With clear blue skies, record temperatures and threats of hose-pipe bans, it's easy to forget it's Wimbledon fortnight. But as truck-loads of broadcast hardware, along with the larger part of the UK's strawberry harvest, was being shipped to SW19, JFMG was squeezing a quart of spectrum requests into the pint of PMSE spectrum.
Whilst there are many events with more frequencies assigned, the Wimbledon challenge is meeting the ever growing demand for talkback, the majority of which are accomodated without borrowing in spectrum through Ofcom.
The Broadcaster area at Wimbledon is pretty tight, I do wonder how the drivers squeeze all the trucks...
This summer, Silverstone race circuit seems to be the focus for a number of the major motor racing events. The F1 GP is remaining here, after talk of it moving, whilst, on two wheels, the MotoGP and the WSB have upped sticks from Donington and headed south to Northants.
The move of some events from the Leicestershire circuit has alleviated the additional coordination challenge the adjacent airport used to bring, but planning spectrum use at Silverstone is still demanding.
I took on the task of planning the MotoGP. This was a walk in the park compared to Jay’s task of planning the F1. Fortunately...