[QuadList] Spares vs Supported equipment

[C. Park Seward]

I worked at a large state university and learned how to play the requisition game. But I really learned in the Army.

I was at an AFRTS radio station and we needed some lumber to build some storage cabinets. But lumber was not on out list of requisitions but, of course, audio tape was. Now down the street was a grunt unit. They couldn't get audio tape but they could get lumber.  You see what happened. We got all the lumber we needed and they got all the tape they wanted.

It was amazing what two sergeants could achieve.

But there was only one AVR-1 at AFN-TV in Ramstein. 

Best,
Park

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On Aug 8, 2013, at 7:26 PM, Michael COOP <mcoop at sl4p.net> wrote:

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> I was in a developing country around 20 years ago (same problems, different weather… don’t mention humidity!)
> The US LoC / Quad VTR discussion reminded me of a bureaucratic stuff-up that occurred around 1992.
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> In that particular country – there were too many hands in the pot, so that budgets often went to the ‘highest bidder’, but during one particularly austere period – the purchase requisition for a number of Beta SP decks and relevant spares for their first operational budget was submitted.
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> As these things do – the decision process was unusually long winded, and completely void of contact with the actual users.
> Around 12-18 months after the requirement was flagged – the approval came through. 
> For the spares, but not the principle equipment!
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> It took another 6-12 months to lash the morons that created that mess – to find and allocate funds to buy the actual VTRs… !
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> My open-reel history includes VR1200/2000/3000 – AVR1/2/3 – VPR-1A&C/2/3/80 – RCA TR-61 & 70C – BCN and whole range of stuff at VTC in Australia during the 70s and 80s.
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> Love the conversation. 
> MC
> I don’t think like other people. Use it.
> mcoop at SL4P.net
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