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<DIV><FONT size=4>George...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>It was very easy to move. One person could handle
it. It fit nicely</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>in a standard passenger elevator.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Needless to say it looked pretty cool sitting in the Cortez
motor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>home with the head spinning!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>And despite the moving of the machine in and out of
the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>building, it was very stable in its operation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Got out of Florida mid '08... Not planning any trip
back there!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0080ff size=4 face=Tahoma FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="14"><STRONG><EM>73,</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0080ff size=4 face=Tahoma FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="14"><STRONG><EM><BR></EM></STRONG> <STRONG><EM>Don Murray,
W4WJ<BR>Fredericksburg, Texas<BR><BR>Retired from 40 years in Miami TV<BR>35+
years at NBC O&O WTVJ</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>In a message dated 2/8/2010 4:12:56 P.M. Central Standard Time,
georgenann@aol.com writes:</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>Roger That, Don,</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>Was it easy to move? I was spoiled by the rubber shock
mounts and wheels and light weight due to the CVS TBC.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>Are you still in the area?? Anywhere near
K4FBP?</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>73,</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>George Keller<BR><BR></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: Mon, Feb 8, 2010 5:04 pm<BR>Subject:
Re: [QuadList] Helicals, Quads<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>WCIX-TV in Miami had a 1200E that was not only
used direct to air</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>from the studio, but it fit neatly in our Cortez
Motor home. We could</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>record in motion with the GE PE250 that was
mounted up front!</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG><EM>Very neat machine!!</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0080ff size=4 face=Tahoma><STRONG><EM>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 </EM></STRONG>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM>In a message dated 2/8/2010 3:58:26 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></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>I am impressed how so many of you guys
remember not only the model numbers of the helical machines but some of the
history of them. I always had trouble with model numbers, Revision Numbers,
etc.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>CBS only went so far as the BVH-2000's
after the BVH-1100A's as far as I can remember, although there is one PAL
VPR? not sure of the number, which fortunately has been working OK at least
till I retired. There are a couple of BVH-3100's (?) around. I
don't know where they came from, perhaps a garage sale. They have the self
threading feature. I don't know anyone who had trouble with threading
up tape and it seems like a lot of work to come up with one of those.
I didn't like working on them because of the keypad on them. Almost
everything I needed to do was by inputting codes from that damn keypad, even
putting it into E-E. Fortunately there was one maint. tech who would
bail me out as she remembered the codes. When she wasn't around it was
a pain as the book was never in the same place twice.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>Back to quads, before Ted fines us for
chattering about helicals.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>I ran into one neat
machine. It is an Ampex 1200-E with the flat deck. It
belonged to Charlie (Chubby) Salvato from Orange County, NY. It was
put together by AF Assoc. They installed Volvo motor mounts on it with
wheels so it could be rolled anywhere with just your fingertips. It
also had no Amtec, Colortec, Proc, etc. They put in a CVS Digital TBC,
I don't remember the number, but it had a "16" in it (I think). CVS
had a mod for it to work with Quads, it was a board which had to be
installed in it. I remember taking it to CVS to have it done for
Chubby.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>This was done around the time the AVR-2
came out. Ampex propaganda had fotos of 2 people picking up the top
deck then the TBC bay and showing how easy it was to move. Chubby bragged
how easy this machine is to move. A cavewoman could do it alone. He
brought it to my home from time to time so I could tweak the servo,
etc. We just rolled it in and out of his van easily. That was the
only time I had a Quad in my garage.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>It was so neat, it could be moved over
bumps easily and when it stopped it would just sit there and rock back and
forth a couple of times. Then all you had to is plug it in the wall,
put video in and record or take video from it, no need for sync gen. etc.
(It still needed air). I asked him about it some time ago, he said he sold
it to a TV station in P.R.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>By the way Chubby was known for his
"Fire Engine". He had a big fire engine with a 70 ft. or so ladder on
it on which he had a camera mount which he rented out for sport
events. Perhaps some of you have seen it. Last I heard, his son
was running it around for him.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>There was a BVT-2000 connected
to the the Ampex VR-2000's, before they were removed. It was used
for SCH purposes as it was feeding Betas and D-2's. I tried feeding
the BVT-2000 right out of the Demod, but it couldn't seem to handle the head
switching. I tried widening and increasing the switching suppression
pulse but to no avail.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>Another interesting thing, sometime in
the 80's, my Navy Reserve unit was having a triple Retirement and Change of
Command. I was given the job of getting it done. I was able
to get the "Intrepid" in NYC for the ceremony. While schmoozing
the museum curator we came across a room full of 2" video tapes.
He told me they were recordings of flight ops. while she was in
commission. (One of the early uses of video tape was recording flight
ops on carriers so the pilots could watch their landings, and they still
do.) Also that he wanted to get them dubbed to U-Matic as he wanted to use
them in displays around the ship. (The machines they were recorded on
were gone.) I forgot all about the first thing I learned in the Navy,
"Never "Volunteer" and I offered to help him out. I also forgot how
heavy a 2" reel of tape can be after carrying them about a mile, from the
Intrepid to CBS, and back but I needed the exercise. I thought I was in deep
trouble with the first reel. I found they were recorded at 7.5
IPS. Would you believe we also found some 5 Mil heads on the ship
which were in good shape. I put one on the Quad near my shop and had
good luck with it. The only problem is they were ball bearing
heads and made about 10 DB more noise than the air bearing heads do and I
was trying to do this whole job un-noticed. Fortunately the maint. manager
at time was interested in WWII planes as his father worked for Grumman
designing some of them and let me get away with it for the small price of
VHS copies of some of the tapes. The tapes were fabulous. I managed to
do about 50 reels for him. I don't know what model VTR they were made
on.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>73,</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both"> </DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><STRONG><EM>Georger
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