| Electronic
News Gathering or ENG is a term used by television stations for the methods
they employ to get live video feeds back from their news vehicles. The
news vans usually have some sort of mast to support a highly directional
2 gigahertz transmtting antenna. The studio receives the video by microwave
or leased line connection to a receiving site. Commonly the best receiving
site is at the television station's transmitting tower, being the tallest
structure in their viewing area. The receiving antenna is a highly directional
"dish" that is capable of being rotated in order to "aim"
it at the news van. Often the dish is enclosed in a protective housing
made from fiberglass or some other non interfering material. The following
photos show Middle Tennessee Two-way installing a new ENG antenna system
for a local Television station. |
