May 2026 Auction: Satcoms - Ku-Band vehicle mount antennas, amplifiers and associated broadcast equipment
Ku-Band Satcom Systems and ETC Studio Lighting — Used Broadcast Equipment UK — May 2026
136 active lots closing from 6 May 2026 — twelve matched Ku-band uplink systems, an extensive Gigawave DSNG equipment cluster, 32 ETC professional LED fixtures, and a range of broadcast routing, recording, and test equipment across our May 2026 auction.
In this article
- Ku-Band Antenna and Satellite Uplink Equipment
- Gigawave DSNG Transmission Equipment
- Studio Lighting: ETC Professional Fleet
- Broadcast Operations: Routing, Cameras, Comms, and Test
The May 2026 catalogue is dominated by satellite and outside broadcast transmission equipment — twelve matched Ku-band uplink sets each comprising antenna, high-power amplifier, and antenna control unit, alongside a large cluster of Gigawave MVL-D2 heads, pan tables, controllers, and associated Ku-band transmission infrastructure.
Alongside the satcom lots, 32 ETC professional LED fixtures and a range of broadcast operations kit — routers, Panasonic P2 cameras, Evertz routing, and communications equipment — round out a specialist catalogue for used broadcast equipment UK buyers working in live transmission, OB operations, or studio production.
Several clusters of related Ku-band and DSNG equipment appear across this catalogue, suggesting infrastructure released during recent facility upgrades.
Ku-Band Antenna and Satellite Uplink Equipment
The opening lots in our May auction are twelve matched Ku-band uplink systems, each lot comprising a 1.5m Holkirk RM150 Ku-band dish antenna, an Advantech Ipoint ACU antenna control unit, and a Spacepath E2V STA3318-KU1ZU 150W high-power amplifier.
Twelve lots of the same complete Ku uplink chain does not appear regularly in the auction room — buyers sourcing uplink capability for DSNG vehicles, OB trucks, or fixed satellite positions can bid on matched sets rather than assembling the chain from separate sources.
Lot 96 — Spacepath 400W TWTA Ku HPA: The Spacepath STA 1340-KU1DU is a 400W travelling wave tube amplifier with variable gain and integrated upconverter — the higher-powered companion to the 150W E2V units elsewhere in the catalogue. Starting bid £25.
- 1.5m Ku Antenna, Advantech Ipoint ACU, Spacepath E2V 150W HPA (Lots 1–12) — twelve matched sets, each comprising the Holkirk RM150 1.5m Ku dish, Advantech Ipoint antenna control unit, and Spacepath E2V STA3318-KU1ZU 150W HPA. Starting bid £25 per lot. Buying pairs or multiples from this cluster means matched equipment from the same generation of kit.
- Ku Band BUC 14GHz 13.05LO (Lots 65–67) — three units of the NJT5037F block upconverter. The 13.05GHz local oscillator maps to standard Ku-band uplink frequencies. Starting bid £25 per unit.
- Ku Band BUC 5W 13.05LO (Lots 68–69) — two smaller Ku-band upconverters for lower-power uplink applications. Starting bid £25.
- Inmarsat BGAN TT 3732 transceiver (Lot 70) — broadband global area network terminal for satellite IP connectivity in the field. Starting bid £25.
- Quickset head & controller & dual antennas (Lot 82) — motorised antenna positioning head with controller and dual antenna fit. Quickset systems are used for precision antenna pointing on OB vehicles and fixed installations. Starting bid £25.
- Ku Band Satellite Spares Bundle (Lot 100) — a collection of Ku-band satellite spares. Starting bid £25.
Anyone sourcing or replacing Ku-band uplink infrastructure for DSNG vehicles can access matched antenna-HPA-ACU sets at quantity in this sale — ideal when equipping or refreshing multiple vehicles.
Gigawave DSNG Transmission Equipment
The Gigawave cluster in the May 2026 covers a wide range of equipment. MVL-D2 RX heads, TX heads, TX controllers, RX control units, HD/SD diversity receivers, GPS pan table controllers, pan table receivers, local control slave units, Digilink antennas, and cam-mount TX heads all appear — the infrastructure of a complete Gigawave MVL-D2 DSNG transmission system, available lot by lot.
