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• radio frequency (RF)

Frequencies from 100 kHz to 20 GHz.

• rain outage

Loss of signal at Ku-band frequencies due to absorption and increased noise caused by heavy rainfall.

• remote

A broadcast from a place other than the station's studio. Usually from a remote truck or van; also called remote pickup, pickup, field pickup, outside broadcast, or remo.

• RF converter

A carrier wave mixing discrete audio and/or video signals into a composite RF modulated signal.

• RF modulation

The way TV signals are transmitted.

• running time

The time from the start to the end of a program.