[QuadList] Old XMTR stuff (was Videos about Quad machines on YouTube)

[Dale Lamm]

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Ted, I think you forgot someone . . . . . . .     ;)
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAp1Q7BTUxQ>   and
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JAWv7SLLdo>

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Wow, Dennis, that brings back a few memories!

In 1977, I too had a bushy beard like several of the guys in your video. Was 
working at an indie-U in Ohio, we also used a Townsend TA-30. We didn't have 
near as many FCC first phones on staff as you guys, did you notice all the 
framed tickets above your transmitter shot? A Marconi TFU-2360 as seen under 
the frequency monitor could be a difficult tool when tuning the visual 
sidebands. A Tek 7L12 with 1405 sweeper worked much better. Townsend sold 
the 1980's owners of that rig a new exciter, and it was on the air right up 
to the analog cutoff. Bet you didn't know the original exciter in WRET's 
XMTR (and ours) was the world's first production solid-state UHF exciter. 
George Townsend was a pioneer in more ways than most know.

Sorry I don't have any good quad video programs to contribute to posterity. 
I do have perhaps 2 hours total of UHF XMTR stuff..... how to change a 
klystron, how to multiplex aural into visual, and basic TA-30 XMTR theory 
and operation. All were shot with a TK-76 and edited on Sony U-matic by 
yours truly. These will make it to digital and on to YouTube or similar, but 
can't promise when.

Thank you Dennis for placing your videos for all to enjoy!

Dale