Introduction – video overview of the TV sources
A word about the movie ‘The Dish’
The Westinghouse TV camera and Slow Scan TV
Planning for the telecast and the Australian role
– Scan converters and links
– Honeysuckle
– Parkes
– plans for a direct feed to Australian TV
TV from the Moon
– summary of how it all happened
– Parkes and Honeysuckle
Goldstone
– dishes used
– why was the TV picture degraded?
Honeysuckle Creek
– Prime Minister Gorton’s visit
– what it was like at Honeysuckle
– video links via Willamsdale, to Sydney
– still photos taken at Honeysuckle
– Super 8 film shot at Honeysuckle
– Net 2 / HSK audio as TV comes on
Parkes
– elevation constraints
– video links via Mt Coonambro to Sydney
– wind storm
Sydney Video
– incoming circuits
– equipment, photos
– what it was like at Sydney Video
– outgoing circuits
Moree OTC
How the TV was broadcast to the world
– Houston TV and onwards
– Europe and UK
– inside the Iron Curtain
– Australian TV – Eastern states
– Australian TV – Carnarvon and Perth
– New Zealand delayed broadcast
Memories of watching the Moonwalk
– Boniecki audio tapes
Various video recordings
– HSK, Sydney Video, Australian broadcast, Houston, Super 8, Quad, Kine
– Comparison of the video sources
Others who saw the Slow Scan TV from the Moon
– DSS42 Tidbinbilla
– Carnarvon MSFN
– DSS41 Island Lagoon
– Guam MSFN.
An Emmy for the TV
A Penguin for the TV!
The Tape Search (needs updating)
Busting myths about the Apollo 11 TV
– why the picture was ‘ghostly’
– Is it true the US networks were refused a clean feed and had to point their cameras at the big screen in Mission Control? (Quick answer: No.)
– was there really a 6 second delay in the picture? (Quick answer: No.)
– etc. (to come!)
Timeline – Apollo 11 TV key events.