[QuadList] Helicals, Quads

Mon Feb 8 21:11:57 CST 2010

Hi Group

[howdy Bill]

All this 1200E stuff is giving me goose bumps

I have attached a little creation of mine from a former life in New
Zealand

We installed a 1200E [bought second hand from WIN TV in Wollongong in
NSW Australia] into a Toyota 4WD.

We could go 'anywhere' with this......even '2 miles into the bush' as
our MD was fond of saying. 

Compressor on the front and what you can't see is dual wheels on the
back axle to take the weight.

We even had a trailer AC generator to supply power.

Never arrived anywhere that the VTR did not work.....bullet proof

That is me in the exterior shot ....scary isn't it....

Regards

Ian Richardson

Sydney

Oz

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From: quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com
[mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of Bill
Carpenter
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 10:23 AM
To: Quad List
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Helicals, Quads

I think this must have been done very early in the days of A.F.A, since
Arnold started the business by rewiring some quads which required new
harnesses, to replace ones that were cut during union problems. I
remember that it may have been a TR-70 that he rebuilt. The AVR-2 was
introduced at NAB1974, in Huston, Tx, and later that year, Lou
Siricasano, who was a Ampex salesman in the Mid Atlantic area and I
hitched a U-Haul trailer to his company car and did some demo's at
stations on the way to a SBE show in Pittsberg.  It was the first time
they ever had a Quad at this show. 
A short time later, Lou joined Arnold and that's when things really took
off for A.F. Assoc.
These were very interesting times in the Quad world!

Bill Carpenter

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From: Don Norwood <dwnorwood at embarqmail.com>
To: Quad List <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 3:02:10 PM
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Helicals, Quads

George:

Thanks for sharing more of your great stories!

There actually was an Ampex model VR-1200/E.  There was also a
VR-1100/E.  You can see brochures for them in the literature section of
my website:  http://www.digitrakcom.com/ under the Ampex 2" tab.

Obviously, I don't know what machine was used to record the aircraft
video, but there are some Ampex publications showing VR-1100's in that
service.  There is also documentation of them using VR-660's for the
same application, and when I first started reading your story, I thought
maybe that's what the tapes would turn out to be.  By the way, the noise
of the BB headwheels varied considerably from one head to another.  I
have a couple of them that sound essentially the same as air bearing,
and then some that don't!  

Don

	----- Original Message ----- 

	From: georgenann at aol.com 

	I ran into one neat machine.   It is an Ampex 1200-E with the
flat deck.  It belonged to Charlie (Chubby) Salvato from Orange County,
NY.  It was put together by AF Assoc.  They installed Volvo motor mounts
on it with wheels so it could be rolled anywhere with just your
fingertips.  It also had no Amtec, Colortec, Proc, etc.  They put in a
CVS Digital TBC, I don't remember the number, but it had a "16" in it (I
think).  CVS had a mod for it to work with Quads, it was a board which
had to be installed in it.  I remember taking it to CVS to have it done
for Chubby.

	This was done around the time the AVR-2 came out.  Ampex
propaganda had fotos of 2 people picking up the top deck then the TBC
bay and showing how easy it was to move. Chubby bragged how easy this
machine is to move.  A cavewoman could do it alone. He brought it to my
home from time to time so I could tweak the servo, etc. We just rolled
it in and out of his van easily. That was the only time I had a Quad in
my garage.

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