[QuadList] Restoring an Ampex AVR-1

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In a message dated 8/6/2009 6:32:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
bill.spencer at northstarstudios.tv writes:

> It may be of little help, but attached is a pix of old #6 at PBS in
> 1973.  As you can see we had the Conrac mono video monitors.  The
> operator is my old buddy Frank DiCamillo.  That is also him at our
> Recortec cleaner where every piece of stock was cleaned and checked
> prior to recording dubs for the bicycle syndication.  We sent a lot of
> tapes to Pago Pago, American Samoa!
> 
> There is also a pix of the old transmission position where Paul Dalton
> is watching something!  The row of AVR-1s is visible in the background.
> 
> Bill Spencer
> 

Bill,

Yes, it does look like a basement operation. I can see the flood waters now 
(except with VPR 2's!). Great picture.

The story about shipping 2" tapes reminds me of my time at NBC Burbank, 
before the C-band service to Hawaii and Alaska. All zone delay recordings were 
shipped to KHON first, then Alaska. The tapes then came back to Burbank. 
Hawaii was on a one-week delay, Alaska two weeks. I believe this was all done 
by air freight. 
This stopped around the mid 1980s or slightly earlier.

David



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