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<DIV><FONT size=4>George...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Where is his cigar!! ;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>73, Don</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>In a message dated 2/6/2010 12:33:00 P.M. Central Standard
Time, georgenann@aol.com writes:</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG><EM>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: W4wj@aol.com<BR>To:
quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com<BR>Sent: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 12:48 am<BR>Subject:
Re: [QuadList] Super Stars etc<BR><BR></EM></STRONG>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>George...</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>Don (The Gorilla) Adamson, (K4FBP, Free Beer and
Pizza)... Definitely </EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>always on his best when he could shoot one
across the bow!! </EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM><U>hE SURE IS!</U> </EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>Don left TVJ and went to work with the Hero
Teleproductions and </EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT size=4>teleport in Hialeah. </FONT><FONT size=4>Hero was later bought out by GlobeCast.</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>I wasn't at that particular Super Stars
shoot...</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>BTW, one year, the tape bus was hit by a huge
wave as it was being</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>barged from the port of Palm Beach to
Nassau!! The windows were</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>both blown out!! What a
mess!!</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><U><STRONG><EM>DON TOLD ME ABOUT THE BUS, i SAW IT A WHILE BEFORE
IT WAS HIT. I SEE HIM FROM TIME TO TIME AND WE ARE ALWAYS IN TOUCH VIA
E-MAIL.</EM></STRONG></U></DIV>
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<DIV><U><STRONG><EM>AM INCLUDING A FOTO OF US IN THE HOT TUB HE HAS IN HIS
GARAGE. I WONDER WHAT ALL THOSE BUBBLES ARE AROUND
HIM???</EM></STRONG></U></DIV>
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<DIV><U><STRONG><EM>73,</EM></STRONG></U></DIV>
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<DIV><U><STRONG><EM>GEORGE KELLER</EM></STRONG></U></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>Later...</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0080ff face=Tahoma><STRONG><EM><FONT size=4>73,<BR><BR>Don Murray, W4WJ<BR>Fredericksburg, Texas<BR><BR>Retired
from 40 years in Miami TV<BR>35+ years at NBC O&O WTVJ</FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>In a message dated 2/4/2010 12:54:52 P.M.
Central Standard Time, </EM></STRONG><A title=mailto:georgenann@aol.com href="mailto:georgenann@aol.com"><STRONG><EM>georgenann@aol.com</EM></STRONG></A><STRONG><EM>
writes:</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0080ff face=Tahoma><FONT color=black face=arial><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 face=Arial><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>Guys,</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>RE: ACR blowers: CBS always had 3 or 4 spare
blowers on hand, they were rarely needed, also the machine shop rebuilt them
on a couple occasions. (Geniuses)</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>When all 6 ACR's went into the dumpster, I
gave a couple blowers to one of the guys for his organ. (The one that
makes music)! One of the guys in my shop grabbed the spare blower motor, for
his lathe. One evening he came in with a suitcase in which he brought
it home on the LIRR.</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>I'm glad I retired before the blowers in the
Archive AVR-1's die. I tried to set the position of the pulley on one
of them, but found someone had put too much "Locktite" on the setscrews in
the pulley. I was able to loosen it by heating it with a small
blowtorch, but it is now frozen again and the setscrews are somewhat "Reamed
out". Not to worry, the guys in the machine have bailed maint. out of worse
situations.</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>My earlier comment about blanking widths was
not a joke, it was serious business. Back when the FCC had nothing better to
do than complain about blanking widths (Was it 10.7us??) one of the managers
who had heard some of the "Buzzwords" about it had a meeting with me in
which she asked me if the blanking was OK on all of the ACR's. I
explained to her that the tape tensioning system on all of the ACR's was
very good, perfectly servo controlled so that if the widths were too short
it would put a little extra tension on the tape to make them a bit wider or
if they were too wide - less tension. She expressed great joy and
thanked me very much for my attention to this
matter.</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>Oh yes! Some time later after CBS had put in
it's tape distribution facility, (Lots of dubbing machines, NTSC, PAL
conversions) which is supposed to be making lots of money, I told her
that we needed Time Code converters for the PAL Digibets's, because "Over
there in Europe, where they use PAL, (I was pointing my finger twords New
Jersey) they use "Zulu Time" which is different than "American Time", and it
must be converted to "Zulu Time" or they can't use it there. She went to one
of the guys in Engineering and he told her that CBS ordered the Digibetas
with the Pal Time Code converter boards installed. Again she was quite
pleased.</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>Years ago I had the occasion to do a couple of
"Super Stars" shoots (ABC) with the crew from WTVJ who did the taping,
production, etc. I went with a rented VPR-2 for maint. This was the
first time a 1" tape machine was being used on the show. WTVJ's tape Guru
was one of the best in the business named Don, (K4FBP) who is about my best
friend. He is also (almost) as good a joker as am I. After we
got everything set up, there was sort of a production meeting in the tape
truck. Don was standing off to one corner and spoke rather loudly to
the director and told him "You Had Better Watch Those Wide Shots". The
director did a double take and asked him "Why"? Don told him that we have a
1" machine in the truck and it can only handle the narrow angle shots. For a
brief moment the director stood frozen, as he hadn't expected this curve
ball. Then he caught on and the whole truck broke
up.</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>There were also a bunch of BBC guys there and
that was the first time I tried the Time Code conversion gag, (On
them) but they were a sharp bunch and it didn't phase them at all, they
saw the humer, I think, but they have a very dry sense of humer to begin
with.</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>I'm sure I will burn in Hell for some of these
gags, if they have internet there, I will let you know what it is like. I am
used to this Global Warming so it may not be so bad.
HI</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>DE,</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>George
Keller<BR><BR></EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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