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TS 3
69

B
ROADCAST EQU
IP MENT S
ECT
ION

R
ADIO C
ORPORAT
ION O
F A
MER
ICA
E
ngineer
ing P
roduc
ts D
epar
tmen
t C
a mden
, N
. J

2
161 90 C O P Y RI G H T E D • P RI N T E D IN U. S
FORE W ORD

T
his B
roadca
st E
quipm
ent C
ata
log i
s i
n
tended t
o s
e
rve a
s ab
uy
ing
g
u
ide t
o t
h
e u
s
er o
f t
h
is t
ype o
f e
qu
ipmen
t. A
n a
t
temp
t h
as b
ee
s m
ade
t
opr
esen
t ac
l
ear a
nd c
onc
ise p
i
ctu
re c
ove
ring
: f
e
atu
res
, u
s
es, d
e
scr
ipt
ion
a
nd s
pec
ifi
cat
ion
s f
o
r e
a
ch i
t
em o
f b
roadc
ast e
qu
ipmen
t.

R
CA m
anu
fac
tur
es ac
omp
lete l
i
ne o
f b
roadca
st e
quipmen
t f
r
om m
icro
-
p
hone t
o a
n
tenna i
n
clu
sive —
for FM
, AM a
nd T
elev
ision
. T
his l
i
ne i
n
-
c
l
ude
s n
ot o
n
ly t
h
e o
pera
ting u
ni
ts b
ut a
l
so s
u
ch n
ece
ssa
ry a
c
ces
sor
ies
a
s m
oni
tor
ing a
nd t
e
st e
qu
ipmen
t. R
CA i
sequ
ipped t
o f
u
rni
sh c
u
stom
b
ui
lt s
t
udio e
qu
ipmen
t a
nd a
n
tenna p
has
ing e
quipmen
ts. R
CA d
e
sign
s
a
nd m
anu
fac
ture
s t
h
e c
omponen
ts f
o
r i
t
s b
roadca
st e
quipm
ent w
henev
er
n
ece
ssa
ry o
r d
e
sirab
le t
o i
n
sure m
aximum p
erformance a
nd r
e
liab
ili
ty.
M
ajo
r i
t
ems o
f s
u
ch c
omponen
ts a
r
e t
u
bes
, i
n
duc
tance c
o
ils
, m
ica c
apac
-
i
t
ors
, c
ry
sta
ls a
nd t
r
ans
forme
rs.

R
CA i
sth
e l
e
ade
r i
nth
e f
i
e
ld o
f b
roadca
st e
quipmen
t. T
his i
sev
idenced
b
y t
h
e f
a
ct t
ha
t f
o
r s
e
ven
teen y
ear
s R
CA e
qu
ipmen
t h
as o
u
tso
ld a
l
l o
t
her
m
anufa
ctu
rer
s. T
his r
e
cord i
n
clude
s l
a
rge a
nd s
mal
l s
t
at
ion
s--among

t
h
em a l
a
rge p
ropo
rtion o
f t
h
e m
ost n
o
tab
le i
n
sta
lla
tion
s m
ade d
ur
ing
t
h
is p
er
iod
. R
CA h
as b
een a
nd w
i
ll c
on
tinue t
o b
e a
n a
c
tiv
e l
e
ade
r i
n
FM d
eve
lopm
ent
. R
CA p
ionee
red t
h
e d
eve
lopmen
t o
fel
ect
ron
ic t
e
lev
ision
.
Tw
enty
-f
ive y
ear
s o
f p
rog
res
s i
n t
h
e r
ad
io f
i
e
ld p
lu
s v
as
t w
art
ime e
x
-
p
er
ience h
as g
i
ven R
CA a
n e
ng
ine
ering b
ackg
round f
o
r t
h
e p
roduc
tion
o
f t
h
e m
ost a
dvanc
ed a
nd h
ighe
st q
ual
ity b
roadca
sting a
ppa
ratu
s.