Gigawave MVL-D2 RX Heads: Lots 21–31 each contain two Gigawave MVL-D2 RX heads — eleven lots in total, up to 22 individual receive heads across this section of the auction. Starting bid £25 per lot.
- Gigawave MVL-D2 RX Heads [Qty 2] (Lots 21–31) — eleven lots each containing two MVL-D2 receive heads. The MVL-D2 is the receive-side head of the Gigawave mobile video link system. Starting bid £25 per lot.
- Gigawave MVL-D2 TX Heads [Qty 2] (Lots 32–33) — two lots each containing two TX heads. Starting bid £25 per lot.
- Gigawave MVL-HD2 TX Controller (Lots 35–36) — two TX controller units. Starting bid £25.
- Gigawave MVL-D RX Control (Lot 34) — RX control unit for the Gigawave MVL-D system. Starting bid £25.
- Gigawave HD/SD Diversity RX units [Qty 2] (Lots 38–42) — five lots, each containing two rack-mount HD/SD diversity receive units. Starting bid £25 per lot.
- Gigawave GPS pan table controller (Lots 44–48) — five GPS pan table controller units for motorised antenna positioning. Starting bid £25 each.
- Gigawave pan table receiver (Lots 49–50) — two pan table receiver units. Starting bid £25.
- Gigawave LCS-2200 Local Control Slave Unit [Qty 2] (Lot 43) — local control slave for distributed Gigawave systems. Starting bid £25.
- Gigawave MVL-D RX with GPS data RX (Lot 19) — MVL-D receive unit with integrated GPS data receiver and Tait T2000II. Starting bid £25.
- Gigawave HD MPEG2 cam TX Digi-Link (Lot 52) — camera-mount HD MPEG2 transmission head, PAG-mount. Starting bid £25.
- Various Gigawave TX/RX Digilink antennas [Qty 2] (Lots 71–76) — six lots each containing two Digilink antenna assemblies. Starting bid £25 per lot. Lot 77 adds a further set of three Digilink antennas.
- Gigawave TX/RX Digilink Antenna N-type in individual cases (Lots 88–92) — five lots of cased N-type Digilink antennas. Starting bid £25 per lot.
- Gigawave Antenna Splitter 4 in, 16 out (Lot 16) — four-input, sixteen-output antenna distribution unit. Starting bid £25.
- Gigawave DC power supply (Lot 17) — 240V AC in, 12V and 6V DC out. Starting bid £25.
- Camlynx OT-DTCR-2 Fibre A/V TX/RX (Lots 62–63) — two Camlynx Opticomm OT-DTCR-2 fibre A/V systems, each containing video fibre TX/RX cards, duplex copper-to-fibre converters, and a DTL embedder. Starting bid £25 per lot.
- Telecast Viper Fiber TX/RX heads (Lots 83–86) — four lots of Telecast Viper fibre camera heads for fibre-based camera signal transport. Lot 87 adds a further Telecast Viper 442 RX head. Starting bid £25 per lot.
- Oxygen RMS 4342 4-gang video monitors (Lots 93–94) — two units, each a four-gang rack-mount video monitor array. Starting bid £25 per lot.
For buyers operating or supporting Gigawave transmission systems, the depth of this inventory means sourcing spares, replacements, or complete second-system infrastructure from a single catalogue. Several lots in this section are at starting bids below the cost of individual spares sourced elsewhere.
Studio Lighting: ETC Professional LED Fleet
ETC Desire D60 Studio HD: A high-quality ETC LED wash fixture designed for studio, broadcast, and photography. The D60 delivers exceptionally smooth, flicker-free output and is fully DMX-controllable, offering precise, reliable control over intensity and colour settings. Fourteen units across Lots 120–133, all starting at £20 each.
- ETC Desire D60 Studio HD — DMX Professional LED Fixture (Lots 120–133) — fourteen units. The Desire D60 is ETC's professional-grade LED wash, widely used in broadcast studios, photography stages, and live performance. Smooth dimming performance, full DMX control. Starting at £20 per unit.
