[Elecraft] Newbie K2 questions

[Larry Phipps]

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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