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Bonneville Salt Flats Discussion => 2017 and before: SW & WF => Speedweek 2012 => Topic started by: Larrys24 on July 28, 2011, 02:45:43 PM
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Will their be anything on the internet for SW 2011?
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I sure hope we'll get it working. Somewhere on this Forum there's a more detailed run-down of what we'll try to do -- but suffice it to say here that we hope to have live streaming audio during the event. It'll be through this site -- www.landracing.com
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Jon:
That is great, my boys will like that. They are 10 and not quite old enough for 14 days on the road. But soon I will have them out to the salt.
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I'll be there with my Canons blazing. :) I'll do my best to get some good shots and upload 'em as often as I can.
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That's one way to create the necessary incentive Ray. :-D :-D :-D
Congratulations.
Pete
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Nothing like reviving an old thread instead of starting anew.
We expect to be at Speedweek with the audio, unlike last season when everyone got to attend but me. Sniffle.
Friday our Landracing.com resident attending audio doctor, Milwaukee Midget, stopped by the garage with a few things to bring out for the meet and very graciously took the time to do a 3 hour consultation, surgery, stitching up and an intensive road test of the growing collection of pawn shop bits, craigslist findings, truck stop CB, eBay refurbished computers, Radio Shack connecting wires, 4G hotspot, et al.
It was nice to see how a pro makes things work. Nicer still that he drove down in his rather natty MGB with a trunk large enough for his traveling kit, plus a Cooper engine block for our Aussie brethren to take home to the bottom of the world, and a care package. MM lifted the hood of his British sports car, the one he doesn't race in LSR, revealing a pretty trick supercharger system.
Anyway, the audio system is in working order, including the into-the-equation wiring of a decent FM receiver for catching the meet's signal to webcast what they offer in real time (minus the 7 second delay via our broadcast host in Chi Town). Our weak link is the computer into which everything from the mixers gets fed. So, before piling everything onto the workbench in Slim's trailer and applying the tape and rubber bands to the gear on a rack, there will be a last ditch effort to come up with a Hackentosh, or bring along my iMac from the office, or some other way to stay on the air for 12 hours straight.
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Looking forward to meeting you Max, I gather I am somehow part of the Cooper block play. As for any smarts about keeping you on the air I am afraid I can't offer any expertise.....
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Dr., I expect the block and a package are, indeed, intended to be safely transferred to your care.
Meeting me will be the low point of your trip, no question. We never wuzzers stay in the background and try not to embarrass ourselves whilst sniveling about our lack of actually participating in racing. See: "Supportive spouses??" thread. It's not the time, or the money, it's the bear in the closet...
So, I just spent four minutes downloading +/- 250 old blues tunes collected over the years onto a spare memory stick, that I'll make sure you get. Some going back to the scratchy 78 from the 19teens and 1920s. In point of fact, I may just run a computer test on Meridix, feeding the whole bloody collection to be archived in perpetuity. The program will be archived as "Max Computer Test" and anyone can listen. After all, I'm not busy preparing a machine for the salt.
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Max, I trust that you know that during SpeedWeek the ONLY radio broadcast out at the salt is Ron Christensen's AM1610 - no FM coverage. World of Speed and other events use FM, but SW is AM. I'm not sure, from your comments, if you remembered that tid-bit. See you in a week or so.
Thanks to Chris, of course -- and mostly to you for getting my dream of audio from the Salt up and running (we hope).
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The receiver is AM & FM, we're good to go!
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Thanks! Repost the login. I will pass it around to pals that can not make the trip.
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Search for "Meridix," open their broadcasting homepage, put "Landracing" into their homepage event search window, should take you to the current day's webcast.
I'll add a link in Speedweek thread when we are up and running.
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Dr., I expect the block and a package are, indeed, intended to be safely transferred to your care.
Meeting me will be the low point of your trip, no question. We never wuzzers stay in the background and try not to embarrass ourselves whilst sniveling about our lack of actually participating in racing. See: "Supportive spouses??" thread. It's not the time, or the money, it's the bear in the closet...
So, I just spent four minutes downloading +/- 250 old blues tunes collected over the years onto a spare memory stick, that I'll make sure you get. Some going back to the scratchy 78 from the 19teens and 1920s. In point of fact, I may just run a computer test on Meridix, feeding the whole bloody collection to be archived in perpetuity. The program will be archived as "Max Computer Test" and anyone can listen. After all, I'm not busy preparing a machine for the salt.
Il contrere my man, the low point of my trip will be somewhere above the Pacific at about 32000ft when I realise the enormity of the situation I have wandered into, I will be starting a new job three days after I get home and have probably two solid weeks of writing to do....that was easy in my old job, my new job is on the move ......I won't be able to flick the database aside and work on the writing projects.....
The music sounds good, I had someone buttonholing me yesterday , playing songs of his iThing.....which I had to identify, I was doing pretty well ......one of them was a slide piece, I said, "dunno, but whoever he is he's been listening to Duane Allman"......"who's Duane Allman?"
match over :roll:
Oh and BTW "We never wuzzers stay in the background and try not to embarrass ourselves whilst sniveling about our lack of actually participating in racing. See: "Supportive spouses??" thread. It's not the time, or the money, it's the bear in the closet...:
have you ever heard the phrase "fools rush in where angels fear to tread?"
fool here :cheers:
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So, I just spent four minutes downloading +/- 250 old blues tunes collected over the years onto a spare memory stick, that I'll make sure you get.
