From eduarte@pacbell.net Sun Aug 18 22:42:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!eduarte From: eduarte@pacbell.net (Emi Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1996Aug18.224216.6086@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 22:42:16 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Watching the Hamburg satellite capture again on my VCR with the tracking cranked all the way up. 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. My tape is 3rd generation and starting to degrade. Does anyone have a 1st gen copy from a Betamax or U-matic deck? -- Emi Duarte Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From alarsson@stanford.edu Mon Aug 19 06:09:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!alarsson From: alarsson@stanford.edu (Astrid Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1996Aug19.060916.7731@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 06:09:16 GMT References: <1996Aug18.224216.6086@pacbell.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug18.224216.6086@pacbell.net>, eduarte@pacbell.net (Emi Duarte) writes: > Watching the Hamburg satellite capture again on my VCR with the tracking cranked all the way up. > 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. -- Astrid Larsson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From cokonkwo@stanford.edu Mon Aug 19 23:38:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!cokonkwo From: cokonkwo@stanford.edu (Camila Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1996Aug19.233816.3893@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 23:38:16 GMT References: <1996Aug18.224216.6086@pacbell.net> <1996Aug19.060916.7731@stanford.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug19.060916.7731@stanford.edu>, alarsson@stanford.edu (Astrid Larsson) writes: > I remember watching this on our family's Radiant TV console. The picture tube hummed whenever Nova hit high notes. I was 14 when that aired in Germany. My dad thought the satellite link had frozen until the drummer started improvising. -- === Camila Okonkwo === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Hold for relay." From asantos@clari.net Tue Aug 20 18:10:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!asantos From: asantos@clari.net (Amy Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1996Aug20.181016.5778@clari.net> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 18:10:16 GMT References: <1996Aug18.224216.6086@pacbell.net> <1996Aug19.060916.7731@stanford.edu> <1996Aug19.233816.3893@stanford.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug19.233816.3893@stanford.edu>, cokonkwo@stanford.edu (Camila Okonkwo) writes: > I was 14 when that aired in Germany. My dad thought the satellite link had frozen until the drummer started improvising. I remember watching this on our family's Radiant TV console. The picture tube hummed whenever Nova hit high notes. -- === Amy Santos === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "Marcus is not one man." From ktanaka@cam.ac.uk Thu Aug 22 00:58:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!ktanaka From: ktanaka@cam.ac.uk (Katrin Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape? Message-ID: <1996Aug22.005816.8601@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:58:16 GMT References: <1996Aug18.224216.6086@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug18.224216.6086@pacbell.net>, eduarte@pacbell.net (Emi Duarte) writes: > Watching the Hamburg satellite capture again on my VCR with the tracking cranked all the way up. > 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. Yes! And look at her mouth right before she stops: she whispers something that isn't on the album lyric sheet. -- === Katrin Tanaka === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."