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April 2006
HirTV Képek Covers Hungarian Election
Training for ITN's Regional SNG Crews
Gigawave Supports Essex Air Ambulance
Digital On-board Testing in Dijon
Rossi Back on Track

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HirTV Képek Covers Hungarian Elections
HirTV cameras were there to record the event on Sunday 23 April as the Socialist - Liberal coalition became the first Hungarian government to win two consecutive terms in office since the regime change in 1989.
A jubilant Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány addressed supporters and party members saying, "We have won. With our victory comes the responsibility to make sure the whole of Hungary wins."
In Hungarian, 'HIR' means 'news'. So, literaly translated, HIR TV means 'NEWS TV'.
As part of their live coverage of the victory rally, HirTV used their D-Cam 'Clip-on' equipped OB Truck supplied by Gigawave Agent, Studiotech..

Budapest, Hungary - April 2006
Training for ITV's Regional SNG Crews
Gigawave recently invited two groups of ITV engineers to attend training sessions at the Gigawave Technical Centre. The two-day courses were designed to familiarise regional SNG Truck crews with operational aspects of D-Cam wireless camera systems.
ITV have a total of twenty SNG trucks designed and built by SISLink. Of these, fifteen are deployed at regional news centres around the UK. Each SNG Truck is manned by an engineer whose job it is to drive the truck to site, find some where to park, and establish a satellite link with their respective newsroom.

In addition to the truck itself, each engineers is responsible for the operation of the D-Cam wireless camera system, including the camera! All in all a pretty demanding job, particularly when one takes into account the demands of live news gathering.
All of the engineers who attended the in-house course have been using the D-Cam wireless camera system on a regular basis for some time. However, they all agreed that the course gave them a valuable insight into the potential of the D-Cam, in terms of covering live news stories.

Gigawave Technical Centre - April 2006
Gigawave Supports Essex Air Ambulance
The Air Ambulance is a Registered Charity and has, since its first flight in 1998, relied upon the generous people of Essex to raise the £100,000 needed each month to keep it flying.
Without any State or NHS funding, the Essex Air Ambulance depends on the continued generosity of the general public and local businesses, such as Gigawave.

To show their appreciation to the management and employees of Gigawave, the pilot, Captain David Surtees, and his crew landed the bright yellow helicopter, registration G-SSXX, right in front of the Gigawave Technical Centre.

Located close to Gigawave on the Earl's Colne Business Park, the Air Ambulance responded to about 1,200 calls last year. Many of these were to road traffic accidents on the busy motorway network throughout Essex.
The AS 135 helicopter has the ability to land in areas that would normally be inaccessible to a conventional land ambulance. This is particular useful in the more rural parts of the county as well as beaches, docks and golf courses.

Flying at 160mph, the Air Ambulance means that casualties are never more than eight minutes away from an Accident & Emergency centre.

During the visit Gigawave employees were invited to inspect the specially equipped AS 135 helicopter can transport up to two patients, two paramedics and one pilot together with a full life-support equipment.
Further information on the work of the Essex Air Ambulance can be found on the charity’s website: www.essexairambulance.co.uk

Gigawave Technical Centre - April 2006
Digital On-board Testing in Dijon
The Gigawave sponsored Ascari KZ-1 demonstrated that it was capable of winning the FIA GT3 European Championship by posting the third fastest time in the recent official FIA test at Dijon.
The Ascari KZ-1, which is currently being race prepared by Team Ascari, is being used by Gigawave to test the Company's digital on-board camera systems. However the real purpose of this particular test was to evaluate the performance of the Ascari KZ-1R against other marques.

Manufacturers are allowed to support teams, but are not allowed to enter their own teams. Individual teams are required to enter three identical cars of the same ‘marque’, each with two drivers, for every race. The power to weight ratio of each car is ‘performance balanced’ by FIA scrutinisers to ensure competitive racing.
In the case of Ascari, the cars are supplied by Ascari Cars, race prepared by Team Ascari, and entered by a specialist motorsport company, Damax.

With the first race only two weeks away Team Ascari mechanics have been working round the clock to convert three Ascari KZ-1 road cars into KZ-1R race cars that meet FIA safety regullations.

Team Ascari Operations Director, Braam Smith, was pleased with the feedback that he got from the Dijon test,

"Above all, I would like to thank everyone in the team who have put so much effort into getting the cars prepared in time for the official FIA test at Dijon.

We always knew that the Ascari KZ-1R had the potential to win. Bearing in mind that we are up against ‘Supercars’, such as the Ferrari 430 ‘Challenge’, the Porsche 997, the team did well in Dijon. However the real test will be the first race at Silverstone."
In addition to Gigawave, the Damax Ascari team is supported by Total World Sports, Cammack, and Iveco Trucks.

Dijon, France - April 2006
Rossi Back on Track
Defending champion Valentino Rossi got his season back on track after winning the MotoGP race in Qatar. In Jerez, the Italian, only managed 14th place following a crash on lap one. It was the first time Rossi had failed to win the opening race of the season in six years.
Rossi blamed his early season troubles on a host of technical problems with his 2006 Yamaha, but praised his mechanics who worked hard to get his M1 ready for the race in Qatar.

"My M1 worked really well today - this feels like the start of the championship for me. Jerez was a nightmare but here we woke up! Big thanks to Jeremy and all the guys because they stayed focused during a difficult time and this is their reward."
In Qatar, riders had a 44 degree track temperature to contend with,although the ambient temperature was only 25-degrees, thanks to the race having been moved from October to April, this season.

Qatar - April 2006

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