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<p class=MsoNormal>Gentlemen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>since you mentioned the VR7800 and the smaller non edit machined
the VR5103 which recoded the same format only with a different speed control
tack for some reason, I was just thinking how I got from trouble shooting these
small table top machines to trouble shooting TR 70’s<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I worked for a small educational TV company and the TV
broadcast company with the TR 70’s was a mile down the road, and paid
better so I applied and got a job ( I used my title, VT engineer, they probably
thought we had similar kit)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Day one the Supervisor of Electronic Maintenance (my
new department) took me of to help him fix the Presentation Mixer (we were on
air at the time) he pulled open a 19 rack unit full of relays<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>and said “the top row is transmission cross points,
the row below is the preview cross points and the bottom row is emergency
switching cross points” and then he removed a relay on the bottom row. A shout
when up from the presentation guys, “we have lost transmission what have
you done”, he calmly replaced the relay and transmission was restored,
where he said “let me just recap that”. The top row is
emergency, the middle row is preview and the bottom row is transmission.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I managed not to smile, let me walk you back via VT as you
have aspirations in that direction, as we walked down the corridor that had the
6 TR70’s they were in trouble, one of the machines was giving trouble on
air and the ops guy decided to move the tape to another machine during the
commercial break, this meant running from one booth to another carrying the two
spools as there was insufficient time to spool the tape, unfortunately he caught
the loop on the door handle and dropped the spools, which rolled down the
corridor spilling tape, all you could hear was the presentation guy shouting “Peter
where ever you are just roll the tape”, the tape was rolling but not in
the way he wanted.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>My new supervisor said even operations sometimes has its
moments, I think I lost it at that point I could not hold back side splitting
laughter, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Valentine’s day 1972 was etched on my mind, day one in
the big time or so I thought<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>6 months later I was working in VT alongside Peter, and
stayed 28 years, I think I found the right job, for me anyway<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>TrevorB<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>UK Member<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover. <br>
Mark Twain</span></i><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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