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System for the transmission and reception of directional radio signals utilizing a gigahertz implosion concept

  • US 5,594,937 A
  • Filed: 09/02/1994
  • Issued: 01/14/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A non-cellular, line-of-sight broadcast system for providing programming services to subscriber receivers in a unitary service area, comprising:

  • a plurality of spaced apart transmitter sites, each site having a transmitter and a directional transmit antenna, each said transmit antenna having a directional, line-of-sight radiated pattern focused toward said service area, all of said transmitters broadcasting on the same carrier frequency, said carrier frequency greater than one gigahertz,a programming feed system connected to each of said transmitters for providing a substantially identical programming signal for broadcast by each of said transmit antennas, anda plurality of said subscriber receivers at respective fixed sites in said service area, a first group of said subscriber receivers having the directional receiving antennas thereof focused toward a first of said transmit antennas which first transmit antenna provides the best reception of said programming signal for the subscriber receivers in said first group and a second group of said subscriber receivers having the directional antennas thereof focused toward a second of said transmit antennas which second transmit antenna provides the best reception of said programming signal for the subscriber receivers in said second group.

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