A collection of musical artifacts that makes the Library of Alexandria look like a truck stop gift shop.
And Gog's, don't buy into this self deprecation routine Max is pitching you. I spent 7 hours in 90+ degree heat driving into the sun with the top down to catch face time with this fellow - a trip I would gladly make again.
Max - you're world class, and what you're making happen for the rest of us who won't be there is GREATLY APPRECIATED.
A pleasure catching up with you and meeting your family.
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My vanity at the kind words has my head swelled so as I can't fit it through the garage door.
I'm nibbling, at this very moment here on the keyboard, a Sprecher Special Amber Vienna Style Lager, that arrived via supercharged MGB with Wisconsin plates. It's so tasty, one suspects if anyone above the Cheddar curtain makes a nicer microbrew, they keep it for themselves.
Poor Midget had the in-person view of my strewn about collection webcast computers (tried and just not good enough, any and all of them), over the past few years. I'm sending out distress flares tomorrow, expecting to scare up just one reliable webcast server, with the rest of the collection riding along on the trip as ballast, just in case.
If this year's webcast computer keeps giving us trouble, I'll take up competitive knitting in Lower Sblovovia for the duration and hand the reins over to the first 10 year old kid with an iPad who wanders in to view for 2013.
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What a coincedence, I believe Lower Sblovovia is near where Slim and Nancy live, just a few minutes up the road from Lake Woebegon, home of the six inch Mosquitoes that all those German's, Scandahovian's, and Slav's make Bratwurst out of................. and Midg, my M.G. buddy will be working on my crew this year.. care to make it two?
Ol' Bob Whatshisname................. :-D :-D :cheers:
:-D :cheers: :-D
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I'm stuck in lower lower Sblovovia, just north of the Cheddar Curtain, which was partitioned due to political conflicts on the west bank of Gitchegumee.
Regional flare-ups continue to this day – especially during football season.
Alas, a geopolitical refugee, stuck in the gulag called Milwaukee, economically deprived of interstate privileges until October.
But I did transport some Sprecher Vienna Amber and a bottle of prohibition era Rye to St. Louis this weekend, so I'm still sticking it to the Federales.
Viva la resistance!
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October? :| I thought you were coming to World of Speed. Wayno
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Ah ha! Got a lead on a Hachintosh within an easy drive that has been on for weeks at a time in an audio studio, no glitches. 32GB. See, the gods of speed cast an occasional table scrap my direction, even if a replacement race bike is not in the tea leaves until I finally overcome the dictates and nasty stares of my chronically un-supportive spouse.
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Is there a hotel with Line of Sight to the salt flats that has internet access?
If so, I know of a cheap solution that I've used, if someone has one of the rooms.
5.8ghz directional internet link dishes have a 20 mile legal range.
I think baby ones were $40 each? The software is built in. You need two.
I have one for sale that has a 100 mile range, I don't think I'll ever use it again. $100 + shipping, I thought it was about $200? It was used one day for testing, and has been indoors ever since. It is too big for windy areas.
We had no internet at work, so I rigged up a 25mbps system to shoot internet from my home to work and back. It cost under $200 total. Probably under $100? Dunno.
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Team Vesco is providing a WIFI net work on the salt.
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Thanks, uploading is generally not the problem. I've a Verizon 4G hotspot that supports 5 devices, plus a 4G and a 3G aircard, either of which will do all week without a glitch. Trying to keep it all simple and inexpensive. But, I'll look into it for the future, Thnx.
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Thanks, uploading is generally not the problem. I've a Verizon 4G hotspot that supports 5 devices, plus a 4G and a 3G aircard, either of which will do all week without a glitch. Trying to keep it all simple and inexpensive. But, I'll look into it for the future, Thnx.
If that is a reply to the 5.8ghz, it's bidirectional and 25mbps both ways.
I ran it for over a year in a mission critical application and it had 100% uptime 24/7.
I doubt I'll ever use the baby dishes again, so I would donate them if I knew they would help LSR.
Dead minimum, they can create hotspots out of the range of WiFi. ie - People 10 miles from the pits could communicate via internet or LAN.
The "Big Dish" is way overkill. Not the right tool. Too big to deal with the wind. The baby ones are only like 11". We get winds at home that burst up to 70+ mph, and it still won't knock out the signal.
PS- I'm not network guy. I know very little about the subject, but it was easy enough that even I could do it with no tech support. These aren't items that you can buy at Fry's. They aren't for consumers, they are for ISP's selling internet.
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Sorry, I heavily edited both my posts on the subject. Please re-read the posts if you want high speed internet pumped into a remote area. It will smoke any WiFi stuff you can buy normally, and 4G isn't even in the same realm.
The 1 meter dish is not useful, only the baby ones. I mentioned it in case someone likes experimenting with these things. I'm not really trying to sell anything, but I would not donate it because it won't work in the wind. AFAIK, it will go 100mbps bidirectional though.
The baby dishes will stream high definition video (HDTV) without a flicker. We backed up our server with it.
