[QuadList] teleprompter stills neeeded stuff--Cart machine Identified, ca...

Sun Apr 17 14:00:21 CDT 2011

Ted -  This is  WONDERFUL!     That is it! That is the Cart  tape! 

What a great set of  links I will save those off  for  reference!

OK  I Need   One or more.  We  are building  a few  replicas one for then 
museum,    one  to display at college and one to go up to Prescott on 
display. One  unit   we would love to have working so we can copy over the old spot 
 announcements.  the 1/2 tape I have converted. but may rerun   with a 
better TBC .

We were given another set of cart machines the other day that are 19 rack  
mount but seem to be  for smaller tapes and are  newer.... by  far.  not a 
match but... of  course  we  accepted  them...

In a message dated 4/17/2011 11:31:38 A.M. US  Mountain Standard Time, 
ted at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:

Hi, Ed and all...

Cart machine Identified, cart history links

On Apr 17, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Don Norwood  wrote:.

Ed:

All pretty easily  identifiable stuff except for the cart machine.  I don't 
remember  one that looks like what's in your picture.

Looks to me like a Broadcast Electronics machine, and a little Googling  
seems to confirm that:  

Barry Mishkind's website: 
_http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/carts.htm_ (http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/carts.htm) 

Has this listed as a BE Spotmaster 10-70.

_http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/Carts/BE-10-70.jpg_ 
(http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/Carts/BE-10-70.jpg) 

BE is still in business, celebrating 50 years in 2009, located in Quincy,  
IL... a hotbed for cart machines and other radio innovations.
_http://www.bdcast.com/about-us/_ (http://www.bdcast.com/about-us/) 

They may have manuals for this machine, although not on-line. 

Gates was in Quincy and introduced several spot players.  ITC  
(International Tapetronics) as well. Highly regarded, especially its Delta  line that 
capped the Cart era.

In the waning days of carts—early to mid 90's—I was teaching a ROP  
Radio-TV class and was busy acquiring equipment from various sources in the  
Sacramento area.  

The Sacramento Army Depot was home to Army, US Navy and IIRC, Coast Guard  
media facilities.  I picked up a pair of lightly used (if used at all)  
Delta cart machines for $25 each when the Depot was closed during a round of  
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) proceedings. They had all kinds of stuff.  
Some in pretty good shape.

Here's a history of some brands of Cart Machines:
_http://www.jimprice.com/prosound/carts.htm_ 
(http://www.jimprice.com/prosound/carts.htm) 

Notably DOESN'T mention Sparta Electronics... which also made consoles,  
transmitters under the Sparta and also Bauer and for a time owned Jampro  
antennas.  

Harold Hallikainen has more here (and does mention Sparta)

_http://louise.hallikainen.org/BroadcastHistory/index.php/Tape%20Cartridge%2
0History_ 
(http://louise.hallikainen.org/BroadcastHistory/index.php/Tape%20Cartridge%20History) 

Ted

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

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