TV signal so poor, why? PLEASE HELP

[dwight]

Hi all. Long time member here and figured I want to be part of the thread peppering as well. Could anyone explain why the Apollo TV signal looks so bad on the first alleged moonwalk. Are there any good books or documentaries on the subject?

[Jason Thompson]

I dunno, but I heard there was a book written by some Australian bloke that was supposed to be quite good...

[dwight]

Jarrah White?

[Zakalwe]

Are there any good books or documentaries on the subject?

Yes, loads.

Try Amazon or your local library.

HTH

[raven]

It wasn't so much the signal was so poor, but that the camera used on Apollo 11 black and white and the  format conversion method, pointing a television camera at a monitor, degraded the quality.
Here is an excellent PDF that gives some detail on the technology used and the progression on each mission

[Jason Thompson]

Think some might have missed the irony in this thread. Check the author's name on this:

http://www.amazon.com/Live-Apogee-Books-Space-Series/dp/1926592166

There is a connection between him and the OP. See if you can spot it...

[Echnaton]

Hi all. Long time member here and figured I want to be part of the thread peppering as well. Could anyone explain why the Apollo TV signal looks so bad on the first alleged moonwalk. Are there any good books or documentaries on the subject?

I have one around her somewhere.  I'll let you know.

[Count Zero]

I still try to imagine what german sounds like when spoken with an australian accent.

"G'Tag, Kumpel!"

[ka9q]

Hi all. Long time member here and figured I want to be part of the thread peppering as well. Could anyone explain why the Apollo TV signal looks so bad on the first alleged moonwalk. Are there any good books or documentaries on the subject?

I was just about to answer this when I noticed who wrote it.

Fooey.

[dwight]

Well, at least I'm not a sock puppet...and my Aussie accent when speaking german has resulted in a "Denglisch" lexikon at work - the brunt of many a joke over the 10 years I have been here!!

[ka9q]

Do they notice that much of a difference between German with an Australian accent and German with an American accent?

[dwight]

I tend to speak with very little accent. So much so that I am often mistaken for being dutch or belgian.

[chrisbobson]

Hi all. Long time member here and figured I want to be part of the thread peppering as well. Could anyone explain why the Apollo TV signal looks so bad on the first alleged moonwalk. Are there any good books or documentaries on the subject?

Some of the guys that made the tv wrote they thought the pictures should have turned out much better.

[dwight]

No, really? you should have written a book about it. Too bad I beat you to it.

[chrisbobson]

No, really? you should have written a book about it. Too bad I beat you to it.

Have the book, doesn't change my point.