station, to help ensure signal delivery throughout the network.
"Anyone relying on this relay station for their TV reception can look forward to going from four analogue channels to around 20 including HD services."
For example, if the relay station or subscriber station is far away from the nearest base station the connection is guaranteed to it, but with low-level modulation, that is the maximum speed is slowing down.
On the other hand, we can expect more enhanced cell edge capabilities by using a vehicle-mounted relay station (RS) in that smart and multiple antenna technologies can be more easily applied to vehicles than MSs, which is not feasible to MSs because of their limited space.
Raytheon Missile Systems says it has signed an memorandum of understanding with Turkish military electronics firm Aselsan for the design, manufacturing and testing of a relay station. The deal comes as Raytheon and Lockheed Martin jointly seek a contract worth up to USD2 billion to build Turkey's first anti-missile air defense systems.
Raytheon firm in designing, manufacturing and testing of "Relay Station".
Skelmersdale needs a new television relay station before November or faces losing its signal during bad weather.
Power was lost to houses after a blaze at the Jobcentre Plus office in Soho Road, Handsworth, knocked out the relay station.