What is this equipment?? Photo inside..

[EricTyrrell]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_si/2175724750/in/set-72157603590733673/

I know it was used in Camel Trophy. That's about it. What is it??

 

[trailscape]

Looks like an old portable VSAT terminal. Possibly used for media broadcast and such.

 

[gary in ohio]

Pretty small dish for broadcast but is basicly a "hotspot" using satellite. Vsat satellite phone data mode

 

[Matt_OCENS]

That is definitely VSAT. If you can pull a make and model number and any other manufacturer's details off of it, I can do a little bit of research on it for you.

 

[DaveInDenver]

That looks like an INMARSAT-B set to me, probably an early portable NERA Saturn B. You sometimes see them come up for sale with the folding flat antenna, the small dish antenna (it's probably 60cm or 85cm, although it could be 1.2m) is usually inside a radome.

http://www.explorersatellite.com/Inmarsat/nera_saturn_bm_brochure.pdf

http://www.satphone.net/neraeq.htm

 

[gary in ohio]

It might be useful for ham radio experimenting with EME bouncing (Earth Moon Earth)-- is it for sale?

NO it wouldnt....

 

[Matt_OCENS]

That looks like an INMARSAT-B set to me, probably an early portable NERA Saturn B. You sometimes see them come up for sale with the folding flat antenna, the small dish antenna (it's probably 60cm or 85cm, although it could be 1.2m) is usually inside a radome.

Thanks Dave! I believe you are correct. This was obviously before my time, ha ha! It's that dish that threw me off. In any case, this platform has been not supported for I think over 10 years now.

I think that in the best case scenario this might make a nice collector's piece for someone who needs it for their sat com technology museum.