At approximately 10:20 AM this morning the ARCS satellite multiplex went down due to an area wide power outage at the uplink suite in Fairbanks.
Update: at 11:40 AM the carrier resumed operation, however the content has not yet resumed.
Update: as of 12:00 Noon the power at the uplink suite was back up and appears to be stable. Most services on the multiplex have resumed.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
April 2010 RMT
ARCSTV successfully received and retransmitted the April RMT at 2325 local time, April 15, 2010. The test in the recording presented here was viewed at the APBI offices in Anchorage using a 3.0 meter C-band dish and a Scientific Atlanta D9223 receiver. The recording was made using a VHS tape recorder with audio source taken from the left channel of audio output #1.
This recording positively demonstrates the successful execution of the drill and delivery of the test material. Below the recording is the printout from the Sage ENDEC confidence decoder at the APBI offices, showing that the test signal as delivered by ARCSTV was properly distributed and relay-capable. In this case, the tape includes a reference at the end to a second viewing of the test across ARCS. This second iteration was not generated by ARCSTV; it was simply part of the source material, in this case KTVA Television, the Anchorage CBS affiliate, runing the RMT on a delayed basis. While viewers would have seen the test play a second time, station based equipment would have ignored it, as did the confidence decoder at APBI.
The ARCSTV signal is available to any person or organization in possession of a properly installed and functioning C-band satellite antenna and an MPEG-II DVB satellite receiver. ARCSTV's primary mission is to serve the residents of bush Alaska through a network of over 200 low-power analog television transmitters, but ARCSTV is also used by commercial and non-commercial broadcasters around the state as a monitored source for their EAS facilities.
This recording positively demonstrates the successful execution of the drill and delivery of the test material. Below the recording is the printout from the Sage ENDEC confidence decoder at the APBI offices, showing that the test signal as delivered by ARCSTV was properly distributed and relay-capable. In this case, the tape includes a reference at the end to a second viewing of the test across ARCS. This second iteration was not generated by ARCSTV; it was simply part of the source material, in this case KTVA Television, the Anchorage CBS affiliate, runing the RMT on a delayed basis. While viewers would have seen the test play a second time, station based equipment would have ignored it, as did the confidence decoder at APBI.
The ARCSTV signal is available to any person or organization in possession of a properly installed and functioning C-band satellite antenna and an MPEG-II DVB satellite receiver. ARCSTV's primary mission is to serve the residents of bush Alaska through a network of over 200 low-power analog television transmitters, but ARCSTV is also used by commercial and non-commercial broadcasters around the state as a monitored source for their EAS facilities.
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