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With radio wave technology now common place sytems are starting to overlap. The proliferation of mobile phones is causing radio pollution which disrupts searches of space.
With radio wave technology now common place sytems are starting to overlap. The proliferation of mobile phones is causing radio pollution which disrupts searches of space.
| Module code and title: | T305, Digital communications |
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| Item code: | T305; 03 |
| First transmission date: | 1998 |
| Published: | 1998 |
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| Duration: | 00:29:20 |
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| Producer: | Anne-Marie Gallen |
| Contributors: | Adriaan Blaauw; Rodney Buckland; Russell Daggatt; Steve Judd; Jane Littlewood; Bob Mitchell; Ian Morison |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Footage description: | Footage - Computer graphics. Old light house. People getting out of car. Women climbing stairs. Man taking photographs. Telegraph machine in use. People in period costume. Man using early radio equipment. Television screens. Television images. Rocket being launched. Image of Saturn. Satellite. Rodney Buckland talking. Saturn. Bob Mitchell talking. Planets. Bob Mitchell (0'06"-2'52") - Images of people interspersed with images of technology. Photograph of Marconi. Steve Judd talking. Man talking. Ship. Radio transmitter being used. Photographs of early radio equipment. Steve Judd. Archive film of people on ship. People in period costume using radio equipment. People on top of lighthouse. Solar system. Television screens. Satellite. Central communications terminal. Computers being used. Archive film of people in street. Man using telephone. Archive street film. Train (2'53-5'50") - Rodney Buckland. People listening to wireless. Wirelesses. Archive film of Hitler. German army. Aeroplanes. Factory. Newspaper article. Car driving. People exiting car. Science fiction television footage. Robert Watson-Watt talking. Man unfolding maps. Robert Watson-Watt. Men using scientific equipment. Plane taking off. Country side. Pilots running. Planes taking off. Robert Watson-Watt. Planes in battle. Planes flying over towns. Observatory. Telescope. Images of space. Framed picture (5'51"-10'14) - Stars. Notebooks. Opening titles of film. Observatory. Man lecturing group. Adriaan Blaauw talking. War images. Group meeting. Henrik Van Der Hulst talking. Crowds welcoming soldiers. Men on beach. Radar dish. Butler Burton talking. Man using computer. Images of deep space. Factory. Titles. Rocket launch. Buzz Aldrin talking. Man walking on the moon. Men in NASA control room. Men on moon. Buzz Aldrin. Earth (10'15"-15'01") - Men on moon. Earth. Microchip. Earth. Inside shuttle. Earth. Satellite. Man with satellite. Solar system. Images of planets. Bob Mitchell. Satellite.Radar dish. Images of technology. Mobile phone. Bill Gates. Building. Russell Daggatt talking. Train. Cattle. Russell Daggatt. Image of world. Internet cafe (15'02"-20'10") - Russell Daggatt. Images of satellites in use. Satellite coverage of Earth. Russell Daggatt. Images of people interspersed with technology. Comic page. Jane Littlewood talking. Men using laptop computers. Mobile phones in use. Meeting. Cranage Hall. Telescope. Ian Morison talking. Comic. Jane Littlewood. Comic. Ian Morison. Comic. Jane Littlewood. Sign. Comic (20'11"-24'58") - Radio receivers. Telescope. Frank Drake talking. Radio dishes. Jill Tarter talking. Telescope. Ian Morison. Comics. Radio receiver. Ian Morison. Comic strip (24'59"-28'33"). |
| Master spool number: | DOU9694 |
| Production number: | FOUT582S |
| Videofinder number: | 6793 |
| Available to public: | no |
