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Not only did Ampex sell cameras, but WLTV-TV in Miami had a BIG Ampex UHF  
Transmitter...
Late 70's...
 
Don Murray
Retired from 40 years in Miami TV
35+ years at WTVJ NBC O&O
An Ampex House (no Ampex cameras)  ;-)
Now in Fredericksburg, TX
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/2/2009 1:40:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
ted at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:

Hi, Guy, and list,


In looking for something else (529 waveform monitor) ran across this  
document from former Ampex guy Chuck Colby's website.


_http://www.chuckcolby.com/  armytv.html_ 
(http://www.chuckcolby.com/armytv.html) 


This outlines an Ampex-built series of remote trucks with VR-1100's in  
them.  Caused me to wonder whether the Army LBM tape Guy featured in his  
recent TR-70 post might have been recorded in one of these vans.


Chuck's resume notes several built under his supervision while at Ampex  
from 1966-77.  


He also had something to do with pairing the VR-3000B with the Ampex  
TBC-900 for a portable broadcast system:
 
_http://www.chuckcolby.com/portabroadcast.html_ 
(http://www.chuckcolby.com/portabroadcast.html) 


Anyone have a TBC-900?



I've seen some of his work near me... in the original Ampex turnkey  
installation for Sacramento's channel 31, then called KMUV-TV, which featured  
movies all day in its initial incarnation.


_http://www.sbe124.org/Tours/Sacramento/KMUV/_ 
(http://www.sbe124.org/Tours/Sacramento/KMUV/)   Note the 1200's in the first picture.


What I don't remember seeing when I first visited (after it went into  
bankruptcy a few years later) are the pair of 
Type A machines in the background of this photo:
_http://www.sbe124.org/Tours/Sacramento/KMUV/KMUV_tweaking_1974_400X600.jpg_
 
(http://www.sbe124.org/Tours/Sacramento/KMUV/KMUV_tweaking_1974_400X600.jpg) 


I'd guess these were fully decked out VR-7900's?  Wonder where they  went.


Ted


 
 
 

Ted  Langdell
Secretary
Skype:  TedLangdell
e-mail: _ted at quadvideotapegroup.com_ (mailto:ted at quadvideotapegroup.com) 





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