[QuadList] Introductions

[Steve Greene]

Don,
On the TR-600, in theory, all you needed was one switch.  In practice,
you really needed to turn off the DO compensator as well, otherwise it
inserted new dropouts in low band mode.  I suppose you could
re-calibrate it, but I never had a low-band test tape I trusted.



Steve Greene
Archivist
Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
(301) 837-1772
>>> dwnorwood at embarqmail.com 08/06/08 6:23 PM >>>
Hi Joe:

No, the 800 didn't die, although from all reports I've heard, perhaps it
should have!  Here are links to some pics I have of a couple of them
that I saw a few years ago.  Both of these include the built-in edit
controller with the second pic showing a "married" pair.

http://dwn.home.twave.net/vtrs/TH800a.jpg
http://dwn.home.twave.net/vtrs/TH800b.jpg

No intention of starting an Ampex vs RCA debate (I think they both have
their good and bad points) but as a primarily Ampex user, I must point
out that switching from hi-band to low-band on an Ampex quad only
required one switch on the older machines, or no switches at all on the
newer machines with automatic selection.  It's been awhile since I was
around RCA machines.  What were the two switches for?

Don
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joe Owens 
  To: Quad List 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [QuadList] Introductions


   I missed the 600 series by that much.  [indicate small space]
  I toured KNBC Burbank where there were a lot of them, and saw a bunch
when I interviewed for Tech Alert out of Camden, NJ, but never got to
operate them, and of course the Broadcast Division was terminated
shortly thereafter.  Good thing I didn't get that particular job!  Seems
to me a lot of guys went straight over to SONAM from Camden.  
  While in Jersey, I also saw an early version of an RCA Type C helical,
I think it was going to be called the 800?  Died in gestation.


    Wow, another RCA guy!  My quad career ran from 1985-1998, with
TR-600's.  Our office now contracts the duplication out, but I still
have eight TR-600's in varying states of repair, numerous headwheel
panels and reasonably complete documentation.  I loved the ability to go
from high to low-band playback by flipping two switches.

    Anyone still using TR-600's?

   

  Joe Owens
  Presto!Digital Colourgrade
  302-9664 106 Avenue
  Edmonton, Alberta T5H0N4
  +1 780 421-9980
  jpo at prestodigital.ca








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