[BC] Ampex 350

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The Ampex 350 had 3 small pins in the hubs that would engage in the slots around 
the center holes in the 3", 5" and 7" plastic reels.  These soon broke off in mt 
experience.  I drilled and taped holes in the Ampex hub for a threded pin that 
would engage all 3 sizes of the small plastic reels.  It was not wise to use 
"long play" tape on the plastic reels with the standard hubs.  We had some 7" 
plastic reels with larger hubs that we used for takeup with the plastic supply 
reels.

Been there & done that, but don't have the 'T' shirt.  Did the PT-6's too.

   walt

Charles Ring wrote:
> I don't think an Ampex 350 could handle 3 inch reels properly. One local 
> station (WFAR) still had 5-6 stripped-down PT-6's in racks through the 
> 70's but had cart machines that got most of the use. The right reels to 
> use for individual spots before carts were 5 inch reels with wide hubs.
> 
> On 4/10/2010 11:56, Glen Kippel wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Dale Adkins<adkins at gotblip.com>  wrote:
>>    
>>> Some of you young whippersnappers might not know that there were radio
>>> stations before "cart machines".. When I was at KLIN we had "state of the
>>> art"
>>> Ampex 350's on which we ran commercials using 3-inch reels.
>>>      
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>> That would seem to be a bit of overkill.  My first station had Magnecord PT-6's, and the next had Ampex 600 and a Roberts unit, siminar to the 600 but Japanese.  The next had ATC carts.  I visited one station where the jocks would manually stop the cart after the spot was over and then insert a new cart and hit Start to cue it.  I guess they didn't really grasp the concept.
>>
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