Table Of Contents A Closer Look At Blonder Tongue . 1 Headend Product . 1.7 Headend Product Overview Charts . 1.8 Option 14 . 1.12 Option 4 - AM . 1.15 Option 4 - AP . 1.16 AM Switch Settings . 1.17 AP and AD-1 Switch Setting . 1.23 18 GHz Express Microwave Products . 1.36 TX18000 Series . 1.37 PA18000 Series . 1.38 RP18000 Series . 1.39 RX18003 Series . 1.40 18 GHz Express - Product Selector Guide . 1.41 18 GHz Express - Typical System Example diagram . 1.42 Range of Acceptable PIN Designations . 1.43 Fiber Optic Product Overview Charts . 1.45 VideoMask™ Interdiction (VMI) Products . 1.47 VMI Parts List . 1.48 VMI Specification Summary . 1.49 VMI System Design . 1.50 VMI Installation Guidelines . 1.57 VMI Unit Activation . 1.59 VMI Troubleshooting . 1.60 VMI Jamming Worksheet . 1.62 Single Living Interdiction Unit (SLIU) Products . 1.64 SLIU Parts List . 1.65 SLIU Specification Summary . 1.66 SLIU System Design . 1.68 SLIU Installation Guidelines . 1.73 SLIU Unit Activation . 1.78 SLIU Troubleshooting . 1.79 SLIU Jamming Worksheet . 1.81 Subscriber Module Interdiction (SMI) Products . 1.83 SMI General Parts List . 1.84 SMI Specification Summary . 1.85 SMI System Design . 1.86 SMI Installation Guidelines . 1.93 SMI Unit Activation . 1.109 SMI Troubleshooting . 1.112 SMI Jamming Worksheet . 1.114 Basic Cable Theory . 2 Useful Technical Data . 2.1 The Decibel . 2.1 Voltage Confusion . 2.1 Power Conversions . 2.2 dBmV, dBµV & dBm . 2.2 Impedance Mismatch . 2.3 Standard Resistor Color Codes & Values . 2.4 System Calculations . 3 Carrier/Cross Modulation (XM) . 3.1 Carrier/Composite Triple Beat (CTB) . 3.2 Carrier/Single Second Order Distortion (C/SSO) . 3.3 Carrier/Composite Second Order Distortion (C/CSO) . 3.4 Composite Intermodulation Noise (CIN) . 3.5 Carrier/Hum Modulation (C/H) . 3.6 Carrier/Noise . 3.7 TVRO Formulas . 3.8 Azimuth and Elevation Angles . 3.9 Determining Acceptable Peak-to-Valley Deviation . 3.10 Amplifier Cascade Factor . 3.11 Amplifier Cascade Factor Example . 3.12 System Calculations Example . 3.13 20 Log Function Derate Chart . 3.14 10 Log Function Derate Chart . 3.15 Combining 2 X-MOD or CTB Performance ratings (20 LOG) Combining 2 CNR or SSO Performance ratings (10 LOG) . 3.16 Beat Packet Quantity . 3.17 Fiber . 4 Siecor MIC™ Cable Fiber Identification Guide . 4.1 Fiber Optics . 4.2 Fiber Loss Vs Path Length . 4.3 Converting MW to DBM . 4.4 Transmitter/Receiver Matrix . 4.5 Single Mode Product Selection Tree . 4.6 Multimode Product Selection Tree . 4.7 Multimode Broadband 5 Ch. Design Tool . 4.8 Single Mode Broadband 10 Ch. Design Tool . 4.11 Single Mode Broadband 15 Ch. Design Tool . 4.14 Single Mode Broadband 25 Ch. Design Tool . 4.17 FIBT Design Tool . 4.20 Optical Coupler Design Tool . 4.24 Broadband CATV Link Multiple Receive Sites - Single Mode . 4.25 Broadband CATV/25 Ch. Return Path on 2 Fibers . 4.26 Broadband CATV W/Optical 25 Ch. Return Path - Single Mode . 4.27 Video/Audio/Audio Fiber Optic Link . 4.28 Single Polarity L-Band, Dual Fiber Optic Link - Single Mode . 4.29 Stacked L-Band Fiber Optic Link - Single Mode . 4.30 Multi Output L-Band Fiber Optic Link . 4.31 Frequency Chart, CATV Channel Format, Satellite Charts . 5 CATV Channels, North America . 5.1 CATV Channels, United Kingdom . 5.8 Off-Air Channels, North America . 5.9 Off-Air Channels • CCIR Standards . 5.11 FM Broadcast Channel Frequencies . 5.13 International Channel Standards . 5.14 CCIR Television Transmission Characteristic . 5.16 Frequency Spectrum . 5.17 Cable TV Channel Format . 5.19 FCC Aeronautical Band Frequencies . 5.20 North American Satellite Freq./Transponder Conversion Tables . 5.21 North American Satellite C & Ku Band Chart . 5.44 DISH® Network Programming Services . 5.45 DIRECTV® Programming Services . 5.51 Bell ExpressVu® Programming Services . 5.54 WSNet Programming Services . 5.59 TV Stations Chart . 5.61 Conversion Factors . 6 Ohm’s Law & Joule’s Law . 6.1 Table of Conversions . 6.2 Return, Reflection Coefficient, & Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) 6.4 Return Loss . 6.5 Conversion Factors . ..