Reid and I have been spending a lot of time working on ‘reliability’ projects lately.  The most recent was installing an alternate audio feed to the Jackson transmitter site.  In the past, the satellite downlink on Snow King mountain has failed due to heavy snowfall.  A heater seemed to help the issue but we wanted even more reliability.

The solution was to install a studio-transmitter-link (STL) between a satellite dish in town and the transmitter site.

 
Reid inspects the dish on the roof

 
Checking out the STL transmitter antenna…It points to the transmitter on the mountaintop.

STL transmitter, satellite receiver and UPS in wall mounted equipment rack.
The equipment rack is located in a mechanical room directly below the roof.

The equipment rack pivots open at the rear to allow access to wiring

Reid finishes up some final installation details

Another day, another project done.  On to the next one!
Here are a few more pictures from the project…