NBC-TV"s Satellite Coverage
of the 27th Summer Olympic Games in Sydney Australia.

Vision Uplink Australia provided the Ku Flash Truck and the Ground Station at the International Broadcast Centre to carry the two 45Mb/s "live" programme feeds to the USA. This ground station commenced operation on the 22nd August, and was turned down on the 3rd October, 2000. (no fault dockets were issued by NBC for this Ground Station or the Flash Truck )

Telstra Australia provided two 8 Mb/s back up circuits through their Oxford Falls Ground Station.

Vision Accomplished from Hawaii provided a fixed Ground Station at Olympic Park and a Ku uplink truck for NBC's ToDay Show.

Brendan and his team at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

Brendan - ensuring that all systems are at optimum perfomrance

Peter - Rigging the antennae in preparation for the Sydney 2000 Olympics

Peter ensuring the waveguide assembly is ready for operation

Straz - At the console monitoring all signals to ensure optimal data integrity

Neal - also monitoring the NBC broadcast feeds

Neal performing routine checks of the Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers

All equipment was professionally rack-mounted in preparation for the Sydney 2000 Olympics