[QuadList] Quad engineer Ken Zin helps recover Moon orbiter tapes

[Don Norwood]

Hi Ted:

I have scans of the FR-900 literature, spec sheets and some FEB's that I supplied to Dennis and Ken when they started this project.  If anyone on the list is interested, I can send them copies.  The files are about 20 meg.

The machine is a transverse scan, although the head assembly is physically different from the standard Ampex quad panels.  There was also a two-channel version which had 8 heads instead of four.  All-in-all, a fascinating beast!

Don
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ted Langdell 
  To: Quad List 
  Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:38 AM
  Subject: [QuadList] Quad engineer Ken Zin helps recover Moon orbiter tapes


  Ken Zin's name comes up from time to time.  


  I had a lengthy chat with him last month in connection with Merlin Engineering Works.


  He lives in Paradise, CA, about 30 miles north-east of me, and about 15 miles east of Chico.


  At that time, Ken was commuting to San Jose and the NASA Ames site at Moffett Field.  Well, actually, a closed McDonalds restaurant on the property.


  Click here
  http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2008/11/image_collection_from_a_garage.html


  to find out what he was doing to help recover high resolution photos from the 1966 Lunar Orbiter tapes... recorded on Ampex FR-900 analog recorders.


  If anyone on the list knows more about the FR-900—which looks like it uses transverse scanning—Dennis Wingo of the project is looking for more information.


  I have contact info and can pass yours on.


  Ted


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