■ TV technician Wang Yinchung on the roof of
one of the apartment buildings in Mandarine City. The large 3.2-meter dish that Wang Yinchung is standing next to receives the Japanese channels on BSAT at 110° east. To the right is a 1.8-meter dish for the reception of Skylife on KOREASAT 3. To the left is a 1.8-meter offset antenna pointed at ASIASAT at 105° east. Two smaller 1.5-meter offset antennas are used for reception of KOREASAT 5 at 113° east and for the vertical polarization of KOREASAT 3 at 116° east. A one-meter antenna is pointed to AGILA 2 at 146° east and a 1.5-meter prime focus dish all the way to the left is aligned to INTELSAT 8 at 166° west where channels like BBC World and NHK World can be found.
■ Wang Yinchung has quite a view ■ TV Technician Wang Yinchung set up the receivers and cable
modulators in the elevator control room. He keeps an eye on reception quality with the test TVs.
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of the Mandarine City apartment complex from the roof of one of the buildings where all the satellite antennas are installed. The complex even comes with its own swimming pool!