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

[Steve White]

OOF!!

It's 66 degrees along the coast of Maine at this hour.  Gonna be warm 
tomorrow, though.  Could hit 75!


On 6/30/13 7:59 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:
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> What was RCA's rationale for choosing to use 6-mil heads for their 
> experiments with Super High Band on a TR-70C?
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> Some SMPTE members may know the answer.
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> Bonus question:  Why didn't Super High Band (or Ampex's Super High 
> Band Pilot) get any marketplace traction.
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> Good luck and hope your part of the country is staying relatively cool.
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> We're at 108, our expected high for today... heading for 109 tomorrow 
> and 111 Tuesday and Wednesday in the central Sacramento Valley of 
> California.
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> Is that hot enough to melt Quad Tape on the Sidewalk?  The forecast 
> says it'll be hotter than the Fourth of July.
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> Ted
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