47 Year Old Television Signals Bouncing Back to Earth
17th January 2012
Radio astronomer Dr. Venn described how he made the historic discovery after analysing a number of signals originating from the same point in space. “I realised the signal was in the VHF Band and slap bang in the middle of 41-68 MHz. It was obviously old terrestrial television broadcasts, but they seemed to be originating from deep space.” After boosting and digital enhancement the resulting video signals are remarkably clear.
Soon we will have a full set of Historical Documents.
A BBC team have been working closely with Dr Venn’s team to help recover the signals. BBC Television historian Peter Wells, explained “We now know these are original broadcasts. So far we have recovered about 7 weeks of old television signals from space. Every day in our lab is like traveling back in time. And speaking of which we have just started the digital recovery of signals that contain lost Doctor Who episodes.
And that, after all, is the important part….
January 17th, 2012 at 12:36
Well, even the headline did sound like April 1 story.
January 17th, 2012 at 13:09
Wait, this was the plot line for a movie starring Jodie Foster…..
January 17th, 2012 at 13:42
Does this mean I’ll get to watch Howdy-Doody all over again? I had a crush on Summerfall Winterspring…