<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi, Steve, </div><div><br></div><div>Any kinescopes would have been from the post-conversion broadcast feeds or 2" Quad tapes made from those feeds.</div><div><br></div><div>All the articles I've read say the signal path was Moon—>Downlink sites—>optical SSTV to Broadcast converters—>World.</div><div><br></div><div>Repeated here: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo_tapes.html">http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo_tapes.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; ">These three tracking stations recorded the original signal that included the television video, as well as voice, telemetry, and biomedical data. The data was recorded onto magnetic tapes, and simultaneously converted into a U.S. broadcast format for transmission to Houston and final release to U.S. television networks. The equipment used to convert the signal unfortunately caused some unavoidable loss of image quality.</span></div><div><br></div><div>The same webpage reports "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; ">First-generation copies of the converted video from Apollo 11 as well as other first-generation copies and some original versions of the converted video for the Apollo 12 through Apollo 17 flights are still in NASA Johnson Space Center's Informational Resources Directorate's video vault in Houston.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; ">"</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>So... it will be interesting to see what the improved versions look like on Thursday, and may well testify to what you can do with a well-made Quad recording of even marginal looking material.</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:01 AM, Steve Greene wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 12pt Tahoma; WORD-WRAP: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: space; webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <div>Are we sure these aren't from the kinescope masters created by NASA from the slow-scan monitors?</div> <div> </div> <div>Steve Greene<br>Audiovisual Archivist<br>Nixon Presidential Library and Museum<br>(301) 837-1772<br><br>>>> <a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a> 7/14/2009 10:23:03 AM >>><br></div> <div style="COLOR: #000000"> <div>Quad tape restoration will be featured Thursday as NASA Holds Briefing to Release Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk Video</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jul/HQ_M09-125_Newseum_Apollo_tapes.html">http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jul/HQ_M09-125_Newseum_Apollo_tapes.html</a></div> <div><br></div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: rgb(46,46,46); LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, July 16, at the Newseum in Washington to release greatly improved video imagery from the July 1969 live broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. <br><br>The release will feature 15 key moments from Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's historic moonwalk using what is believed to be the best available broadcast-format copies of the lunar excursion, some of which had been locked away for nearly 40 years. The initial video released Thursday is part of a comprehensive Apollo 11 moonwalk restoration project expected to be completed by the fall. <br><br>The Newseum is located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's Internet homepage. <br><br>Participants in the briefing will be: <br>-- Richard Nafzger, team lead and Goddard engineer <br>-- Stan Lebar, former Westinghouse Electric program manager <br>-- Mike Inchalik, president of Lowry Digital, Burbank, Calif. <br><br>For NASA TV downlink information, schedule information and streaming video, visit: <br><br><p style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 100%; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: rgb(46,46,46); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: inherit; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial" align="center"><a style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 100%; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: rgb(0,77,147); PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: inherit; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial" href="http://www.nasa.gov/ntv">http://www.nasa.gov/ntv</a></p><br>The Newseum is a 250,000-square-foot museum of news. The exterior's unique architectural features include a 74-foot-high marble engraving of the First Amendment and an immense front wall of glass through which passers-by can watch the museum fulfilling its mission of providing a forum where the media and the public can gain a better understanding of each other. More information about the Newseum is available online at: <br><br><p style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 100%; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 8px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: rgb(46,46,46); LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: inherit; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial" align="center"><a style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 100%; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; COLOR: rgb(0,77,147); PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: inherit; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial" href="http://www.newseum.org/">http://www.newseum.org</a></p> <div><br></div></span></div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px"><br></span></div> <div>The media briefing will be carried on the NASA TV and on-line channels.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Satellite data is here:</div> <div><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/digital.html">http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/digital.html</a></div> <div><br></div> <div>Ted.</div> <div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; 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