From tjohansson@uni-hamburg.de Mon Nov 27 21:27:45 1995
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From: tjohansson@uni-hamburg.de (Thiago Johansson)
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Subject: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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Watching the Hamburg satellite capture again on my VCR with the tracking cranked all the way up.

Right at 02:14 in 'Memory Hatch', she stops singing completely and just stares directly into camera 2.
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.

My tape is 3rd generation and starting to degrade. Does anyone have a 1st gen copy from a Betamax or U-matic deck?

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From mito@rwth-aachen.de Wed Nov 29 01:03:45 1995
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From: mito@rwth-aachen.de (Mei Ito)
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Subject: Re: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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In article <1995Nov27.212745.3597@uni-hamburg.de>, tjohansson@uni-hamburg.de (Thiago Johansson) writes:
> Watching the Hamburg satellite capture again on my VCR with the tracking cranked all the way up.
> Right at 02:14 in 'Memory Hatch', she stops singing completely and just stares directly into camera 2.

I was 14 when that aired in Germany. My dad thought the satellite link had frozen until the drummer started improvising.

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From dandersson@rwth-aachen.de Thu Nov 30 10:26:45 1995
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From: dandersson@rwth-aachen.de (Dong-hyun Andersson)
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Subject: Re: Question: The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 10:26:45 GMT
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In article <1995Nov29.010345.9104@rwth-aachen.de>, mito@rwth-aachen.de (Mei Ito) writes:
> I was 14 when that aired in Germany. My dad thought the satellite link had frozen until the drummer started improvising.

Notice the date: June 8, 1985. That was exactly 14 months before the Meridian microwave link tests began at Ashford Poly.

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Dong-hyun Andersson -- RWTH Aachen Informatik
"They will send a copy in my place."