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Hey, perhaps we are onto something. Probably not this year, but there might be a use for it at some point. I'll talk to a guy out in Washington and see if we can make use of such a monster opportunity. Then again, if something fun winds up on my workbench, she who claims she must be obeyed may cast a jaundiced eye toward it and me, right on schedule. Last year she asked, "Where'd that bike come from?" "Been there for two years," says me, "Behind stuff." I love "stuf.f"
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Hey, perhaps we are onto something. Probably not this year, but there might be a use for it at some point. I'll talk to a guy out in Washington and see if we can make use of such a monster opportunity. Then again, if something fun winds up on my workbench, she who claims she must be obeyed may cast a jaundiced eye toward it and me, right on schedule. Last year she asked, "Where'd that bike come from?" "Been there for two years," says me, "Behind stuff." I love "stuf.f"
In theory, I was SUPPOSED to test it at El Mirage, but time and circumstance stopped me. The idea was to first shoot live hi-def video back to the tower and pit area of the finish line.
Then to experiment with using them to do timing lights (as a backup system) once we get 100% uptime. Alas, my List of Things to Do doomed that attempt. I have the pair of baby dishes sitting in the shop. Our new building has 100mbps service, and it was a prime reason we moved the business. We produce dimensional measurement data for a living. 99% of our data is now via Internet, and the load is getting bigger each year. Without it, I'm back to working at McDonald's.
The baby dishes are cheaper than wire, and certainly lighter than wire. I cannot believe how much wire Bonneville takes, after helping go through the repair/spooling. A couple tons? Dunno. Way more than I imagined. I know it could be done safely, accurately, and reliably, but like any hotrod project, it's a step by step thing.
The aiming thing isn't as hard as folk think. All you need is a compass. The dish will tell you how to fine tune it. You have to be within 6° of the target for peak signal, but 11° will transmit pretty fast as well.
I used the compass from by smart phone to aim one dish. Drove home, and did the same, and got 8 mbps right away.
Perhaps step one is to prove it at Elmo this fall. Bville is the Big Show, not a place to experiment during Speed Week. I wish I could go this year. I'm getting the fever again.
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That's a pretty good price, looks like current on line pricing is around $140-$150
Is it similar to this antenna? ( HD26058 )
http://www.wirelessnetworkproducts.com/5.8ghzdishantennas.aspx
Larry
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That's a pretty good price, looks like current on line pricing is around $140-$150
Is it similar to this antenna? ( HD26058 )
http://www.wirelessnetworkproducts.com/5.8ghzdishantennas.aspx
Larry
One of those is my "Big Dish", don't remember which model.
The ones I used for my 3 mile link (they are rated at 20 IIRC) is http://www.ubnt.com/airmax#nanobridgem as far as I know. I'd have to look.
Yes, I remember for a fact the brand was Ubiquiti. The small ones are intended to put on customer houses, the big ones are used to link distant towers in wide network. There is a third kind which goes from the towers, and spreads out the beam to cover the region your customers live. I never played with those. This will work as long range wireless routers, and you can even chain them into repeaters if you don't have line of sight.
To make it really clear, I am not an expert with these. I just learned enough to do our shop. They aren't "consumer" products.
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October? :| I thought you were coming to World of Speed. Wayno
Four things have modified my thoughts on this -
1. Slow on the rebuild this year - I'll blame work.
2. Colder air in October - for a normally aspirated car, I need all the help I can get.
3. I'm not going out without a fully sorted engine - EVER AGAIN - so I'm not going to rush this.
4. The band picked up a gig opening for Southern Culture on the Skids in September, which falls under the "too cool to be real" category.
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October? :| I thought you were coming to World of Speed. Wayno
Four things have modified my thoughts on this -
1. Slow on the rebuild this year - I'll blame work.
2. Colder air in October - for a normally aspirated car, I need all the help I can get.
3. I'm not going out without a fully sorted engine - EVER AGAIN - so I'm not going to rush this.
4. The band picked up a gig opening for Southern Culture on the Skids in September, which falls under the "too cool to be real" category.
Congrats! Opening for Scots has got to a trip!
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4. The band picked up a gig opening for Southern Culture on the Skids in September, which falls under the "too cool to be real" category.
"oooooooooh, little Debbie little Debbie, you just make me wanna WALK LIKE A CAMEL!"
we love SCOTS here that's fer sure :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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See Dan W., I ain't the only burnt out old Hippie on this site, but............ ah, where was I?
Oh, now I remember, we were talking about ah, old whatshisname and ah, lets see now, what was it I wanted to say......................... ?
:roll: Bob, The Nervous One............. :-o
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See Dan W., I ain't the only burnt out old Hippie on this site, but............ ah, where was I?
Oh, now I remember, we were talking about ah, old whatshisname and ah, lets see now, what was it I wanted to say......................... ?
:roll: Bob, The Nervous One............. :-o
Bob, are you sure you're posting in the right thread? :|
:cheers:
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I'm testing the new system, courtesy of Milwaukee Midgets audio swag, all day and maybe overnight. @ Meridix.com, search for Landracing, see TEST 8/3/2012
Running background music, with the CB on the local weather channel to check the mixer and levels, might be annoying, I'll stop it. This year's new bit is the omni mic on top of Slim's trailer pointed to the track with the hope of picking up engine sounds as they pass through the lights.
Anyway, if anyone wants to do a sound check once in awhile, it's there. Too bad I don't have audio of conversations from the salt, which I hope to record for future use as filler and such when things are quiet on the track.
