[QuadList] Hitachi HR-210 and TR-600--

[Scott Thomas]

It's been a long time since I've seen a Hitachi 1".
I found an image of an HR-210 on David Sieg's site.
http://dave.zfx.com/media.html

Now that I see it, I have to imagine that Ampex licensed them the VPR-2 design.

I used HR-230's at a Fox affiliate. I wonder where their engineering lineage comes from?

On Oct 13, 2013, at 08:07 PM, Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote:

Hi, Fred,

Del said he was going to join yesterday.  He is still in Charlotte, editing.  Was with the PBS member station for a long time.

Are you perchance working on a TR-600 at the A of G archive in Springfield?

I may be able to arrange some help with the Hitachi HR-210.  

Richard Melton with Hitachi Service in Huntsville, Alabama is on the list, and is also on the OldVTRs list on Yahoo. Google OldVTRs and join.  Moderator Matt Patoray reviews and then approves.

My colleague Ken Zin worked on a lot of HR-210's at Merlin Engineering Works to turn them into X-ray recorders, and made 3-hour kits for them, quite a few for Disney Channel.

He says they're electrically the same as an Ampex VPR-2B, so that might help. They used fewer, but larger boards.

Ken may have some HR-210 manuals.  He'll check storage at some point.

Let me know if you need consulting services with Ken or heads.  We're collaborating on Zin! VTRWorks, and I rep VideoMagnetics.

Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary
Skype: TedLangdell
e-mail:ted at quadvideotapegroup.com




On Oct 12, 2013, at 2:16 PM, Fred Kovach wrote:



Thank you, Ted!
 
I am working on a Hitachi HL-210.  It is having sync issues causing unstable video.  It has a “Sync Error” message.  It has some weird terminology, but I can’t remember the phrasing of it.  I don’t have any manuals for it.  I have tried hooking up BB and Sync in various combinations, but to no avail.  I haven’t dug much deeper, because I didn’t have any manuals, and because I’ve been working on their TR-600 2” to get it going.  I hope to have their 2” going next week, and I plan to get back to the Hitachi after that. 
 
If anyone has any advice or manuals for the Hitachi HL-210, I would appreciate whatever you have.
 
I was at PTL the same time as Del Holford, but didn’t interact with him much because I was a Video Technology intern, and he worked with Production Interns.  I think I served on some of his crews, though and we did chat every now and then.  I think he still lives in Charlotte.
 
I’d love to meet anyone here in Missouri on the list.  I am in SW Missouri, but travel sometimes to STL or KC. 
 
Fred Kovach
Broadcast Technician
 
417-848-8381
 
From: QuadList [mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of Ted Langdell
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Hi, Fred,
 
Welcome and hope you enjoy the interchange.
 
We have 153 active subscribers this morning, and 163 that have signed up since the list began in July, 2008.
 
You're probably one of the youngest people on the QuadList with Quad experience.  We have members in Missouri, including Klara Foeller at the Missouri History Center who runs a VR-1200.  Anyone else in or near Fred is welcome to pipe up.
 
Did you know Del Holford at PTL?
 
There are some folks on the QuadList with Hitachi experience.  What model of Hitachi are you working on and do you have manuals?
 
Ted
 
Ted Langdell
Secretary
Skype:             TedLangdell
e-mail:ted at quadvideotapegroup.com
 
 
On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:56 PM, Fred Kovach wrote:




I have been lurking for some time, but decided to take the plunge and join the group. 
 
I am presently the Chief Engineer of Global Universitys TV studio in Springfield, MO.  I have been in broadcasting for 30 years; having interned at the PTL Television Network, where I got my first taste of videotape on 2 and 1 and got hooked!  After my internship, I moved back to my hometown of Pittsburgh, PA where I worked at WRS Video Labs, starting as a dubber, but was soon promoted to Engineer and eventually to Shop Foreman.  While there, I maintained Ampex AVR-1s and had the opportunity to restore two AVR-2s.  I mainly worked on their Ampex 1 VPR-2Bs though.
 
After three years there, I met my wife and moved to Florence, SC to be closer to her.  There I worked for WPDE-TV15, maintaining their Umatic and Beta SP decks.  In 1995, I transitioned into my present position at ICI University, which became Global University in 2000. 
 
Presently, I have been called in to maintain an RCA TR-600 at a sister studio here in town.  I am enjoying this blast from the past in my career, and look forward to doing more work on the 2 format.  While I am sure there are younger engineers than I who work on 2, I figure that I must be one of the youngest (at age 50) who operated 2; since I did so at the beginning of my career.
 
I am also working on a Sony 1 and a Hitachi 1 VTR in the same facility.  If anyone has knowledge of Hitachi 1 VTRs, or knows of a 1 forum in cyberspace, I would appreciate the information.
 
Having read the wisdom of many of the engineers on this forum, I doubt that I will contribute much.  Im not sure I have that much to contribute.  But if I can help you somehow, just ask.
 
Fred Kovach
Broadcast Technician
 
417-848-8381
 
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