Uplink interference from a helicopter?

[jnelson]

I was downlinking a show recently and we had a few signal hits. The uplink engineer reported the only thing he could attribute the degradations to is a low flying helicopter shooting B roll. This is the first I've ever heard of this potential although it makes sense. Can anyone confirm?

 

[SatelliteAV]

Was this helicopter contributing to the feed? If so, maybe there was a loss of signal in the master feed.

Was a helicopter's flight path at the uplink location and it flew through the uplink line of sight to the satellite? This might momentarily block the signal from reaching the satellite and all downlink stations would have experienced signal loss.

Was the helicopter present at your downlink location and the flight path was through your dish line of sight to the satellite? Signal loss would only occur at your location.

 

[jnelson]

The helicopter wasn't sending to the show but was shooting B roll. It was flying around the venue (outdoor arena) and passing through the uplink beam.