Rudaw – 4-Camera HD OB/DSNG Van
Rudaw – 4-Camera HD OB/DSNG Van on a Landrover 4×4 with 1.5m Satellite Uplink
THE BRIEF
Rudaw needed two off-road DSNG vehicles, each accommodating three triax cameras and one RF camera, for HD news-gathering and small productions on location. The main challenges for the integration project were in fitting a large amount of technology into a very compact space and designing a system that could be manned and used by a single operator and that would function reliably in the extreme climate of Iraq. Equipment choice and system design were important factors in accommodating these requirements.
C2S completed the system design, integration, equipment sourcing, custom fabrication and
vehicle-bodywork for the two off-road DSNGs.
SPECIFICATION
KEY EQUIPMENT
- Sony PMW400 camcorders with TX70 Series triax adapters
- Vinten Vision 250 tripod systems
- Ross Crossover 10-input vision mixer
- Ross 32×32 video router
- Ross video and audio distribution and card based processing
- Harris X85 dual-channel multiprocessor units
- Ross Expression Prime GO graphics
- Glensound MPI0005 dual-channel GSM unit forcomms
- Sony PMW100 XDCAM recorder
- AJA KI PRO recorder
- Advent Newswift 1.5m KU uplink
- Xicom 400W HPA
- MK Encoder/Decoder
- Boxx Meridian 5 GHz IP-based wireless camera system
VEHICLE BODYWORK
- Land Rover Defender 110 vehicles
- Fischer Panda 8KVA on-board generator with custom radiator mounting
- Custom internal racking and scripts
- Reinforced platform roof for 1.5m Advent satellite
- LED internal lighting
- Reinforced and up-rated suspension components
- Vehicle fully heat-tested in a spray-booth oven
