[BC] This might be off topic...

[Chuck Lakaytis]

Until recently I still saw rather high end remote trucks wired with 
christmas tree blocks for the audio.  This was explained to me by a 
remote truck manufacturer as then only way they found to keep 
connections over time from road vibrations, bumps, etc.  The first 
consoles I every wired up were Ampros with christmas tree blocks, step 
faders and that silly 32 gauge Kynar insulated wire.

I understand the Ampro company came to grief over some fraud with early 
NWS transmitters that used Ampro cart machines....bad...bad machines.

Broadcast List USER wrote:
> Actually, this isn't a Ward Beck product, AFAK.
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> It is called a "Christmas Tree" and many plants were built with them,  
> including Mutual's Arlington facility.
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> --chip
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> On Feb 2, 2010, at 9:27 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:
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Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering, Alaska Public Broadcasting
135 Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501
office   907-277-6300