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| QPSK || Quadrature Phase Shift Keying || Commonly used digital modulation || https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-shift_keying
 
| QPSK || Quadrature Phase Shift Keying || Commonly used digital modulation || https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-shift_keying
 
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| Bit rate || £0.85
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| Bit rate || ||Number of bits per second of data - used in DATV to describe the video and audio bit rate before modulation||https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rate
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| Symbol rate || ||Used in DATV to describe the actual modulation rate after FEC || https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_rate
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| STB||Set top box || Typical stand alone satellite receiver designed for consumer use||
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| FTA ||Free To Air  || Describes a consumer set top box which is capable of receiving non encrypted signals - as opposed to a Sky STB which is not capable of receiving UK DATV signals||
 
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| Symbol rate || £1.15
 
 
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Latest revision as of 18:36, 8 October 2017

This is a table of commonly used three-letter acronyms (TLA),used by the ATV community.

Term / TLA Definition comment Link
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Commonly used digital modulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-shift_keying
Bit rate Number of bits per second of data - used in DATV to describe the video and audio bit rate before modulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rate
Symbol rate Used in DATV to describe the actual modulation rate after FEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_rate
STB Set top box Typical stand alone satellite receiver designed for consumer use
FTA Free To Air Describes a consumer set top box which is capable of receiving non encrypted signals - as opposed to a Sky STB which is not capable of receiving UK DATV signals