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  • Now, the U.S. is once more plunking down its prestige in a high-risk, low-gain gamble.

    Dr. Mitchell's Mideast Talking Cure Josef Joffe 2010

  • Now, the U.S. is once more plunking down its prestige in a high-risk, low-gain gamble.

    Dr. Mitchell's Mideast Talking Cure Josef Joffe 2010

  • Now, the U.S. is once more plunking down its prestige in a high-risk, low-gain gamble.

    Dr. Mitchell's Mideast Talking Cure Josef Joffe 2010

  • That means all the hardware for the low low-gain antenna is functioning properly.

    CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2004 2004

  • And just out beyond the low-gain antenna is one of the protrusions I mentioned.

    CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2004 2004

  • And both of those worked perfectly on the low-gain antenna.

    CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2004 2004

  • Once we had successfully commanded and gotten telemetry (ph) from the Rover on the low-gain antenna, we transitioned over to the process of attempting to point our high-gain antenna.

    CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2004 2004

  • That metallic pipe-looking thing is actually our low-gain antenna which I mentioned before.

    CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2004 2004

  • And so most of -- actually, all the communication sessions that we're going to do on Sol 3 will be on the low-gain antenna until we move back to the high gain antenna on Sol 4.

    CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2004 2004

  • There was a low-gain antenna beside the booth on the far, topside of the arena, the sort of antenna that could be used to transmit to a more powerful receiver-sender fifty miles or so away.

    The Doomsayer AHERN, Jerry 1981

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