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<DIV><SPAN class=062210518-12092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I did
a lot of work on Joe's OB van Monoculus, The van was fitted with 4 Pye 3" image
orthicon cameras, an EMI vision mixer, and the Ampex VR1000C, all in 625 lines.
The cameras and all the mixer were valve (tube) units and started life in 405,
the Ampex was all valve except for the head switch unit, it think. not sure if
it was originally 405 lines or not?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062210518-12092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I
spent a lot of time trying to get the VR1000C to work properly without success
I'm afraid to say. I could never get it to complete the lock-up sequence. The
chief suspect was the inter-sync framing unit. It was hard to be sure just what
the problem was, I was working with no spares or back-up and little experience.
This was all back in the early 1970s. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062210518-12092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Indirectly, Joe was responsible for my interest in television and
subsequent career in the BBC. Joe alas, died suddenly in the prime of life and
Monolcus, now abandoned went to the scrap yard. The VR1000 spent a long
time in very unsuitable storage and when last seen was little more than a Ampex
shaped pile of rust!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062210518-12092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I do
have a number of pictures to find and scan.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062210518-12092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062210518-12092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>There
are in the BATC a number of successor OB vans, alas none contain Quads. attached
is a picture of my OB van taken a few years
ago. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062210518-12092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=062210518-12092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Brian
Summers</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Ted Langdell
[mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 12 September 2011
16:32<BR><B>To:</B> John Fletcher<BR><B>Cc:</B> Ted Langdell;
gideon4@summershome.co.uk; Trevor Brown<BR><B>Subject:</B> BATC OB Van with
VR-1000--Ping Trevor Brown & Brian Summers-Post permission
request<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Hi, John,</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV>That article would
be interesting to see.
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The BATC's Chairman is Trevor Brown <B>(</B><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=Apple-style-span><B>G8CJS) </B></SPAN>and the General Secretary is
Brian Summers (<SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-SIZE: 12px"
class=Apple-style-span><B>G8GQS)</B></SPAN>, both of whom are QuadList
members.</DIV>
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<DIV><B></B></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.batc.org.uk/club_stuff/commlist.html">http://www.batc.org.uk/club_stuff/commlist.html</A></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>So no copyright is violated, perhaps they can OK a scan and post of the
article and photos to the QuadList or might have the original pictures still
at hand, and they could post from the originals.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Might be fun to see whether there's bandwidth on an amateur satellite
that could allow uplinking a full motion, full bandwidth Quad playback to Quad
recording across the pond.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Ted</DIV>
<DIV><BR>
<DIV>
<DIV>On Sep 12, 2011, at 7:52 AM, John Fletcher wrote:</DIV><BR
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Speaking of quads and ATV, I have an old copy of the
Journal of the<BR>British Amateur Television Club (BATC), ca. 1970 or so,
that shows<BR>photos of their "OB van"... complete with a VR-1000! Not
sure if it was<BR>set up only for 405 line, or could also run at 625...
monochrome only,<BR>I'm sure.<BR><BR>73!<BR><BR>- John</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
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face=Helvetica>Ted Langdell</FONT></DIV>
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