R
eade
rs o
f t
h
is c
a
talog a
r
e i
n
vit
ed t
o c
ommun
ica
te w
i
th t
h
e n
eare
st
R
CA R
egiona
l Of
i
ce f
o
r a
ddi
tiona
l i
n
forma
tion o
r i
n
div
idua
l b
u
lle
tin
s
o
n t
h
e e
quipmen
t s
hown h
ere
in. S
epa
rate c
a
talog
s o
r d
e
scr
ipt
ive b
ul
le-
t
i
ns a
r
e a
va
ilab
le o
n o
t
her l
i
nes o
f R
CA e
qu
ipmen
t s
u
ch a
s S
ound
,
T
hea
tre
, A
via
tion
, Mob
ile C
ommun
ica
tion
s, S
c
ien
tif
ic I
n
strumen
ts.

2
B
ROADCAST EQU
IPMENT S
ALES POL
ICY
F
orewo
rd
The p
resent st
atemen t sets fo
rth b as
ic c ondit
ions under w hich a
bove, at n
o addi
tional expense to y
ou, provided t
hat you i
n
-
RCA se
lls b roadcast equ ipment a s described in this ca
talog, s
pect al sh
ipments u pon rece
ipt and repor
t a ny s
hortage
s o
r
a
nd notes ce r
tain s upplemen ta
l i n
forma tion. Th
is s t
atemen t t
hanage
s at once to t
he carr
ier and to RCA .
d
oes no
t a pply to t he sale of tubes or s ound fi
lm r e
cording
e
quipment, f
o r which separate
, st
andard s a
les and l
ease po
licies RCA wil
l endeavor to mee
t de
l ivery schedule
s b u
t i tas
sume s
a
re i
n efect
. n
o li
abil
ity for damages of whatever kind f o
r d e
lays in de-
l
i
very
. N o d
elays in d
el
ivery s
ha l
l rel
ieve the purchaser of h
i
s
RCA b roadcas
t e quipment is so
ld d
irectly t
hrough RCA o
bl
igat
ion of per
formance.
Reg
iona
l r epresentative
s, w ho ar
e f
amiliar wi
th b roadcas
t
e
quipment and r e
la ted prob
lems
.
P
aten
t L
i
censes
RCA b roadca s
t e qu
ipmen t i
s li
censed fo
r radio t
e
lephone o r
C
ont
rac
t P
rocedu
re t
e
levis
ion b roadcast t
ransmis
sion under U n
ited S
ta
tes patent
s
A
ll sa
les based on order s for t
ransmit
ters, a
ntennas and cus
tom owned b y RCA o r under U n
ited Sta
tes pa
tents u
nder w h
ich
RCA is l i
censed.
b
uilt or s
pecial apparatus a nd on order
s over $5,000 a
re m ade
i
n accordance with the c ondi
tions of the RCA S tandard P ro
-
p
osal Form f or t
h e s
ale o f broadcas
t equipmen t and with any P
aten
t P
rotec
tion
a
greement s t
ipula
ted t hereon f o
r indiv
idual c u
stomers. RCA , at it
s o wn e xpense, w i
ll d efend a ny s u
it w hich m ay b e
b
rough t a gains t a p urchase r o f broadca st e quipmen t f r om
RCA f or i nf
ringemen t o f Un ited S t
ate s p a
ten ts b y the e quip -
P
r
ices men t furn
ished w hen s old o r u sed f o
r r adio t elephone o r t ele-
RCA b roadcast equ ipment p rices are net f.
o.b
. fac
tory o r ware- ‘
ision b roadca st t ransm ission , a nd in a ny s uch s u
it w i
ll satis fy
h
ouse, w hich i s Camden , N ew J ersey
, for mo s
t i tems. These a
ny f i
nal a ward f o
r s uch i n
fringemen t. T his isu pon t he c ond i
-
p
rice
s d o n ot include a ny f ederal, st
ate o r l
ocal taxes based t
ion t hat the p urchaser g ives RCA p romp t n o
t ice o f s
uch s uit
u
pon u se o r measured b y s a
le o r use a nd unless otherwise a
nd f u
ll o pportun ity t o c onduc t the d efense t hereo f. N o co sts
n
oted d o n o
t i nclude f ederal e xcise tax
. A ny s uch taxes i n o
r e xpense s sha ll b e i n
curred f o
r the a ccoun t o f RCA w ithou t
e
fect at the time o f s
hipmen t w il
l b e bi
lled separately or wil
l i
t
s w rit
ten c onsen t . I f t he p urchaser 's s a
le o r u se o f s uch
b
e included i n the prices w hen r equired a nd w
ill b e due and e
qu ipmen t f o
r r adio t elephone o r television b roadca s
t t rans -
p
ayable u pon d elivery. m
is sion s ha l
l b e p reven ted b y p ermanen t i njunc tion. RCA
s
hall s ubstitute f or t he i nfr
ing ing e quipmen t o ther e qua lly
RCA's pr
ices do n ot inc
lude i ns
tallat
ion or insta
lla
tion super
-
s
uitable e qu ipmen t o r, a t RCA 's option, o b
ta in f or the p ur-
v
is
ion u n
less specif
ically m en
tioned i n aw r
itten condit
ion or
c
haser t he r i
gh t t o sell or c on t
inue t he u se o f s uch e quipmen t
p
roposal
. Purchaser a ssumes respon s
ibil
ity f
or i n
sta
lla
tion and
o
r
, a t RCA 's o p
tion , t ake b ack s uch e qu ipmen t a nd r ef
o
pera
tion of the e quipment as w el
l a s f
or ob
taining al
l neces
-
s
ary li
censes
, p ermits, e
tc. a
ny s ums w h
ich t he p urchaser h as paid RCA t herefore, l ess a
r
easonab le a moun t f o
r u se , damage a nd o bsole scence .
NOTE : The se
rvice of fac
tory t r
ained p ersonnel who are s pe
-
c
i
a l
ists in t
he s upervis
ion o f t he i n
stallat
ion o f broadcast Wa
rran
ty
e
quipmen t a
nd in it
s m ain
tenance a nd r epair may he obtained
Except for e lec tronic t ubes, w hich b ear t heir o wn w arran ty
:
hrough an o
rder p l
aced w ith the RCA S ervice Company , Inc
. which accompan ies them a t the t ime o f their s a
le, RCA w ar
-
I
t i s r
ecommended t ha
t t he a dvantages o f this s
ervice b e
r
ants it
s broadcas t equipmen t t o b e fr
ee f rom d efects i n m a
te-
c
o"sidered a
t the t ime of p urchase o f a ny major broadcast
e
quipmen t
. r
ial and w orkman ship u nder n orma l u se a nd s ervice f o r n
p
eriod o f o ne y ear f rom t he d a
te o f d e
livery . RCA '
s o bliga-
I
n the case of orders under the Standard P roposal F orm t he t
ions under t h
is w arran ty a re l imited to t he repair o r rep lace-
b
il
ling price
s are based on those price
s e fec
tive at the date of ment of defec tive p arts a nd t he s hipmen t of s uch r epaired o r
t
he order to t
he e x
tent indica
ted i n the fi
nal contract
. In the r
eplacemen t p art s to t he p urcha ser f .
o.b
. f actory. E quipmen t
c
ase of o
rders not under the Standard P roposa
l F orm t he bi
ll- f
urnished b y RCA b ut l i
sted a s m anufactured b y a nother b ears
i
ng price
s are those pr
ice s in efec
t o n the date of shipmen t. o
nly the w ar ran ty g iven b y s uch o ther m anu facturer. N o w ar
-
r
anties other t han t hose s e
t f o
rth h erein a re g iven o r a re t o
RCA e
ndeavors to k
eep i
t
s p ubl
ished pr
ice
s curren
t; h owever
,
b
e i mpl
ied w i
th r espec t t o broadca s
t e quipmen t
. I n n o e vent
a
l
l pub
lished p
rices a
re s
ubject to c
hange w
ithout no
tice.
i
s RCA l i
able f or con sequen tial d amage s.