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:cheers:1315 Az. time, Radio Check on Moxnix ,,,,,5 x 5, loud and clear. And thanks,,,I can't be there this year,,,,but I can almost smell it with the audio ! I'll be checking in 1 or 2 times a day and will give radio checks. Thanks again !
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I am hearing your live stream loud and clear right now FYI
Larry
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http://meridix.com/everywhere.php?liveid=landracing# (http://meridix.com/everywhere.php?liveid=landracing#)
Got it here in Oregon!
Mike
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Working in St.George Utah. :-o
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Working fine in the UK :cheers:
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I'm switching out various server computers, to see it they will stay online for the WHOLE day's audio demands. With another running nearby to monitor the Meridix. We'll just tune into 1610 with out receiver and recast everything everyone else hears in their radios, plus do the occasional mumbling, grumbling, and sound checks as it progresses.
Thanks for the sound checks, cheers...
Woo, woo! UK listeners not at the Olympics? Well LSR is bigger than the Olympics, indeed.
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Working good in burbank,ca
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Thanks everyone.
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Working in beautiful, sunny, southern California.
Working in beautiful, rainy, southern California.
Yup, rained in Sylmar and Simi Valley.
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Sounds good here, Max. I'm not hearing the 60 cycle hum we had last time.
Make sure you've got clean power on the salt.
Heinrich Hertz would be proud!
:cheers:
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Loud and clear here in Wilton, Ca.
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I'm running the front line broadcast unit in the garage. And three cataleptic IBM Thinkpads in the office to monitor output, which are all about a fractions of a second off from each other with the Meridix, so I'm shutting the door on them, it's annoying. About 9 or 10 tonight I'll switch to the back up broadcast unit and let it run all night.
Thanks for all the help. No, really.
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Max, I think the others here can pretty well give you the impression of how I feel -- finally getting the audio to work this well. No, I haven't listened yet -- crappy internet here - - but I've wanted audio from the salt for a couple of years, and it looks like this might finally be the time for it.
Thank you very much. Now - if we only had a couple of sponsors to pay for it all. Maybe next year. . .
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Went silent while swapping out the broadcast units. Still, our brethren on the bottom of the world over there can check in and tell me if it kept on working while I snored comfortably at the other end of the house.
Darn Slim, it's been a rocky trip, but my last Sunday at the ECTA taught me how to avoid the surprises & going off air. Of course, I should have driven to Beertown 6 months ago and tugged on Midget's coat for the recipe instead of having him come out of his way to the boar's nest in my garage. I owe him much.
Anyway, Speedweek will be the proof of the pudding. I'm planning to do BUB and WoS, unless I come up with that FM transmitter in time, with which I'll plan on Cook's Shootout.
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Coming in loud & clear in Hastings, New Zealand. Shame I won't be here to listen coz........I'll be there !!!!!!
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Cook Shootout?
DW
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hassnt bangshift got live coverage of bonneville...?
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Top Speed Shootout. (The cook shootout takes place in the next county south of me, one of the meth capitals of the world, every week).
Well, I've no idea when the back up computer stopped, might have been during a storm in the wee hours, but the audio system worked fine and the monitoring computers were still delivering, even if it was only silence.
Much appreciated, all.
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hassnt bangshift got live coverage of bonneville...?
Just photo coverage as far as I know
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Hmm. Perhaps they would like to sponsor our webcast, have a few commercials, stop by for an interview. It's up to Jon & Nancy, their call.
By the way, to underwrite gas expenses, I may have some refrigerator magnets with the Landracing.com logo for $1 apiece at Slim's trailer. If they sell, it will cover being out there for every meet. Not a hard sell, just a trinket for a buck.
I'm running all day again, going dark when a broadcast computer gets swapped out once in awhile. We're into the dregs of old computers in the garage. Also need some new music for background. I'll dig some up.
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A couple of comments are in order, I guess. We're driving through the metropolis of Moorehead, Minnesota right here, and I might as well forgo the fine urban scenery and let you see this stuff.
First -- last year Mike and Junior Cook and we talked about the need for some kind of broadcast station offering widespread communications on the salt during the Shootout - so it'd be possible to do a better job of (for instance) making sure the course was clear for a run. If spectators were told as they leave Land's End that they are required to listen on the FM or AM channel then they'd have a better chance of knowing when they need to park and watch. We've always had a few difficulties keeping everyone under control. We - the workers - have 2-way radios, but we need to make sure the spectators know what to do, too. Cook told us to go ahead and try to buy a small system and run it - he'd be happy. It wouldn't be to provide "coverage" of the action, although we'd hook it into the CB radio and the announcements from James Rice, but it would do that, too. Max was on the trail of a couple of possible systems -- small FM transmitter and an antenna and the ancillary equipment needed to offer 12-15 miles of range to make sure the far end of the course heard us form the beginning of it -- and if we put the transmitter at the timing tower it'd be easier still to make it the length of the course.
As far as I know Max never did hook up with a system. Craig's list, eBay - whatever - nothing yet, dang it, but we aren't done. Both of us have one sort of FCC license or another, so we'd each know just how many laws we'd be breaking to run it. Stay tuned is all I can say.
