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This last photo shows the equipment set up for the 2 'live crosses' that were done for News.
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If the network is lucky enough to have a bit of spare cash, then they don't bother with this microwave business in the sticks, they just use their satellite news gathering van and point it to a spare bird in the sky to get their news to studio. Coverage everywhereSteve wrote: The further from the CBD you go, the fewer locations you can get a signal out of. After a few years on the road, you get to know them all.
Spot on mate... These pics bring back memories of me driving the 9 van... was only a year or two ago but I used to love doing the OB van, with the pan and tilt, and everything else that went along with it... including the interesting cammo's and journo'sSteve wrote:Unless things have changed since I gave camerawork away...
There's a cable running from the van to the spot where the camera is set up and the reporter stands. It carries video and audio from the camera and microphone, and sometimes 'return video' and 'return audio' of the signal going to air. Alternatively a portable TV might be set up near the camera for the journo to see what's going to air, and the audio to his earpiece might come from a moble phone on his belt, or from the van.
Getting the signal back to the station... easy. Not. The stations have repeaters on tall buildings in the CBD, so they start by pointing the dish in that general direction and transmitting a signal. Techies at the station look for a signal coming in and then ask the techie at the van to 'pan' and 'tilt' his dish and look for the signal strength improving ("up a bit, bit more... left a bit, right a bit... got it!").
The further from the CBD you go, the fewer locations you can get a signal out of. After a few years on the road, you get to know them all.
AE, is it still done this way?