[QuadList] Introductions/RCA Guys-Arch Luther

Ted Langdell ted at quadvideotapegroup.com
Wed Aug 6 23:32:33 CDT 2008


Hi, Pat,

You probably remember Arch Luther?  Started with RCA designing  
circuits in the early 50's... had a hand in the TK-40 and 41, TSG-1  
and then went on to supervise the TR-22 and TR-70 development, among  
other things.

He's been retired from RCA for a while... and is currently living in  
Jenner, along the Russian River north of San Francisco. He's just  
turned 80... and is active in woodworking with redwood trees he has  
on his property.

He's authored a number of video engineering related books, into the  
late 90's and is currently writing his memoirs... with a couple of  
chapters about his years at RCA.

He thinks the website is a good start, and may contribute some  
material.  I hope he'll have time to subscribe to the list and jump  
in from time to time.

Here's more: http://www.archluther.com/index.asp

Ted.


On Aug 6, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Pat Shevlin wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> Good to hear that there are still some of us RCA guys alive out here.
>
> I was one of the RCA design Engineers out of Camden New Jersey that  
> worked on the modulator and demodulator of the RCA TR70B.  My  
> career started in the early to mid 60’s.  I also work for Ray Dolby  
> as an intern Engineer at Ampex when I was attending MIT.  I had a  
> lot of good mentors in this business the last 40+ years
>
> I currently have (2) TR-600s, (2) AVR-2, (2) VR2000 machine.
>
> All the best,
>
> Pat Shevlin
>

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