
They are on the rooftop of my local KDNL ABC broadcaster.
But there are so many of them. Are some of them uplink dishes?
Thanks in advance.
But there are so many of them. Are some of them uplink dishes?
Thanks in advance.
They are pointing at the sky.
Sorry, that's the best I can do, with no point of reference, i.e. what direction you were pointing the camera, or similar help.
The three in the front are Andrew ESA's (Earth Station Antennas). Apparently Andrew is now owned by a company called Commscope. A quick search for their old website on the Wayback Machine from the mid 2000's yields this info about these or similiar dishes:They are on the rooftop of my local KDNL ABC broadcaster.
But there are so many of them. Are some of them uplink dishes?
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We have a winner!They're likely pointed at whatever sats have ABC content and for whatever sub channels they broadcast.
What would a local affiliate need station-based uplink facilities for?Try to see if they have waveguide connected to the feed horn. That would be an uplink setup.
As KDNL is a TV station, what would "radio stuff" bring to the party?Most radio stuff just moved there from 139.
What would a local affiliate need station-based uplink facilities for?
If a slot gets more audio-only downstream traffic, is that all that useful/helpful to a TV station? I recall that someone observed that the pictures don't tell whether uplink capability is present.If they had a remote truck out in the boonies on a national interest breaking new story, they would need a way to keep in contact with their remote set up. The station based up-link could do that. Gives them 2 way communication links.