Pics of GAA uplink vans + dish

Zaphod

From today's match. Click on thumbnails for larger pic.

Aimed at 34W Intelsat 903:


Front pic:


UTV trucks:


Feed:


Underside of feed. You can see the where the rectangular waveguides (pipes) are attached to the feedhorn.



For the Munster final match it was Observe who were doing the uplink and the van had a what looked like a 1.5M or 1.8M dish and "High Definition Television" emblazoned across the side of the trucks. Unfortunately, forgot to bring the camera on that day.

byte

Some nice pics there Zaphod. Woudl that dish on the OB van be self-aligning? I assume its motorised and folds flat when in transit.

Zaphod

I'd imagine they're fully automated alright. Maplin even carry motorised dishes for camper vans now in their latest instore catalogue - around €650 AFAIR.

Ronan|Raven

I saw the TG4 Van once up at a Longford match I was at. The dish on it I reckon was about 1.6ish?

Imagine the fun we could have if we robbed one ICDG TV!

god's toy

Good pic's! look almost like the ones the BBC use.

Sparky

Some excellent pics there.
I always see the news vans outside the government buildings nearly every Tuesday and Thursday.
I must get a good look at the system.
And the van always seem to be Merc. sprinters