- ETC LED DMX Professional LED Fixtures (Lots 134–151) — eighteen additional ETC professional LED fixtures available in this sale. Starting at £20 per unit.
32 ETC professional LED fixtures appearing in a single auction is a meaningful fleet quantity — relevant to studios adding or replacing DMX LED infrastructure, rental operations building out lighting stock, or educational facilities equipping training environments with professional-grade fixtures. Both the Desire D60 and the companion ETC LED units are professional fixtures coming out of active production use.
Broadcast Operations: Routing, Cameras, Comms, and Test
Beyond the satellite transmission and lighting lots, our May auction includes a range of broadcast operations infrastructure — SDI routing, Panasonic P2 cameras, production switching, communications equipment, and test gear — all available in this sale alongside the satcom catalogue.
- Evertz 32×32 router with CP-6401E controller (Lot 53) — EQT 32×32 router with its dedicated control panel. Starting bid £25.
- Blackmagic 16×16 Video Hub SDI (Lot 81) — a 16-input, 16-output SDI router. Starting bid £25.
- VikingX Nevion router (Lot 101) — Nevion signal routing hardware. Starting bid £25.
- Blackmagic Design ATEM TV Studio production switcher (Lot 15) — a compact live production switcher for studio or OB use. Starting bid £25.
- Panasonic AJ-HPM110E P2 HD clamshell (Lots 78–79) — two P2 HD portable recorders/players in clamshell form. The AJ-HPM110E supports dual P2 card slots, HD-SDI I/O, and full P2 card management. Starting bid £25 per unit.
- Panasonic AG-HPG20EJ P2 HD "Brick" [Qty 2] (Lot 80) — two P2 portable recorders in the compact Brick form factor. Starting bid £25.
- Sony LMD-2451W 24.5-inch video monitor (Lot 14) — a Sony Trimaster-series professional broadcast monitor. Starting bid £25.
- Argosy 1U Muser video patch bay, 24-port (Lot 51) — a 24-port 1U video patch bay. Starting bid £25.
- Cisco ME 3600X switch (Lot 18) — Cisco carrier-grade Ethernet switch. Starting bid £25.
- Fibre to Video Converters (Lot 103) — a set of fibre-to-video converters, one housed in a Peli case. Starting bid £25.
- Tub of single mode fibre tails & loose coils (Lot 95) — a bulk lot of single mode fibre assemblies. Starting bid £25.
- Murray Pro 3G test chests (Lots 55, 56, 56a) — three Murray Pro 3G signal test chests, available as two-unit and one-unit lots. Starting bid £25 per lot.
- Tti PSA2702 spectrum analysers (Lots 97–99) — three units of the Tti PSA2702 handheld spectrum analyser, covering up to 2.7GHz. Relevant to RF and satellite signal verification. Starting bid £25 per unit.
- Tait TDMA hand-held radios [Qty 11] (Lots 58–61) — four lots each containing eleven Tait T02-00005-AAAA TDMA hand-held communication units with RJ45. Up to 44 individual units across all four lots. Starting bid £25 per lot.
- Kenwood TK-3302 hand-held radio (Lot 54) — UHF portable radio. Starting bid £25. Lot 64 adds a box of Kenwood radio spares and programming cables.
- Minirig 3-channel mixer [Qty 3] (Lot 57) — three small-format mixers in a single lot. Starting bid £25.
- Heavy duty military-style tripod & case (Lot 20) — a heavy-duty tripod and carry case. Starting bid £25.
For OB and satellite operations teams, our May auction covers the transmission chain and the operational support infrastructure around it — from routing and monitoring through to communications and RF test equipment. For lighting buyers, the ETC fleet stands independently as a high-volume professional lighting purchase.
Click below to review the full catalogue — good luck in your bidding.
Opens: 14 April 2026 | Closes: 6 May 2026 from 10:00 BST
Platform: bid.kitplusauctions.com
Total lots: 136 active lots across Ku-band satcom, DSNG transmission, professional LED lighting, broadcast routing, P2 cameras, comms, and test equipment