As for the audio from SW and other events - Max is doing the work and I'm helping by trying to pay/pave thje way for him. We both tried all winter to get a sponsor to pay the estimated $1000 - 1500 it'll cost for him to drive back and forth, run the audio all day long for a handful of events, feed him some M&Ms and Purina Max Chow, etc. We both tried major businesses - like a brewer or a speed parts company, and many others. Nothing there, but maybe next year - after we've done it up properly for an entire event and can show not only good listenership but even offer the archived audio of what it sounds like.
In the meantime, if Max says he'll try to recover a few bucks - please consider giving him something. If you're there, visit him - either in the SSS pit (usually on the front row near registration) or wherever he happens to have taken his rig for a while. If you're not at the salt in person -- use the lr.com Paypal button(s) and offer up a few $$ so I can compensate him. I don't think we'll make it like the public TV telethons and give the names of the donors, but we will thank you very much.
That's a long-enough post for now. Please give it a listen and help us make it better and as good as you want it to be.
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hello friends from Adelaide Australia, listening now to the broadcast , all good at 9.30 am monday our time . paul penny
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Cheers, Paul!
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good here in london england a few days ago-john lee-and again here a few days later in LA.
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working here in sunny warwickshire england,some cool blues playing on the 4-8-12 test.
David
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Thanks, fellows. Sorry, but during some of the races, that same repetoire of old blues players will again grace the program as background. I'll avoid classical, bluegrass and all the rest until the iPod is arranged with playlists to send out over the Innerwebs.
Again, we'll be broadcasting whatever the BNI radio station puts on for Speedweek, with opening and closing remarks each day before going live with it. At other races, same thing. And, of course, each morning and occasionally during the webcast, we may as for sound checks from anyone actually listening. But, for those who are sleeping on the other side of the world, we'll be glad to have folks check in and tell us that the archived audio is being heard in other time zones.
If one listens closely to the blues, the is a sprinkling of Milwaukee's best honky tonk music, by Honky Tonkitis, including a new album in hand. The Milwaukee Midget advised me the group is releasing a 45 vinyl someday, their "greatest hits."
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Max, I don't remember what you use for a CB radio for the streaming audio, but in case you don't have one -- I bought a brand-spanking-new Cobra for $39.99 at the T/A truckstop in Toelle. Heads up to others that need a CB -- that's about as good a price as you'll find for a radio that'll do the job out here.
Back to Max: I got the new CB to sorta permanently install in the pit trailer so we can monitor what's going on. But if we decide that we want the CB audio on the streaming - I can run a line from the audio output to your gear. Keep it in mind. Other folks: What do you think -- should we or shouldn't we add the CB to the mix?
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For 40 bucks try it. You can always unplug it if it does not work.
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Interesting note - in case you try to buy one. On the shelf it's marked as $39.99, but it rang up as $54.99 when the bar code reader scanned it. The lady went to the shelf, saw the sign, and gave me the good price - but take it as a warning so you do get the low price. It's a fine deal.
And I wanted one to mount on the wall inside the pit trailer, so for $40 I'm all set.
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Great. I did buy a Cobra at a truck stop in Indiana on the way to the ECTA opener. It is, as I type, plugged into the back of the mixer. I'll bring it, and hook it or yours up in the trailer, as it's nice to have one in the car. I've one magnet arial on a long cable, but these things seem to do well with the built in. The Cobra is much nicer than the matched pair of Craigslist specials from a heavy smoker's car.
Last minute shopping for odds, ends, and whatever I can think of that precludes a trip to SLC in the middle of things.
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Hey, Max - give me a call when you're up and flying. I can run a QC update from my end.
Chris
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SSS
Forgive me this is probably a question everyone knows the answer but me. How do you get the web cast?
Bill
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It will be here http://meridix.com/everywhere.php?liveid=landracing# (http://meridix.com/everywhere.php?liveid=landracing#) when it's up and running.
Mike
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Thanks Mike
I am on the plane, a day late....thanks Delta!
I will check from time to time. A cool way to pass the time.
Bill
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I am on the plane, a day late....thanks Delta!
Wow, Bill - you must really REALLY want to be there.
Might have been faster to build yourself an ultralight.
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Okay, Max - I'm getting white noise - sure hope that ain't the sound of the "R" word.
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Had audio for a minute - sounded good, but we lost you..
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I am on the plane, a day late....thanks Delta!
Wow, Bill - you must really REALLY want to be there.
Might have been faster to build yourself an ultralight.
MM
Yes, yesterday was a mess ended up leaving the airport and going back home. I am and hour out of SLC now. I will be ok. My plan is to race every other year, but to be here every year that I can.
Are you coming out this Sept with the car?
Bill
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Bill, World Finals is the plan, but I've been ambushed with so much work this year, and a re-think on the engine, that it's going to take a thrash to get 'er done.
Max, I'm getting that hi freq "hard drive noise" - it's clear you're streaming, but it's not carrying any audio at the moment.
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All I am hearing is static "noise" also. Don't know if you are streaming right now?
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Got some music just then and the sound of someone working on it!
Way down here in Aus! :-D
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All I am hearing is static "noise" also. Don't know if you are streaming right now?
Just got off the phone with max - he;s rebooting.
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Trucks got a sliding door, then Oh Mom Help me!! :-D
Hi Max, I hear you fixin er up ! :cheers:
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I can hear you now.
Carson City, NV Wish I was there! Thanks for providing this.
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I spoke too soon. Silence.
