It's nice to see some fellow ex-broadcast types on here. I worked in TV
broadcast and later owned a post-production house. I think I've used or
owned just about every AMPEX product ever made dating back to the model
350 audio tape deck, every VTR from the VR-1000 forward except the AVR-3
and VPR-80 (including the high speed tape duplicator of which I think
only three were made). HS-100 & 200 slomo disc recorders, AVA paint
system, several ADOs, ACE editors, Century 330 switchers, etc. Never had
a DCT deck or the storage deck based on it though... we went with
DigiBeta, D1 and D5 at that time.
It was a sad day indeed when AMPEX closed up shop. Without question,
Redwood City was the center of the video universe. A lot of those guys
went on to make more great products like Abekas (we also had a ton of
Abekas equipment).
73,
Larry N8LP
VR2BrettGraham wrote:
K2TA wrote:
Oh... The stock knob is gone. The previous owner had a nice ridged
knob with a spinner grip installed on the rig. But I had an old
knob from an Ampex VPR-3 1" broadcast videotape machine whose
diameter just meets with the bottom edge of the K2 and only slightly
covers the lables for the ATT and A VFO.
Darn, I know where there's a VPR-3 here that's not doing anything -
never would
have imagined that the shuttle knob would fit a K2. From Tom's
description, this
is a fitting way to recycle bits from the best Type C VTR ever produced.
Alex Poniatoff might even have approved. ;^)
73, VR2BrettGraham
ex-AMPEX HK
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