Went to the Uplink Center Today.

[tedb3rd]

To quote Tim Allen, "ARR ARR ARR!"

 

[cypherstream]

Wow thanks for those pictures!

I saw a propane grill in one of those pictures. Nothing like grilling up some burgers and dogs while enjoying the views. That huge simulsat is awesome! I've seen a few simulsats in my day, but never one that large!

I also saw some good quality DH dishes. Our local cable company has quite a few of those (9 or 10 maybe).

I saw some ductwork on a lot of the larger dishes. Is that a snowy area in the winter? Are those HVAC units on the dishes to keep snow from accumulating on them?

 

[CK SatGuy]

It's in Wyoming so yeah, you would expect to see a lot of snow in the winter.

 

[englishtycoon]

Maybe they can us this as the new PR uplink center

"courtesy of the NAIC - Arecibo Observatory, a facility of the NSF"

 

[lakebum431]

No rainfade from that guy!

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

With rain on that dish, you don't get rain fade... You get a swimming pool.

 

[dodger72]

do locals come here to get uplinked or is that a seperate thing? i have heard of seperate centers but do they send them here or directly to the sats?

 

[Pepper]

There are several (obviously much smaller) regional uplink centers for various spotbeams.

 

[Mr Tony]

very cool pics

 

[Jim S.]

I printed out the picture of that Torus dish and showed it to my neighbor and told them that I was thinking about getting one installed on our roof! HA! I think they actually believed me for awhile!

You can get a 36" version of that.

 

[Mr Tony]

but ti only covers 40 degrees of arc, not the whole arc

 

[TheForce]

It was amazing to be able to stand in the middle of that Big Torus dish and take pics. All of the programming DISH gets via satellite is received via that dish.

If I was a little taller (instead of wider) I could have stood these and knocked out HBO, Comedy Central and ESPN.

Did you feel a little warm? Lots of microwave energy on that array.