radio station effecting terrestrial radiocommunication NOTE - In French, the terms 'station de Terre', 'station terrienne' and 'station terrestre' derive from the same root, but refer to different concepts.a radio station effecting terrestrial radiocommunication NOTE - In French, the terms 'station de Terre', 'station terrienne' and 'station terrestre' refer to different concepts, namely 'terrestrial station', 'earth station' and 'land station', respectively.