GE
timo_w2s has kindly posted these at the other place:
11.461GHz V
SR 3600
FEC 3/4
DVB-S2 QPSK
Pilot off
Also, lots of information from the nrkbeta blog:
http://nrkbeta.no/2011/06/16/hurtigruten-eng/
including that they've done this before, with the Oslo - Bergen train
I love it. On paper it's a completely barmy idea, but Norway is a beautiful country, and this is a great way to show it off.
thegeek
Founding member
Yes you can this feed at 0.8w but it requires a DVB-S2 receiver.
11.461GHz V
SR 3600
FEC 3/4
DVB-S2 QPSK
Pilot off
Also, lots of information from the nrkbeta blog:
http://nrkbeta.no/2011/06/16/hurtigruten-eng/
including that they've done this before, with the Oslo - Bergen train
I love it. On paper it's a completely barmy idea, but Norway is a beautiful country, and this is a great way to show it off.
NG
including that they've done this before, with the Oslo - Bergen train
I love it. On paper it's a completely barmy idea, but Norway is a beautiful country, and this is a great way to show it off.
They've also done the fantastic tube journey from Central Oslo (Nationaltheatret?) to Frognerseteren (which goes up a long way and is a very pretty snowcapped skiing centre in winter). Can you imagine being able to get a tube to the top of a ski slope?
noggin
Founding member
including that they've done this before, with the Oslo - Bergen train
I love it. On paper it's a completely barmy idea, but Norway is a beautiful country, and this is a great way to show it off.
They've also done the fantastic tube journey from Central Oslo (Nationaltheatret?) to Frognerseteren (which goes up a long way and is a very pretty snowcapped skiing centre in winter). Can you imagine being able to get a tube to the top of a ski slope?
Last edited by noggin on 19 June 2011 6:22pm
DV
Shame really that the NordNorge's schedule this afternoon is across perhaps the most open water section of the whole Hurtigruten coastal route. This afternoon the vessel is travelling from Bodo to Stamsund in the Lofoten Islands. The producers have filled nicely though by windowing some of the early hours material, whilst keeping the live water shot open beneath.
loved this HGTTG comment ...
Now you see why Slartibartfast won that award for Norway's coastline! nrk.no/hurtigruten #hurtigruten
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19-Jun-2011 @ 17:23
loved this HGTTG comment ...
Now you see why Slartibartfast won that award for Norway's coastline! nrk.no/hurtigruten #hurtigruten
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19-Jun-2011 @ 17:23
JB
Just skimming through various parts of the cruise, it's very weird to see the sun up at 2am in the morning! Though saying that one summer I helped a friend at a party and it got dark around 10pm, the party went in to the early hours and as we were on our way home the sun was rising at 3:30am!
DV
.... just at 2320 local had some enteratinment of a waterskier in a Mankini skiing alongside the NordNorge.
GE
thegeek
Founding member
The ship seems to have ended up in what the caption is describing as a 'satellite shadow' - the web stream is showing a recording.
As I type, it's just come back up - the weather looks pretty miserable, which may be the problem. (But there's a brass band playing on the shore!)
As I type, it's just come back up - the weather looks pretty miserable, which may be the problem. (But there's a brass band playing on the shore!)
DV
I suspect there'll be more shadow now we're in the extreme north of the Country. The elevation angle is 11 degrees Max.
NG
The background article points out that some areas of the route are in satellite shadow that they have to go to a recording, apart from one leg which is so spectacular they've arranged for digital microwave circuits to cover the gap as they know that area is a satellite dead spot.
AIUI they're using geostationary satellite tech (i.e. normal comms satellites) and the further north the uplink is, the nearer to the south-facing horizon it is, and so the lower an obstruction has to be to get in the way of the view of the satellite.
As Norway's coastline is very rugged and in places high, there are definitely going to be areas where the satellite can't be seen because there are bits of mountain/cliff in the way, which are entirely predictable. If the weather is bad (rain causes a lot of attenuation of Ku satellite frequency range RF) then this will cause the outages to be a bit longer either side.
It's not just a problem for live feeds from boats. Norway has significant communities in "satellite shadows" where the terrain (mountains, cliffs etc.) block the view of the satellites used for the Nordic equivalents of Sky (there isn't really a Freesat in Norway AIUI). If the towns are in a remote area not covered by regular TV terrestrial transmitters, third party companies are allowed to put up satellite dishes connected to UHF digital TV transmitters in positions where they can see the satellites, to provide a local satellite-relay service of the main NRK channels to provide TV to communities that would otherwise have no TV at all. There seem to be a lot of these little relay set-ups I think.
noggin
Founding member
The ship seems to have ended up in what the caption is describing as a 'satellite shadow' - the web stream is showing a recording.
As I type, it's just come back up - the weather looks pretty miserable, which may be the problem. (But there's a brass band playing on the shore!)
As I type, it's just come back up - the weather looks pretty miserable, which may be the problem. (But there's a brass band playing on the shore!)
The background article points out that some areas of the route are in satellite shadow that they have to go to a recording, apart from one leg which is so spectacular they've arranged for digital microwave circuits to cover the gap as they know that area is a satellite dead spot.
AIUI they're using geostationary satellite tech (i.e. normal comms satellites) and the further north the uplink is, the nearer to the south-facing horizon it is, and so the lower an obstruction has to be to get in the way of the view of the satellite.
As Norway's coastline is very rugged and in places high, there are definitely going to be areas where the satellite can't be seen because there are bits of mountain/cliff in the way, which are entirely predictable. If the weather is bad (rain causes a lot of attenuation of Ku satellite frequency range RF) then this will cause the outages to be a bit longer either side.
It's not just a problem for live feeds from boats. Norway has significant communities in "satellite shadows" where the terrain (mountains, cliffs etc.) block the view of the satellites used for the Nordic equivalents of Sky (there isn't really a Freesat in Norway AIUI). If the towns are in a remote area not covered by regular TV terrestrial transmitters, third party companies are allowed to put up satellite dishes connected to UHF digital TV transmitters in positions where they can see the satellites, to provide a local satellite-relay service of the main NRK channels to provide TV to communities that would otherwise have no TV at all. There seem to be a lot of these little relay set-ups I think.
DV
A four hour stopover in Tromso is over, so now let's move on Northwards. Weather brighter too.