[QuadList] Quad recordings of Presidential Inaugurations--Anyone have anecdotes?

[Ted Langdell]

This morning's Inaugural ceremonies and coverage have focused on "how  
far we have come" in the last 40+ years.

The ceremonies today were likely recorded more on servers and hard  
drives than moving ribbons of metal-coated plastic.

In contrast, John F. Kennedy's Inaugural on Friday, Jan. 20, 1961 was  
the first to occur after the deployment of Quad.

Any stories to tell about recording those moments in history, and the  
ones that followed in 1965, 1971, 1976 and 1981, when Quad had likely  
been supplanted by 1" Type C?

Maybe someone knows which was the last Quad-recorded Inaugural, what  
organization did it and what equipment was used.

Hope you're all having an enjoyable day... and are warmly dressed if  
you're in the colder parts of the country.  Which also prompts the  
thought of 1960s remotes in cold weather... and getting machines to  
work in perhaps unheated trucks.

Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary
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