P
aymen
t R
epa
ired a
nd R
etu
rned Appa
ratus
T
erms o
f paymen
t are s
ubjec
t to approva
l o
f RCA
's C
red
it Be
fore an appara
tu s isr e
turned t
o RCA for r
epairs o
r a
dju
st-
D
epar
tment a
t Camden, New Jer
sey
. ments s
hipp
ing instructions and a
n i
dent
ify
ing number shou
ld
b
e o b
tained from t he neares
t RCA R eg
ional Ofice
. RCA as-
D
el
ive
ry s
ume s no r
esponsibi
l i
ty for unau
thor
ized re
turns
.
RCA's d e
livery o f broadcast e quipmen t wil
l b e f.
o.b. f ac
tory
o
r w arehouse, w hich is C amden , N ew J ersey for mo st i t
ems . E
quipmen
t Mod
ifi
cat
ions a
nd W
ithd
rawa
ls
The P urchaser s hall b e re spon s
ible f or a l
l t r
an sportation RCA r eserves t he r i
ght t o make
, w ithout not
ice , mod if
ications
c
harges, and shipmen ts w i
ll n orma l
ly b e forwarded w ith s hip- o
f the e qu
ipmen t d escribed in t
his catalog wi
thou t a fecting it
s
p
ing charges "collect"
. A s an accommoda t
ion, w hen specifically r
ight to sell s
uch e quipmen t under order s b
ased o n t he c a
talog
r
equested to do s o by the P urchase r
's order, RCA w ill p repay d
escription, p rov ided, h owever, that t he mod if
ications s hal
l
t
ransporta
tion c harges a nd i nvoice t hem to the P urcha ser a s n
ot m aterial
ly a fect p erformance. T hese mod if
i cations o f
aseparate it
em. e
quipmen t m ay b e m ade b y RCA o r it
s supp liers f rom t ime
t
o t ime f or r eason s s uch as i mprovemen t i n p erformance ,
Del
ivery wi
ll be made to ac a
rrier spec
ified b y t
he Purchaser
, s
implifi
ca t
ion i n design, or avai
lab i
lity of m aterial
. RCA a l
so
un
less none is s
pecif
ied
, in w hich even
t i tw il
l be to ac om- r
eserves the r ight t o withdraw f r
om s a
le, withou t n otice, any
mon carr
ier s
elec
ted b y RCA. I n t
he abs ence of s
pecif
ic rout
- e
quipmen t descr ibed i n th
is cata
log .
i
ng ins
truct
ions from the purchaser
, RCA 's j
udgmen t with re
-
s
pect to t
he se
lec
tion of ar oute wil
l b e fina
l. A
ccep
tance o
f O
rde
r
As as pecial serv
ice w ith respect to shipmen ts o verland, by No order s
hall b
e binding upon RCA u n
til accepted by i
tin
i
nland waterway s or b y ai
r w e carry All Risk T ran sportat
ion w
rit
ing a t C
amden, N ew Jer
sey, and t
he banking, negot
iat
ion
I
nsurance f or the b enef
it of o ur B roadcas
t E quipmen t c us
- o
r other use of the down p ayment sha
ll n ot cons
titu
te an
t
omers, and y our in
terests wi
ll be amp ly protected i n al
l ship
- a
cceptance b
y RCA . Orders rece
ived b
y R eg
iona l Ofice
s wil
l
ments o
f e quipment wh ile in t
ransit by the me thods i ndica
ted b
e forwarded promptly to RCA 's C
amden of ice
.

