Unit 3: Telecommunication

Reading and Speaking 1

1. What was the early means of long-distance communication? Give
some examples.
- Early means of communicating over a distance included visual
signals, such as beacons smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal
flags and optical heliographs. Other examples of pre-modern long-
distance communication included audio messages such as coded
drumbeats, lung-blown horns, and loud whistles.
2. What is telecommunication? When does it occur?
- Telecommunication is the transmission of signs, signals, messages,
words, writings, images and sounds or information of any nature by
wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.
Telecommunication occurs when the exchange of information between
communication participants includes the use of technology

Reading and Speaking 2

1. When were Pigeon post born? Who used it later and why was it used
for?
- Homing pigeons have occasionally been used throughout history by
different cultures. Pigeon post had Persian roots, and was later used by
the Romans to aid their military.
2. What medium become an important home entertainment broadcast
medium after World War II?
- After World War II, the experiments in television that had been
interrupted were resumed, and it also became an important home
entertainment broadcast medium.
 Reading and Speaking 3
1. What basic elements or parts of a telecommunication system are
mentioned in the text?
- Transmitter, transmitter medium, radio receiver
2. What is a transmitter in electronics and telecommunications?
- In electronics and telecommunications a transmitter or radio
transmitter is an electronic devices which produces radio waves with
an antenna
3. What is a radio receiver in radio communications?
- In radio communications, a radio receiver, also known as a receiver,
wireless or simply radio is an electronic device that receives radio
waves and converts the information carried by them to a usable form
4. What is a transmission medium?
- A transmission medium is something that can mediate the propagation
of signals for the purposes of telecommunication