Erdefunk
English translation: ground station
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|  Selected response from: Edith Kelly Switzerland Local time: 03:31 | ||||||
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earth station Explanation: would be my guess |
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11 mins confidence:
ground station or earth station Explanation: Bodenstation für den Funkverkehr mit Nachrichtensatelliten Kucera |
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ground station Explanation: "...Together with the University Vienna we are just setting up a *ground station* in the urban area for communication with low earth orbiting satellites..." "...Gemeinsam mit dem Institut für Astronomie der Universität Wien sind wir dabei, eine *Erdefunkstelle* in städtischer Umgebung für die Kommunikation mit LEO-Satelliten aufzubauen..." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-31 17:18:21 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- oder auch \"satellite ground station\": \"...The USNA *Satellite Ground Station* in the Aerospace Department serves the students, faculty and staff throughout the Academy; particularly students in the various Engineering and Weapons Departments...\" http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/satstation.html Reference: http://www.nt.tuwien.ac.at/nthft/doku/doku2001.html |
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13 mins confidence:
Erdefunkstelle = receiving station Explanation: See ref. Reference: http://members.aon.at/fli/entrance_de.htm |
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14 mins confidence:
ground (radio) station, earth station Explanation: a radio station situated on the earth, on the ground, in German also called "Bodenstation" Ernst, Kucera |
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(Satellite) ground station Explanation: Funkstelle used to be for radio transmitter receivers, but now to destinguish between transmitter receivers in space and on the ground (when dealing with satellite communications) an Erdefunkstelle is called simply "ground station". |
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