GLOSSARY - R
| Radio broadcasting | transmission of radio programmes intended for reception by the general public | | Radio distribution | transmission of radio programmes (or parts of programmes such as news or advertising) from a central location for reception by local radio stations which then rebroadcast the transmissions, usually terrestrially | | Rain outage | loss of signal due to absorption and increased sky noise temperature caused by heavy rainfall | | Rake receiver | a receiver having a number of individual digital channels (called tines or fingers) which can combine these channels to form a stronger received signal | | Reflection Coefficient | numerical ratio of the reflected voltage to the incident voltage | | Registration | in a mobile satellite system the locating of a user terminal to determine which gateway should serve it | | Repeater | signal path through a communications satellite payload which receives, amplifies and retransmits a channel; another name for repeater is transponder | | Roaming | the ability to take a mobile from one network to another |
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