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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have been lurking for some time, but decided to take the
plunge and join the group. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am presently the Chief Engineer of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Global</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>’s TV studio in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Springfield</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MO.</st1:State></st1:place>
I have been in broadcasting for 30 years; having interned at the PTL Television
Network, where I got my first taste of videotape on 2” and 1” and
got hooked! After my internship, I moved back to my hometown of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State></st1:place>
where I worked at WRS Video Labs, starting as a dubber, but was soon promoted
to Engineer and eventually to Shop Foreman. While there, I maintained
Ampex AVR-1’s and had the opportunity to restore two AVR-2’s.
I mainly worked on their Ampex 1” VPR-2B’s though.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>After three years there, I met my wife and moved to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Florence</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">SC</st1:State></st1:place>
to be closer to her. There I worked for WPDE-TV15, maintaining their
Umatic and Beta SP decks. In 1995, I transitioned into my present
position at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">ICI</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>,
which became <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Global</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> in 2000.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Presently, I have been called in to maintain an RCA TR-600
at a sister studio here in town. I am enjoying this “blast from the
past” in my career, and look forward to doing more work on the 2”
format. While I am sure there are younger engineers than I who work on
2”, I figure that I must be one of the youngest (at age 50) who operated
2”; since I did so at the beginning of my career.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am also working on a Sony 1” and a <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hitachi</st1:place></st1:City> 1” VTR in the same facility.
If anyone has knowledge of Hitachi 1” VTRs, or knows of a 1” forum
in cyberspace, I would appreciate the information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Having read the wisdom of many of the engineers on this
forum, I doubt that I will contribute much. I’m not sure I have
that much to contribute. But if I can help you somehow, just ask.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 color=gray
face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";
color:gray'>Fred Kovach</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=gray
face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Broadcast Technician<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>417-848-8381<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";
color:gray'>Fred Kovach</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=gray
face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Broadcast Technician<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>417-848-8381<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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