A bundle of cables... thankfully all electronically labelled. A barcode reader and some home-built software will quickly identify the antenna position associated with each cable.
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Stuart Lynn, (our "All in the Gutter" live tweeter) Izabela Bukowska and Cristina Fernandes trace a cable in preparation for its deployment into the final trench to the RF-container.
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The first cable pair reach the patch panel (Y & X polarisations for HBA antenna #95).
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Alejo Martinez-Sansigre, Dave King and Mike Willis continue work on patching cables into the RF-container
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Some more of the day's cable-team (left-to-right): Roger Deane, Cristina Fernandes, Alejo Martinez-Sansigre and Stuart Lynn.
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This is great to read and view - takes me back to my BBC transmitter days. Wish I could help out in some way.
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