Super Bowl, Day 2 (Cont'd)
We finally got Internet up and running. I will fill you in on today's events, and have more detailed information tomorrow, as it's almost time to leave.As my father mentioned, I'm the transmission (otherwise known as TX) guy. I coordinate all of the signals coming from the different trucks into the Encoders and out to their respective transmission points. An encoder is a device that takes all of the signals you see at home (video and audio) into one signal. This signal is a jumble of information that looks nothing like video and sounds nothing like audio. But, it takes the HD signal and all 8 audio signals, which make up Dolby 5.1 (for all 10% of the nation that can actually HEAR Dolby 5.1) and compresses it into one wire. It's easier to send one signal, then 9 (HD video and 8 audios) signals. Then it's passed to the different transmission pathes.
There are 5 transmission paths. The reason for the multiple paths, is for redundancy. If a path fails, CBS-NY wants to be able to switch to another path, so the viewers at home get to see the game in it's entirety, without much interruption. We have two fiber paths (very tiny strands of glass that pass light over THOUSANDS of miles, with very little loss of data) and we have two uplink trucks passing three different paths of transmission. I know it's a lot, but that's why they hired one guy (Me) to figure it out, and make sure it's always working.
I know my father was at home, next to a fire place, but it's not like the weather is perfect down here. Yesterday it was 80 degrees, but it rained (for about an hour). Today, it's over cast, rained in the morning, and about 65 degrees. I had to put on a rain coat!
posted by DaveandBrian @ 5:29 PM
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