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we're on it
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Back up, Just heard an engine on the background. Test one two.
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Back up, Just heard an engine on the background. Test one two.
it works great I'm listening on my droid
Thanks so much!!!
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Just got off the blower with Max - he's setting up a seperate computer to monitor the broadcast, and as the week goes on, I suspect this is going to turn into a crystal clear feed.
Max - a thousand thank-yous from all of us.
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It's been up and down a bit, but when it comes in it's LOUD and CLEAR in Calgary!!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Pete
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it is all quiet here in sunny warwickshire at the moment.
David
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I have had the broadcast site up and running all morning long. Not a sound from it (yes my speakers are on.)
Don
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No sound here in Colorado. :cry:
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No sound in New York
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Silence in Pa
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all quiet in China
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Apparently, I missed something....where is the link to hear the broadcast when they get it up and going?
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Are any cars running today at all. Have had the broadcast on all morning and have heard nada.
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Deaed air in Texas
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It will be here http://meridix.com/everywhere.php?liveid=landracing# (http://meridix.com/everywhere.php?liveid=landracing#) when it's up and running.
Mike
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:-o Lots of static and buzz but non-silence here in Calgary... :cheers:
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Okay, tragic G D computer glitch, I'll get the BIG hammer to tune the signal.
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Hearing it off and on, now off.
Still great to even hear just a little!
Tom
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ON AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hooray! Thanks for the effort to make this happen!!
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Okay, tragic G D computer glitch, I'll get the BIG hammer to tune the signal.
I thought I heard the BFH in use... :-D
When on air, coming in load and clear. Now seems to be more on than off.
My personal thanks for all the effort to make this technological wizzardry happen.
Jim
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We have audio
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All good now on Long Island ... great ... Joe
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Loud and clear, absoluely wonderful..... :-)
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Awesome! Thanks for the broadcast! :cheers:
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I quit.
Okay, the audio has a slight buzz, not sure why. Interference from something and I'm so lazy it's just going to be that way for today so I don't try re-inventing the wheel out here on the salt.
The omni mic pointing to the course had wind noise and is now unplugged.
The lead computer would not accept the input from our audio system, so it's built-in mic was picking up car door hinge squeaks and clapping hands, casual conversations.
So, our second tier unit is in play. You'll notice it it goes offline over and over, requiring restarting the broadcast prodcing software.
This is NO way to run a railroad.
What you do hear, from time to time is the FM radio and Glen on the CB.
Midget and I have an idea for the proper computer, but I'm a long way from Salt Lake City, while the local pawn shop has prices higher than a dowager's hump.
The roar you hear is what's coming in via FM, I have no control over it.
Double dang.
The fix is to STOP using laptops, period. Okay, I've got a headset on listening to the Meridix broadcast on one laptop as a monitor to know when the serving laptop quits and needs re-setting. We'll keep doing that.
So, I'll keep applying bandages until our new server gets permanently installed in Jon's trailer.
I'd be apologetic, but you don't want to hear it again...
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a patchy broadcast is better than none, thanks for your persistance :-D
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Hey Jon & Moxnix this is JAG I have a spare low power laptop with a fresh load of Windows 7 Pro you are welcome to....
You have my # or get it from Mayor Crawford..
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I'll let Jon know. Thank you!
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I just Texted Jon too.
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I have a Retired HP Workstation I can donate to the cause as well just let me know... I can put a fresh XP or win7 load on it but got no monitors...
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Hmm. When we put this all on the bench in the trailer, that's what we were upgrading toward. The XP platform is good for a single use serving unit. If someone out here knows how to us one of these spare laptops for its screen and keyboard for the workstation, but I'm game for anything that solves the issue w/ staying online.
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it has been coming in fine on my tablet.
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Day one of the internet broadcast is greatly appreciated here in australia .I have donated through Pay Pal on landracing .com to the "max's broadcast appreciation society" .
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Penny, thanks for checking in and the kind words. If it doesn't go well today, I may hang myself from the nearest tree, but since there are none . . . Cheers!
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:cheers:
Excellent coverage this morning,,,,5 x 5, loud and clear, and not dropping off line ! THANK YOU ALL !!!
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If you don't see the link on Landracing's homepage, I herewith post:
http://meridix.com/everywhere.php?liveid=landracing
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Good to hear that things are starting to work. Nancy and I are still at the Univ. horsepital in SLC and hope to escape for the return to Wendover later this morning. She fractured a clavicle and a couple of ribs, but is pretty fine otherwise. Might be in la-la land with the painkillers for a while, but we'll be back to Bonneville as soon as we can - today. I'll post elsewhere, too, but I kinda think this'll put the kai-bosh on Salt Talks for this evening. We'll do one at World of Speed, we expect, but probably won't try to fly without Nancy in full attendance tonight. The Salt Talks t-shirts are available -- I'll get it all figured out soon.
Thanks for your nice thoughts and good wishes, folks. C U soon. And keep listening to the streaming audio!
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Jon, have any AAA batteries in the trailer?
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Nope - sorry. We'll be back within a few hours -- shall we bring some? If so -- how many?
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Listening in now, this is fantastic.javascript:void(0); :-D
Having a little difficulty figuring what is going on with the 2 different announcers - is one voice calling out who is in the staging line, and the other calling out the speeds for that vehicle? I'm trying to figure out which car is running which speed.
