Satellite Uplink Operator - Flyaway, SNG & DSNG Uplink Engineer Hire at short notice

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Sergi Ferrer experienced satellite uplink operator with 8 years of practice. I used all sorts of uplink gear, flyaways, SNG-s and DSNG-s. My mentors were Jack Raup, Attila "the Lightning" Varga and Tim Gorter.

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Dead serious in Marrakesh 2005 - helping the cameraman to frame the live shot

At the end of a hot day in Umag, Croatia for ATP Tour 2008

In the past 7 years, I have worked in numerous countries, covering breaking news and
sports events for clients from EBU to Globecast. You can see my detailed client list in the
"clients" section of this site. I have used the following systems: Advent, Gigasat, Nortel Dasa and Swe-Dish.

	Austria
	Belgium
	Bosnia & Herzegovina
	Bulgaria
	Croatia
	Czech Republic
	France
	Germany
	Hungary
	Kosovo
	Montenegro
	Morocco
	Netherland
	Poland
	Romania
	Russia
	Serbia
	Slovak Republic
	Slovenia
	Spain
	United Kingdom

Countries covered: Configurations I often use:

Ku / C dual band 1.9m Flyaway

Fully redundant Advent Mantis flyaway system.

standard equipment includes:


2 x Tandberg 4.2.2/4.2.0 encoders
2 x 325W Dual band (Ku/C band) TWT Xicom HPAs
Full Monitoring and Control Kit including
8 x 8 switcher
Waveform and Vector Scope
Audio monitoring with PPM meters
Tone and Bars generator with character overlay
IFB Kit and 4-wire Camera Comms
Sony Standup camera with mixer
Beta SP/SX laptop Editor for PAL/NTSC playout
Generator (Honda) as backup power
Antenna diameter: 1.9 m
Max EIRP: Ku-band - 71 dBW, C-band - 63.5 dBW
Uplink frequency: Ku-band - 14.0-14.5 GHz, C-band - 5.85-6.425 GHz
Downlink frequency: Ku-band - 10.95 - 12.75 GHz, C-band - 3.625-4.2 GHz
Max output power: single thread in hot standby mode - 350W per Amp
Feed options: Ku-band - Linear, C-band - Linear or Circular

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Ku band CML 1.4m Flyaway or Vehicle mount

Fully redundant CML truck mounted system, which can be removed for flyaway purposes.

standard equipment includes:


2 x Tandberg 4.2.2/4.2.0 encoders
2 x 400w Dual band (Ku) TWT ETM HPAs
Full Monitoring and Control Kit including:
8 x 8 switcher
Waveform and Vector Scope
Audio monitoring with PPM meters
Tone and Bars generator with character overlay
IFB Kit and 4-wire Camera Comms
Sony Standup camera with mixer
Beta SP/SX laptop Editor for PAL/NTSC playout
Generator (Honda) as backup power

Antenna diameter: 1.4 m
Max EIRP: 69.5 dBW
Uplink frequency: Ku-band - 14.0-14.5 GHz
Downlink frequency: Ku-band - 10.95 - 12.75 GHz
Max output power: single thread in hot standby mode - 350W per Amp
Feed options: Ku-band - Linear


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Ku band Gigasat 1.8 m Flyaway or vehicle mounted system

Fully redundant Gigasat truck mounted system, which can be removed for flyaway purposes.

Fully redundant Gigasat FA 120 system.

standard equipment includes:


2 x Tandberg E5714 Encoders 4.2.2 / 4.2.0
2 x Xicom XTRD-400K TWT Amplifiers
Tandberg TT1260 IRD
2 x Peak Upconverter P714
Network Viking 8 x 8 router (audio / video)
2 x Leitch VDA / ADA
Monitoring kit
Anritsu MS2711B Spectrum Analyzer
Tektronix WV500 Waveform Monitor
Tektronix TSG95 Test Generator
Prospect K6R Talkback Unit
Spirit Notepad Audio Mixer

IFB kit
4 x 50 m audio and video cable
Accessories
Sony standup camera
Beta SP/SX laptop editor for PAL/NTSC playout

Antenna diameter: 1.8 m
Max EIRP: 71 dBW
Uplink frequency: Ku-band - 13.75 - 14.50 GHz
Downlink frequency: Ku-band - 10.70 - 12.75 GHz
Max output power: single thread in hot standby mode - 350W per Amp
Feed options: Ku-band - Linear