Thursday, February 26, 2009

Too Tall

WLTV is a Univision owned and operated television station serving Spanish-speaking viewers in South Florida, channel 23, also known as Univision 23. The station is located in Doral, where Univision's production facilities are also located. The transmitter is located in Miami Gardens. This morning, I was behind this mobile broadcasting system for a while, be on the ready to brake or swerve to avoid the falling satellite transponder. You see, I think this truck is too tall, and the antenna barely clears the tree canopies or comes mighty close to hitting some traffic lights. If the operator EVER forgets to stow the antenna before driving this truck off, that will be a catastrophe in the making. I know! It happened to me once before, with a $30K VSAT dish that hit a tree branch! Ouch! This dish is a cheaper version, but it still is an expensive piece of equipment.

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