Any guidance would help to visualize what's going on.
SteveM.
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Penny, thanks for checking in and the kind words. If it doesn't go well today, I may hang myself from the nearest tree, but since there are none . . . Cheers!
Moxnix, we really appreciate all that you are doing. The webcast is coming in load and clear and pretty well balanced between radio and CB. The radio isn't quite as clear as some times yesterday but I understand you have a non-ideal setup at the moment to get it to work.
Might I ask what equipment are you looking to put together to realise your ultimate dream webcast set-up? I'm sure there are folks, myself included, that would be happy to help in whatever manner helps best in appreciation of your efforts.
Cheers and thanks again.
Regards,
Jim (at work and listening in)
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Their FM radio mic seems to sometimes need a windscreen, so that's not my department. However, now that you ask, Mil. Midget and I agreed it's time to say goodbye to sending out via laptops. A workplace tower with at least 4G running Windows 7 is the next target, set up in a single location, like the workbench in Slim's trailer. Maybe I can find a matched pair, refurbished off-lease with fresh installs when I get back home. Single display & keyboard to switch forth and back should one crash.
I've got a line on a low hour used generator with the "i" in it's model, suitable for running electronics, runs 14 hours on a single tank of gas, covering a day's coverage easily. Running off an inverter in the car may not be giving the cleanest power. Slim's trailer is wired for 110, his workbench has room for "the kit."
Other than that, well, I'll remember the rest of the wish list later. Let's see, did the list include paradise with a salt flats view, true happiness on the half shell, fine company, tolerant listeners, fast cars, the smell of fuel, the roar of exhaust, uh, wait a second, I have that this week. Never mind.
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Their FM radio mic seems to sometimes need a windscreen, so that's not my department.
That's what it sound like. It is pretty clear though and very listenable.
Other than that, well, I'll remember the rest of the wish list later.
If monetary donations are preferred rather than equipment because that is perhaps best bought by the people putting it together, please advise how that can be best accomplished.
Let's see, did the list include paradise with a salt flats view, true happiness on the half shell, fine company, tolerant listeners, fast cars, the smell of fuel, the roar of exhaust, uh, wait a second, I have that this week. Never mind.
That's exactly why those sight, smell, feel sensory deprived folks unable to attend appreciate the sound so much. Have fun whilst you can.
Jim
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If you donate to this site via paypal and want to make your donation to help with broadcast equipment, just put that in the paypal notes.
Great job on the coverage..
Thanks
Charles
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Quick note to let you know coming in loud and clear here on the ridge during lunch break. Thanks for all the efforts by everyone to make it happen.
Only downer is something only I can fix - have to get back outside on the homework [why I'm here and not there] so I'll have a shot art getting back out there another year. Will try to check in later, meantime hope everyone stays safe, goes fast, and has fun.
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You are doing a fantastic job Max ! Thank you for all of your time and effort. Great feed here in San Diego area, very clean. The broadcast helps take some of the sting out of the low back injury that kept us from participating this year.
Thanks Again Max, Landracing paypal donation pending !
Bill Ross
Team Subtle Crowbar
Valley Center, Ca.
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And we still haven't left the hospital, but I've received a number of donations for the site and the equipment and all of that -- and I (and Max, too) thank you very much. We're doing this not just for you folks, although that's a big part of it. It's been a dream of mine to offer live audio from Bonneville for a bunch of years, and finally -- finally!! - it's working pretty well. Heck, we're here in the hospital and entertaining the staff with the sounds of racing. Life is good -- and Nancy's heading back to Wendover as soon as we can get out of here.
Thanks again for the donations, ladies and gentlemen.
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Max, Jon,
I'll probably need to search the forums for the details but may I inquire what type of internet access are you able to use on the Salt? What sort of bandwidth is required for the Audio streaming? How reliable is the internet access generally?
On the subject of computers, have you considered the use of mini-itx type computers such as FIT PC's or Zotac or other? I'm interested in what the requirements the hardware required are? I assume that for audio only, pretty much any compact home theatre set-top box PC would be sufficient. They would take up a lot less room than a desktop workstation but have disadvantages related to flexibility for add on cards (unless via USB) and of course cost.
Is there a thread explaining the equipment being used / required anywhere?
Apologies, the above comes from my ADHD inner, OK, perhaps outer, nerd.
Cheers,
Jim
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Jim, we are open to suggestions!
I"m tapping out replies with my fat fingers on a netbook, will post tonite from a larger keyboard.
Asbergers was my official diagnosis, and believe nerds have the best ideas.
Later,
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Another Donation Sent.
Nancy get well soon,
Charles
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Max ,i couldn't give a rats toss bag about the squeaky door hinge . We out here in australia and world wide are very entertained .
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Coming in loud and clear here in Eastern Maine.Thank to all that help make thi broad cast happen for us who can't be there!!!! :cheers:
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Max is officially in charge of talking about the tech end of the streaming audio. Well, he and Chris/Milw. Midget. But certainly not me. I'm just the idea guy. We're on the receiving end of bunches of hints, helps, and ideas -- and some donations to upgrade the audio system still further for later events.
