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[smarm] 30/12/2010 11:03

mtg - hmmmm.....I wonder how big the bonus is. ;-)

S

[m.t.glass] 30/12/2010 07:46

TT&C Systems EngineerLocation:The City, City (EC1) jobs View Map Salary:£35,000 + Benefits + BonusDate posted:29/12/2010 18:03Job type:PermanentCompany:AVANTI COMMUNICATIONSContact:HR DepartmentRef:Totaljobs/H2UKSC10-014Job ID:49400630
TT&C Systems Engineer

Company: Avanti Communications Group plc (www.avantiplc.com)

Location: London

Background: A TT&C Engineer is required to support the Hylas 2 TT&C implementation

Responsibilities:
• Support TT&C Hylas 2 project for the definition of the system requirements as well as Verification and Validation process.
• Deliver specification and implementation of communications network to SCC
• Project Manage Hylas 2 TT&C Antenna
• Prepare the tailoring specifications for the M&C interface to the Station Computer
• Give operational support to the TT&C stations
• Interface with the SCC for the TTC stations
• Prepare tests procedures for TT&C stations and system tests

Minimum Skills Required:
• Strong, relevant experience in satellite communications systems
• Solid experience in end-to-end ground station-network systems for spacecraft operations
• Working understanding of TC, TM and Ranging protocols
• Working knowledge of Cortex XL
• Working knowledge of RF tests equipment
• Good knowledge of the M&C equipment
• RF and communications theory understanding
• Basic networking knowledge
• Fluency in English is required, both in verbal and written
• Well-organised, able to prioritise and manage several tasks in parallel

Ideal Skills Required:
• Familiarity with Link Budgets,
• Practical experience of TT&C stations installation.

Qualifications
• First degree in Telecommunications, Science or relevant technology/engineering discipline
• 2nd degree in Satellite or RF Communications theory

Remuneration:
Basic £35,000 + bonus + benefits

[yorgi] 29/12/2010 17:14

Yes ended the day pretty much square give or take a penny or two

[peedlep] 29/12/2010 16:59

well a lot of late buying saved what looked like a disappointing day.

[plasybryn] 29/12/2010 10:52

The 12m Chart looks OK. Onward & upward..Higher lows and all that...Upward trend

[superg1] 29/12/2010 09:50

Rest I don't fully understand the constant attack but here is the Hylas v KA sat facts.

Power: KA-SAT provides 20 GHz on the forward link and 20 GHz on the return link, i.e. a total of 40 GHz compared with the 3 GHz of Hylas 1 from Avanti, so KA-SAT is roughly 10 times more powerful than Hylas 1;
Coverage: KA-SAT has 82 spot beams (>70 Gbps) covering a geography from Western Europe, parts of the Middle-East and Northern Africa (Mediterranean basin) whereas Hylas 1 has only 8 spot beams (~2.2 Gbps) so the coverage of KA-SAT is also about 10 times that of Hylas 1.

Every little helps, it is no good just putting on blinkers and ignoring all other events

[yorgi] 29/12/2010 09:25

But for now making our way back through 700p.

[yorgi] 29/12/2010 09:24

Ignore Restassured.......but your right all round :-)

[restassured] 29/12/2010 08:56

You really are talking out of your backside.

Most of us have been enjoying a few days off and you have been spamming this bb with innuendos and title tattle.

Your paymasters are getting desperate.

Your pitiful attempt to try and tarnish all the analysts as part of some big conspiracy,laughable.



I will see you at £25 a share within 12 months.

[superg1] 29/12/2010 08:40

Thanks J no1

I won't go on I just feel it seems like the BOD are milking the hype.

Only a guess but someone seems to be selling in the background, is that the EBT selling at the top driving it down and caladonian buying at the bottom. I don't know but GCCR hinted at something similar on iii.

I just don't like PI's being treated this way. The in house brokers hyping like mad and someone somewhere selling it seems.

Of course in 5 to 10 years time with Hylas 3 up it will be a lot higher than this, but lots of water to flow under the bridge to get there. As I say it'a a shame Hylas 1 wasn't a lot bigger re capacity, but they had to start somewhere I suppose. I just worry that E.G. KA sat can offer a better price due to the capacity. As alaways time will tell

[smarm] 28/12/2010 23:40

2350220 -yes, anyone who has done even the smallest amount of research knew about the competition and it is seen as a positive for AVN because it validates the business case for the technology.

We will know as the contracts come in where we stand. I really think there is nothing to do but wait now.

S

[m.t.glass] 28/12/2010 21:53

smarm - yes, marketing service and price obviously. Just wondering if there is some particular edge in any of those areas, that someone else here can already point to. Like some known edge in price or technical difference or territory. I still have a reopened upbet ongoing.

[2350220] 28/12/2010 20:12

Does anyone have a slightest clue what the heck that goldenfortunes was on about???

