Internet Audio feed for WoS?

[SteveM]

I have had some friends/family/coworkers ask me if there was a way to follow the WoS action online. 

Will there be a live internet feed to follow?

Steve.

[Milwaukee Midget]

Slim and Gregg are on the case.

[gkabbt]

Steve, Chris is correct.....there will be streaming from WoS and the Shootout.
Jon has the equipment and he is bringing it out to Bonneville with him.
He is not scheduled to get into Wendover until late Friday so we will not set it up until Saturday morning.

We'll keep everyone posted on the streaming activities.

See you on the salt,
Gregg

[SteveM]

Excellent news.  I'll tell my friends/family/coworkers to be on the lookout for updates.

Thank you very much Gregg and Jon!

Steve.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Here's a bit of detail.  I'm in a crack whore motel in South Dakota tonight - and will letcha know what's what about the streaming audio before I go out for supper.

I've got the hardware for doing the streaming from Wendover.  I plan on doing that stuff for both World of Speed and the Shootout.  At WoS I'll put their AM 1610 radio station on the air (at least that's what frequency Monte said it'd be) and I've got a CB with me so I can try to feed that audio into the stream.  Gregg, you might be corralled into helping me figure out how to get it working.  I've got everything - save maybe a wire.  I even brought a spare 12V deep-cycle batter to power the CB.  And completing the odd stuff I loaded -- in my rental Chevy I've got a Honda generator to power the streaming stuff and the battery charger to keep the big battery full. 

I'll remind you that WoS's audio might not be what the folks at home are used to hearing when they listen to an event, in that I won't be doing continuous play by play.  It'll be their announcer (who may be Ron Christensen on AM and Glen Barrett on the CB) that doesn the talking, and there'll likely be long pauses when there's nothing going on.  Sorry - that's all I can figure out for now.

Gregg, how many microphones are in the kit?  I did get the long skinny box with the mike stand (I think that's what it is), but does that have one or two or how many mikes?  I didn't find a spare one at the house, so maybe we won't have an ambience mike.

Now a few words about the Shootout and the audio.  It's been arranged that Bill Guzenski - the track announcer at El Mirage - will be there to add his voice to the stream from the Shootout.  Being from the EM part of the world he'll know the racers just about as well as anyone, so we oughta be able to give out with some good information.  There is no track announcer/radio station at the Shootout, but we'll try to fill in some of the long pauses (which, at the Shootout, are sometimes an hour or four long) with interviews by Bill as he meanders around the pits.

That's enough for now.  My tummy's starting to think my throat's been cut.

[Milwaukee Midget]

Slim, let me know what you need by 5:00 PM Thursday - Central time, please - and I'll corral it so we're not short on kit.

Chris

[tauruck]

Great stuff. Thank you guys.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Chris:  I'll dig around tomorrow morning before I hit the road.  It's beddy-bye time here in Mitchell, SD, and I don't think the neighbors in the motel want to see me get out of bed and drag my skinny hiney out to the car, unload most everything looking for bits and pieces, and so on.

I expect a spare microphone's a good idea.  I'll check tomorrow to see what we've got.  Thanks for the offer.

[Milwaukee Midget]

I expect a spare microphone's a good idea.  I'll check tomorrow to see what we've got.  Thanks for the offer.

I've got the funky Radio Shack POS mic - that's "Pitch Over Shoulder" - which won't work with the kit, but I'll return to you to do with as you see fit.

I'm grabbing a set of headphones, and SM58 with a cable, and I'll put together an OHSHIT kit of cables and other such truck.

You mentioned an AM transmission you are rebroadcasting.

I suppose an AM antenna might be helpful . . . I don't think you've got one.

A M ?   You sure 'bout that? 

[gkabbt]

Guys, sorry for not getting back sooner. Been a long travel day and we're now getting ready to crash in here in Las Vegas.

Jon, the only microphone you have from me if the one in the long skinny box. I left the ambience mic at Chris' as I didn't think I would need it.
After the June meet we decided that we wanted to do a mic and that is the one in the box.
No problem on help from me getting all this setup.

Chris, if they are broadcasting on AM I guess we would need an antenna.

TTFN and we will be in Wendover tomorrow afternoon.

Gregg

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I'm not too worried about an "AM antenna".  A hunk of wire will work just fine, and I don't think we'll have too much hassle finding one of them.  As for a mike/mic -- we don't need it, just thought it might be worth another try, that's all.  Don't sweat if you don't have anything that's worth the bother to pack.

As for if the station will be AM or FM (that's "American Music" vs. "Finnish Music", you know) -- over the years the SCTA broadcast on 1610 AM at Bville and 89.7 or so at EM.  It's just the last few years that they've used the FM stuff at Bonneville.  I think I remember that USFRA used FM most recently.  Monte's the one that's responsible for telling me that they'll be on 1610 this year -- but maybe he's wrong.  After all, he is tall.   We'll find out in a couple of days.

[Milwaukee Midget]

-- but maybe he's wrong.  After all, he is tall.   We'll find out in a couple of days.

 

The light bulb just went off in my head.

Wow, Jon - interesting perspective.  I hadn't looked at it in those terms.

For all these years, I thought it was because our wives were shorter than us . . .

And Kate actually had the brass to tell me it was because I was a GUY . . .

Of course, I don't dare jump to the conclusion that I might have been right about something . . . or anything . . .

[gearheadeh]

-- but maybe he's wrong.  After all, he is tall.   We'll find out in a couple of days.

 

The light bulb just went off in my head.

Wow, Jon - interesting perspective.  I hadn't looked at it in those terms.

For all these years, I thought it was because our wives were shorter than us . . .

And Kate actually had the brass to tell me it was because I was a GUY . . .

Of course, I don't dare jump to the conclusion that I might have been right about something . . . or anything . . .

Warry warry interwesting!  Cause for some deep thought for sure!

[gkabbt]

-- but maybe he's wrong.  After all, he is tall.   We'll find out in a couple of days.

 

The light bulb just went off in my head.

Wow, Jon - interesting perspective.  I hadn't looked at it in those terms.

For all these years, I thought it was because our wives were shorter than us . . .

And Kate actually had the brass to tell me it was because I was a GUY . . .

Of course, I don't dare jump to the conclusion that I might have been right about something . . . or anything . . .

LOL!     

Gregg

[Freud]

Does anyone have a hot spot on the salt. If so, I'll feed some images from the event w/o

having to go to town. Who nose....maybe the truck stop will have one.

FREUD