Interesting page with technical detail about the 1980 climb here:
http://www.vintageradio.co.uk/htm/tvprojects4b.htm
Paul
On 22/08/2013 11:33, "Martin Briscoe" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>As far as Outside Broadcasts using satellite are concerned.
>
>BBC did a live OB of a climb in Glencoe in 1980. They had a satellite
>terminal which I think was on loan (Ferranti?) to try out but also had a
>back-up series of terrestrial OB links (and to keep the union happy!). It
>took about three terrestrial 'hops' just to get out of Glencoe.
>
>Two years later in 1982 they did a live OB of a climb on Ben Nevis that
>relied solely on a satellite link. I think it was the first BBC mobile
>satellite terminal and was quite large, mounted on a trailer.
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>Martin Briscoe
>Fort William
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>Subject: [BBC-HISTORY] Outside broadcast and live two-ways
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>I wonder if anyone could enlighten me about the technology used by the BBC
>in the mid 1980s? I am trying to find out how widespread the use of
>satellite broadcasting was in the case of live two-ways. For example,
>would
>this have been the technology used to broadcast a live two-way between a
>BBC
>studio in Paris or Brussels and the London studios? And would the same
>technology have been used to broadcast live two-ways that are outdoors in
>places such as Belgium, Holland and France around this time?
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