[QuadList] QuadQuiz--Why did RCA choose 6-mil head width for Super High Band experiments

[trandoc at aol.com]

Actually, RCA was proposing a new quad standard called "Quad II" which was incompatible with old quad. They were thinking of going as low as 6 IPS -----
 

 

 

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From: TQ <tony at tqvideo.co.uk>
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Sent: Mon, Jul 1, 2013 1:48 am
Subject: Re: [QuadList] QuadQuiz--Why did RCA choose 6-mil head width for Super High Band experiments





> On 01 July 2013 at 09:40 trandoc at aol.com wrote:
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> Ted,
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> Super High Band allowed the use of 7 1/2 IPS to achive the same S/N
> and needed narrow heads to avoid guard band issues.

Running at 7.8125 ips with a 6 mil head, as opposed to the usual 5 mil
head for that tape speed, would surely make the guard band issues worse,
on the other hand running at 15.625 ips with a narrower head would
improve the situation

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TQ via webmail

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