<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>And now for something totally different:</div><div><br></div><div>Just ran across the Western Australia TV History site, and this page:</div><div><a href="http://watvhistory.com/2009/03/peter-croft-evolution-of-transmission-facilities/">http://watvhistory.com/2009/03/peter-croft-evolution-of-transmission-facilities/</a></div><div><br></div><div>which has a lot of Quad pix and a good story to tell.</div><div><br></div><div>About a third of the way down, you'll see a delay system with tube TRT machine feeding tape over to a TR-3? for playback. </div><div><br></div><div>Ampex ACR-25's are present... along with other Ampex and RCA Quads.</div><div><br></div><div>What's interesting is that Type C BVH-2000P's replaced many of the Quads, but they were using Bosch BCN B-format machines for time zone delay.</div><div><br></div><div>Scroll all the way town for a collection of pix with a lot of quads to be seen, and an HS-200 disc recorder.</div><div><br></div><div>It shows that Quad was still being used in 1992... via the ACR-25's, and there's a C/U of the head assembly and vacuum columns on an AVR-1 in 1996.</div><div><br></div><div>This collection is also on Flicker:</div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/watvhistory/3365509644/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/watvhistory/3365509644/</a> shows the VT area... with a pair of TR-60s opposite AVR-1's.</div><div><br></div><div>Have fun!</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></div></span> </div><br></body></html>