Today on Telecommunications:
  How Satellite TV Works - Satellite TV once required a huge eyesore of a dish. Now you can tune in with a tiny bowl. Find out how the TV signal gets from the station to the satellite to your home.

  How Satellite Radio Works - Satellite radio is up and running. This means nonstop music (beamed down from space, no less), no ads, and coast-to-coast reception -- learn how satellite radio works!

  How Ringtones Work - If the clothes make the man, then the ringtone makes the telecommunicator. Find out how a cell phone produces a tune and how you can download (or even create) your own.

    
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