Antenna farm on Sandia Peak near Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Antennas
Common types
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Components
Balun
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Feed
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Antenna farm
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Safety and regulation
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Wireless electronic devices and health
International Telecommunication Union (Radio Regulations)
World Radiocommunication Conference
Radiation sources / regions
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Main lobe
Near and far field
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Characteristics
Array gain
Directivity
Efficiency
Electrical length
Equivalent radius
Factor
Friis transmission equation
Gain
Height
Radiation pattern
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Radio propagation
Radio spectrum
Signal-to-noise ratio
Spurious emission
Techniques
Beam steering
Beam tilt
Beamforming
Small cell
Bell Laboratories Layered Space-Time (BLAST)
Massive Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)
Reconfiguration
Spread spectrum
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An antenna farm, satellite dish farm or dish farm is an area dedicated to television or radio telecommunications transmitting or receiving antenna equipment, such as C, Ku or Ka band satellite dish antennas, UHF/VHF/AM/FM transmitter towers or mobile cell towers.[1][2][3][4] The history of the term "antenna farm" is uncertain, but it dates to at least the 1950s.[5]
In telecom circles, any area with more than three antennas could be referred to as an antenna farm. In the case of an AM broadcasting station (mediumwave and longwave, occasionally shortwave), the multiple mast radiators may all be part of an antenna system for a single station, while for VHF and UHF the site may be under joint management. Alternatively, a single tower with many separate antennas is often called a "candelabra tower".[6]
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