From lsanchez@cam.ac.uk Fri May 26 16:17:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!lsanchez From: lsanchez@cam.ac.uk (Liam Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995May26.161734.8656@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 16:17:34 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast. If you look at the lower third timecode on the broadcast feed, the studio audio meter doesn't drop to zero -- the 14.2 Hz sub-tone stays active. Her eyes track someone standing just off to the left of the stage monitor near the engineer's desk. Did anyone in Hamburg actually attend in person? The hall looked completely empty except for camera crews. -- Liam Sánchez Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From knilsson@cam.ac.uk Sun May 28 06:27:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!knilsson From: knilsson@cam.ac.uk (Kirsty Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995May28.062734.4149@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 06:27:34 GMT References: <1995May26.161734.8656@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May26.161734.8656@cam.ac.uk>, lsanchez@cam.ac.uk (Liam Sánchez) writes: > I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast. > If you look at the lower third timecode on the broadcast feed, the studio audio meter doesn't drop to zero -- the 14.2 Hz sub-tone stays active. Notice the date: June 8, 1985. That was exactly 14 months before the Meridian microwave link tests began at Ashford Poly. -- Kirsty Nilsson "They will send a copy in my place." Macintosh IIfx / TOS 4.04 From isouza@demon.co.uk Mon May 29 23:21:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!isouza From: isouza@demon.co.uk (Ines Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995May29.232134.6449@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 23:21:34 GMT References: <1995May26.161734.8656@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995May26.161734.8656@cam.ac.uk>, lsanchez@cam.ac.uk (Liam Sánchez) writes: > I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast. In the Akasaka reel box recovered in Tokyo, there's a handwritten studio note: 'Do not rebroadcast Hamburg segment 09.' -- Ines Souza -- Demon Internet Services UK "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From anovak@stanford.edu Thu Jun 01 01:45:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!anovak From: anovak@stanford.edu (Andrei Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1995Jun01.014534.4671@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1995 01:45:34 GMT References: <1995May26.161734.8656@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May26.161734.8656@cam.ac.uk>, lsanchez@cam.ac.uk (Liam Sánchez) writes: > I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast. > If you look at the lower third timecode on the broadcast feed, the studio audio meter doesn't drop to zero -- the 14.2 Hz sub-tone stays active. I remember watching this on our family's Radiant TV console. The picture tube hummed whenever Nova hit high notes. -- Andrei Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.