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<DIV>First issue is the splice. You can come very close with out the smith
splicer to put it back together. I did that once in an emergency.
Just be very careful as the track width and spacing is what counts.</DIV>
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<DIV>Poor deviation may be caused by a couple of reasons. First thing to
do is try to get it on a machine that plays back LBM. If that does not
work, go to a RCA machine that has the extra demod standard for the very early
non standard settings. This was used before the SMPTE standardized the
frequencies and deviation. I only ran into one tape that had it in my
life. This may fix it. </DIV>
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<DIV>If not, a proc amp can cause other problems in the AMTEC or ATC. You
may now have a flywheel sync reconstruction coming out of the proc amp.
This may be the cause of the jitter.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best thing to do is use a machine with an analog time base corrector such
as AMTEC or ATC. </DIV>
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<DIV>Wish you luck.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris Hill</DIV>
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