Special Feed: Lake Champlain Bridge Implosion

[Scott Greczkowski]

BROADCAST MEDIA ADVISORY

The Lake Champlain Bridge will be demolished at 10 AM on Monday, December 28, 2009. A LIVE Satellite Feed will be available at 9:50 AM until 10:20 AM ET at the following coordinates:

(Ku- DIGITAL SCPC)
Satellite .................... AMC 16 (Ku- Digital)
Transponder ........... 24 Channel E6 - (6.0 MHZ)
Orbital Location ...... 85 degrees West Longitude
Receive Frequency...... 12189 MHZ
Polarity ............. Horizontal
FEC .. 3/4
Symbol rate .. 3.9787


(KU Analog)
Satellite .................... AMC 16 (Ku Analog)
Transponder .............. 14
Orbital Location .......... 85 degrees West Longitude
Receive Frequency ..... 11980 MHZ
Polarity .................... Horizontal
Audio .................... 6.2 / 6.8 MHZ discrete wide


Ku-Band MCPC MPEG-2 DVB
Satellite .................... AMC 5
Location .................... 79 degrees west longitude
Receive frequency ....... 12177 MHZ
Symbol Rate .............. 20.5 Msb
FEC(Forward Error Correction) .... 3/4
Polarity ........................... Horizontal
MCPC Channel ....................... Channel 1
Subject: Lake Champlain Bridge Demolition
Link for live web streaming of event:
http://pointers.audiovideoweb.com/asxfiles-live/1c2winlive6814.asx
It is also available from www.nysdot.gov/lakechamplainbridge.

 

[Mr Tony]

cool

The last feed you posted is the New York Net mux

 

[AcWxRadar]

Scott,

Excellent! It popped in right on schedule and I am recording it now.

RADAR

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I wish I was home to see the Analog feed. With no compression I bet it looks almost like HD.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I wonder what receiver they are using to pick this up. Just saw them raise the volume with the volume bar on the screen.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Damn...

BANG!

Its all gone! (POOF!)

 

[AcWxRadar]

KABOOM!​

Woohoo!

RADAR

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

That was unlike an explosion I have ever seen... Just POW and it was gone. Didn't even see any pieces falling, and it look like now that it was never there.

 

[turbosat]

!@#$~
As Maxwell Smart would say, "Missed it by THAT much!"
maybe they'll show a replay

 

[AcWxRadar]

That was unlike an explosion I have ever seen... Just POW and it was gone. Didn't even see any pieces falling, and it look like now that it was never there.

Yes, there is nothing to be seen. Is there open water there? or did the debris fall through the ice? Oh boy! Instant replay?

EDIT: Does anyone salvage or clean up the debris? Or do they just leave it rest at the bottom?

RADAR

 

[AcWxRadar]

!@#$~
As Maxwell Smart would say, "Missed it by THAT much!"
maybe they'll show a replay

They sure did! I watched and recorded it off of 85W, then quickly turned to 79W and recorded it again! They must have looped the tape for replay. I think I saw more details from 79W, either that or I wasn't paying close enough attention the first time around. Now I can look at the videos and compare.

RADAR

 

[TNGTony]

Anyone record this? Can you put it on youtube or something.

 

[Bill_KY]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwxXSfJxSzQ]YouTube - Lake Champlain Bridge Implosion[/ame]

It is already there

 

[AcWxRadar]

Snap Shots

 

[TNGTony]

Cool!

 

[guapoharry]

That's interesting. I don't see too much on 85ºW.
So they do feed stuff on 85ºW - other than color bars...

 

[turbosat]

They sure do , Harry! Mostly sports events but I've seen some news and business conferences.

 

[Tron]

That was unlike an explosion I have ever seen... Just POW and it was gone. Didn't even see any pieces falling, and it look like now that it was never there.

I noticed that too... They must have used very powerful and well-placed explosives. Looks like the bridge just vaporized!