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What does BER (bit error rate) mean in satellite communications?
Mathematically this is the probability that a bit sent over the link will be received incorrectly [that a 1 will be read as a 0, for example] or alternatively, the fraction of a large number of transmitted bits that will be received incorrectly. This is expressed as a single number ie. 10 * 10E-4 or…

What does axial ratio mean in satellite communications?
The Cross Polar Discrimination (XPD) figure of a cicularily polarized antennae/feed is refrered to in terms of its “Axial ratio”.
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