[BC] Re: Unique VP-50

[Phil Alexander]

On 4 Jan 2006 at 11:56, Hershberger, Dave wrote:


> Also, nobody seems to know for sure who was responsible for the Vanguard.
> Bob says, "Bill [Hoyt] could not come up with a certain name for Vanguard,
> but Bob Bush was AM section manager then. Likely C.V. Clarke and perhaps
> Fred Anderson helped with Vanguard."

I recall an ad for the original Vanguard with the guy I couldn't remember,
and it was Otto, standing beside the box holding a 4CX3000A in his hands
with text extolling 'his' design, and the wonders of the modern one-tube
transmitter. This would have been mid-60's, and the ad copy had a definite
Parker Gates flavor about it.

Fast forward a couple of years and I'm sitting in a conference room out at
Wisman with Bill Ellis, Bill Massey and some junior guys from engineering
and test on a Saturday morning (because George Yazell said we had to be 
there) to hear Otto explain the design wonders of 'his' new monitor etc. etc.
and what wonderful things Op Amps were and what a genius Otto was for using
them etc. etc.

I do recall some conversations about problems of the VP's where Otto was
involved. (And, of course, anything Otto remotely touched was 'his'.)

I know after I was gone that somebody fixed much of what was wrong with
the Vanguard and put it in the same chassis as the BC-1G when it became
the V-II. The only problem was there was no way of fixing the historic
Gates clientele who did not have the necessary skills, by and large, to
maintain a Vanguard or V-II.


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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