07-09-2022, 04:51 PM
(06-09-2022, 06:48 PM)harshy Wrote:(06-09-2022, 06:29 PM)m_in_m Wrote:Uploading an uplink to a comms satellite using the KU satellite spectrum. I think only used as backup these days however.(05-09-2022, 05:28 PM)aaron_scotland Wrote:(05-09-2022, 12:08 PM)James Vertigan Wrote: BBC lost feed from Downing Stret while Huw Edwards was presenting. An unusual set of colour bars appeared with UKI-1961 CAM caption.
UKI 1961 is their new production truck with KU uplink, but they don't usually need to uplink from Downing street. Maybe just mixing in the truck with the output being patched into the fibre box at Downing Street.
What does KU uplink mean?
Satellite is still used for main feeds, it depends on whether there's any other connectivity such as a fibre. Bonded cellular is used quite a lot nowadays but it doesn't give the sort of bandwidth you can get on satellites and it's no good at big events where there's hundreds of mobile phones.
In this case it will be a sat truck being used as a production vehicle plugged into a wallbox. No point using satellite and they probably couldn't even see one from there with all the buildings