[QuadList] RCA Hetrodyne Process and Early Color

[Dave Sieg]

Hmmmm.....might the second sentence be 23.38 unstable minus 19.68 stable?
I can almost see that....
Its kind of the analog equivalent of encryption/decryption...

The manuals for the CATC were the only thing that didn't come with the
machine, so I had to contact RCA about getting them.  After much
consternation and dithering, they decided to send me "the original prints",
I gathered so that they could say they no longer supported it.  Wish I had
hung on to them!

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:35 PM, <Chill315 at aol.com> wrote:

>  Dave
>
> You had the first ATC that RCA built for quads.  It was the same size as
> the Proc Amp and the Pix-Lock servo chassis.  This was the equivalent of the
> AMPEX AMTEC.  That would have been a welcome addition to any TRT.
>
> The mixing does the following.  3.58 unstable from tape plus stable 19.8
> gives 23.38 unstable.  23.68 unstable minus 19.68 unstable gives 3.58 with
> the errors canceled out.  Black magic that I have always had a tough time
> getting my mind to grab a hold of this.
>
> So I have to ask.  Does this TRT still exist?  If so where is it and what
> condition?
>
> Chris Hill
> WA8IGN
>
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