I do like seeing all of the comments, from all the racers and folks around the world. I dropped a note to at least one major (potential) sponsor of the streaming, asking said sponsor to take a listen to the audio and a look at this thread. All of your feedback will help, I sure hope, prove that there's quite an audience for whatever advertising the sponsor would want to do. And - speaking of advertising the audio - I've made it clear to all of the potentials that Max and I have approached that they wouldn't get huge amounts of ads and banners and such. nough for them to justify investing in helping, but not so much that commercials override the racing. Don't worry -- we're hear for the fast stuff first, second, and third - but if I can convince a firm or someone to pony up the bucks to make the audio more problem-free and easier for us to put together -- I'll do it. But again - you folks are more important than getting a sponsor to shovel out money. Keep the priorities straight, you hear? :cheers:
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That was an awesome day of internet coverage. I listened pretty much all day, as I worked on my own project in the garage.
I should have been taking notes, but I guess I'll just have to wait for the results to be posted in order to see who made it to impound.
Thanks again,
Steve M.
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It was interesting to get through the day w/o having a coniption fit.
Ran Windows 7 server in heavy air conditioning and made it through the last run. Woot!
But, upgrading the kit will be our goal, so when YOU come out, I can take breaks and know it's a reliable system in good hands. G'nite. . .
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Big shout out to Larry Wall from Burlington, IA, who bought our set of leathers, funds going toward equipment upgrades. Larry is racing bike # 825' a stroked '49 WL w/ WR top in 650 MVG650. Hope it's for a record, Larry!
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Monix
Good job, loud and clear 37,000' Delta flight 985 SLC to ALT.
Nice to meet you on Sat.
Bill
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Loud and clear all day - Thank You Moxnix, Slim, and everyone else who is making this possible.
Steve.
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Is anyone getting this on there cell ??
tried with my android but get no sound ?? laptop is a bit big to carry around while working :wink:
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It worked fine all day yesterday but all day today I could not get any sound with my work PC or my iPhone. It just kept saying "corrupted signal."
Don
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Worked fine on my iPhone.
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5 by 5 all day on my pc. My Droid works well too.
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Must be somewhere in my settings then , Thanks
Don i had an off day 2 days ago, just nothing, first day they had windows 7 , but obviously others had sound, all good for the next mornings broadcast so i figured it was a local issue
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Sound has been excellent for most of the day today. Since lunchtime (central time), something seems to have changed in the mic balance, or something like that. One mic sounds like it's very far away, and the other has a lot of clunking and klonking sounds, like it's bouncing around in someone's pocket or something like that.
I mention this not to complain, but to inform anyone who might be reading this at the salt.
Thanks again,
Steve.
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Sound has been excellent for most of the day today. Since lunchtime (central time), something seems to have changed in the mic balance, or something like that. One mic sounds like it's very far away, and the other has a lot of clunking and klonking sounds, like it's bouncing around in someone's pocket or something like that.
I mention this not to complain, but to inform anyone who might be reading this at the salt.
Thanks again,
Steve.
I think Glen is on break, he has more experience with the mike. It sounds the same here
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sounds that way in Missouri too. anyone hear how bike 8085 did. should of just went or about to go on course 3
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good morning again from australia max . could we have a little more sound on the speed readouts please
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Penny, Glenn has the CB slightly lower than the color mic, had complaints of too much gain.
Please ask for specific information on race vehicle on the Speedweek 2012 thread. Poor Max, sniff, is tethered to the audio unit, has not way to answer specific questions here.
By the by, I wuz sick yesterday, slept most of it, didn't even talk to Jon. But the new gear went 7 to 7 w/o a glitch. Perhaps I'll go back to sleep . . . just kidding. The bug ran itself out overnight and I'm back to making the usual mistakes today.
I hope the sound is good today.
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Monix,
Good to meet you, thanks for all of the work on the live feed. It was great to stay connected in real time even though I am back on the east coast.
Bill
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Ah, sniff, sniff, our final day. What a week, as usual.
The new gear works. As said earlier, we thank our Milwaukee Midget for being a source for unique equipment and bringing us out of the stone age.
At forthcoming meets, we expect to have the audio gear inside Jon and Nancy's Seldom Seen Slim/Landracing.com trailer. Woot! Enough room to bust a few moves to the music in my head.
Motorcyclists can tune in for our audio from BUB Speed Trials later this month.
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Loud and clear, Max.
GO PORK PIE!
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Good Morning! Is there any way we can get a little more volume on Glen's feed? Not hearing him as well as yesterday! :)
Thanks!
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I'll work on it. SEE, you're still doing sound checks!
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Great job, Max. Thanks for making the web-cast possible.
Steve.
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I'm leaving soon, the rest of the results will be posted on the SCTA site. I've a 22 hour drive and shall deprive you all from the last runs with my selfishness. I'll be back for BUB, someone will do this at WoS, I'll be here for The Shootout, and we will be online for WF.
Ciao!
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To a job WELL DONE . . .
:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Keep it between the fenceposts on the way home, brother.
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Thanks so much to all of you who make it possible to hear Glen and Max's voices in the privacy of our own homes/garages! I will finally kick in some dough for the site so I can look Slim in the eye as he doesn't like my olives, too spicy! I'll be at mile 4 on the International course@BUB and will be at WOS with the "Bonneville Bee", see you soon - Tom
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Max:
Well done! It was good to see you again past Sunday. I really appreciate your efforts to bring the sounds of the Salt to everyone. I'll see you again at the Shootout - or World of Speed if you're there!