Another one for the instant filter button methinks.

BTW wasn't the launch of this Eutelsat sat known about months ago anyway?
Will that news at least, not be factored into the price?
As some are very keen to tell us that each new contract win is factored into the price, when the price fails to jump on each bit of lovely news!

John W

[smarm] 28/12/2010 19:46

mtg - are you still holding? Good question re why but you may as well also ask why we need Orange, T-Mobile, O2 and Vodaphone. And why do we need loadsa electricity or gas companies or why did I pick O2 Broadband over Tiscali? The answer is marketing, service and price. Now we just have to wait.

S

[yorgi] 28/12/2010 16:02

To be honest MT no idea ! But at saying that I trust David Williams knows and will guide us through untroubled.....Well that is what I'm counting on.

You could try dropping him/company an email to ask the question !

[m.t.glass] 28/12/2010 15:54

The launch of the bigger Eutelsat Ka-Sat satellite on Sunday was successful. Assuming that its testing and commissioning routine goes smoothly, can someone here summarise what features will tempt customers to use the smaller Hylas one instead? I presume there are some.

[jonnyno1] 28/12/2010 14:57

Superg, i think i know your views on AVN. I've been fortunate enough to have been invested here since the split from the media company. I expect the share price to continue its upward trend. The big ticket for me here is this, although there are other potentially viable technologies, they are as yet unproven and therefore quite some time away from market. AVN are at market with a very good solution. A solution for which there is substantial demand. I think the take up will be extremely quick and it may leave unproven untested possible solutions dead in the water. That is what i hope and at these levels i think the risk/reward still looks extremely good to me.

J.

[ib1905] 28/12/2010 13:39

New year resolution - Stop using aerosol deoderant - roll on 2011!

[iomhere] 27/12/2010 13:57

How much will they sell and what will the profit per sale be?

[superg1] 27/12/2010 13:37

The factual link for the post by M

[superg1] 27/12/2010 13:33

Nice post Malcom but you rather conveniently/intentionally left the last paragraph off (and I'm the dodgy one ???)

Despite these difficulties, some tech companies are excited about the opportunities white space will bring – Microsoft's Networking Over White Spaces project (KNOWS) has already demonstrated a white space networking system called WhiteFi.

[malcolmmm] 26/12/2010 20:39

Looks iFFY to me

Unlike WiFi, which operates on the unlicensed 2.4GHz part of the spectrum, white space frequencies are far lower – the UK TV spectrum falls between around 450 and 850MHz. The lower frequencies mean waves have a longer wavelength and carry less energy, so they can travel longer distances and have more penetrating power – there's talk of using white space frequencies to bring broadband access to remote communities.

Ofcom's document doesn't open up a communication free-for-all, however – any devices wanting to use the white space spectrum will have to conform to certain



criteria to avoid interference with current UHF equipment. The two essentials are spectrum-sensing and geolocation. White space transmitters will have to be able to sense any UHF equipment in the vicinity, such as radio microphones used by musicians (Dolly Parton is an opponent of white space usage) and avoid using that particular channel. Geolocation is the ability of the equipment to sense where it is in the world and access a database of TV channels operating in the vicinity and avoid spectrum accordingly.

These two stipulations open up a host of difficulties. If your white space router is operating in an area with a certain free UHF channel but has to connect to an internet access point in an area where that channel is taken, it will have to find a new frequency. If a pair of devices are quite happy talking to each other on a free channel but someone starts using a radio microphone next door, the connection will have to be dropped immediately and a new channel found

[m.t.glass] 26/12/2010 14:16

"..The spacecraft follows the Hylas-1 platform into orbit. This satellite, operated by Avanti Communications of London, was launched just last month.
Ka-Sat, however, is considerably bigger, and has a notional capacity to serve up to two million households compared with Hylas's 300,000.
Nevertheless, such is the scale of the under-served market in Europe that both platforms should be very profitable ventures, the two companies believe..."

[someuwin] 26/12/2010 11:01

25 December 2010 Last updated at 17:31

Ka-Sat net-dedicated spacecraft ready for launch

By Jonathan Amos

Science correspondent, BBC News

Europe is about to get a second satellite dedicated to delivering broadband internet connections.

The six-tonne Ka-Sat will be launched atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in a flight expected to last nine hours and 12 minutes.

The Eutelsat-operated spacecraft will concentrate its services on customers in the so-called "not-spots" of Europe.

It is estimated that tens of millions of households in these areas cannot get a decent terrestrial connection.

Ka-Sat will provide homes with speeds generally up to 10Mbps.

Lift-off from Baikonur is timed for 0351 local time on Monday (2151 GMT on Sunday).

The spacecraft follows the Hylas-1 platform into orbit. This satellite, operated by Avanti Communications of London, was launched just last month...