Satellite news gathering (1)

Satellite news gathering (SNG) consists of a camera feeding into a small portable dish aerial transmitting a signal up to a satellite in geosynchronous orbit which relays the signal back to a base station and allows live coverage of events from locations inaccessible to normal land line or terrestrial links equipment. An SNG uplink system’s primary component parts consists of baseband signal processing, a modulator, an upconvertor, a high-power amplifier (HPA), an antenna with mounting support that can be steered to align with the satellite and signal monitoring. Any or all of these components may be duplicated to ensure continuity of transmission should a component fail. The SNG package may be housed in a vehicle ...

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