[SBE] Sat Truck Operator Licensing
Eargle, Ray L
REargle at hearst.com
Sun Nov 15 17:53:52 EST 2009
Note most I see is a reporter and a photog. On some I hear just a reporter.
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From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Matt Antalek
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 1:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [SBE] Sat Truck Operator Licensing
I have one question of clarification from Gibson's original message.
I don't work in local news, so I'm not sure how most stations do it now. Do stations with satellite trucks typically send out 3 people for a satellite live shot (truck engineer, camera, reporter?)
There must be some that already send out just an operator/photog and a reporter, right? I'm a big DMA (Philly) and I see the microwave truck guy who will set up a camera on the sticks and frame the shot for the reporter and then go back into the truck for the live hit all the time.
On 11/15/09, Matt Antalek <matt.antalek at gmail.com> wrote:
> As a sat truck engineer, I'm not sure about the legality issue. I've
> always been told that when you're on the bird, you stay in the truck,
> but I'm not sure there's a law mandating this. In the real world,
> when you're uplinking a backhaul or some all day event, no sat truck
> op that I've seen stays in front of the "radiate switch" at all times.
> Although, the good ones are almost always within monitoring distance
> (perhaps a few feet outside the door with the door open).
>
> Just remember, the further away from the controls you are when
> something goes wrong, the longer the response time will be to switch
> to a backup path and get back on the air, etc.
>
> Matt Antalek
> VideoLink
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>
>
> On 11/9/09, Urban, Brian L <burban at kut.org> wrote:
>> When I operated a sat truck (C-Band) we were not allowed to go on or
>> off the bird without being on the phone with the sat operator TOC.
>> That was universal with all sat operators. Turning the transmitter
>> on/off by camera remote would be problematic without coordinating
>> with the TOC. Can you imagine the interference chaos that would
>> ensue if trucks were going on/off
>> the bird at will? How would you bill for the time? If the transmitter
>> is
>> radiating, the operator should be in the vicinity of the truck. In
>> the scenario below, if the operator/photographer had a cell phone the
>> TOC could call, that should be sufficient.
>>
>> --
>> Brian Urban
>> Chief Operator
>> KUT Radio
>> The University of Texas at Austin
>> TEL 512-471-1085
>>
>>
>> On 11/6/09 7:11 PM, "Gibson Prichard" <gibson at prichard.tv> wrote:
>>
>> What is the consensus of the legality of a two-person crew (reporter
>> & satellite-trained photographer) being sent to operate a sat truck
>> for ENG News gathering? Once the shot is up and on the bird, the
>> operator might step away from the controls to operate the camera
>> while the reporter is on-air. It would be possible to tie the
>> uplink's transmit enable to a remote line that the photographer could
>> toggle off if need be in an emergency. It could be tied to H sync or
>> valid SDI clock data from the camera, so turning the camera off would
>> turn the satellite transmitter into standby, thus essentially meeting
>> the "designated remote control point" requirement.
>> I'm sure there are many times when the scenario above takes place,
>> and probably most ENG trucks are without a remote turn-off ability.
>> Does anyone know if a station has ever been cited for not having an
>> operator in front of the "radiate" switch at all times?
>>
>> Gibson Prichard
>> Nashville
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> -Matt
>
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-Matt
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