3
ORDER
ING I
NFOR MAT
ION
A
ppara
tus p
r
ice
s h
ave l
i
ven a
tranged i
n t
he o
rde
r o
f l
i
st
ing I
t i
s r
eque
sted t
ha
t y
our p
urchase o
rder
s s
pec
ify t
he m
ethod
i
nth
e B
roadca
st E
quipmen
t C
ata
log a
nd a
re i
ndexed t
o c
a
talog o
f t
r
anspor
tat
ion d
es
ired
. O
therw
ise
, RCA w
il
l u
se i
t
s b
es
t
p
ages
. P
lease refer t
o the type and MI number o
n the page
j
udgmen
t a
sto t
he c
heape
st m
ethod o
f t
r
anspor
tat
ion
, a
l
though
l
i
st
ing t
he apparatus a
nd then consul
t t
his p
r
ice l
i
st i
n accord
-
t
h
is m
ay n
ot a
lway
s r
e
sul
t i
n t
he mo
st r
apid d
el
ivery
. C
erta
in
a
nce w
ith t
he p
age n
umber
. P
rice
s G
n c
us
tom
-bu
ilt e
quipmen
t
a
nd o
ther it
ems no
t l
i
sted may b
e o
bta
ined f
r
om y
our n
eare
st i
t
ems
, s
uch a
s v
acuum t
ube
s, a
re u
sua
lly s
h
ipped b
y e
xpre
ss
f
i
eld r
epre
senta
tive
. b
ecau
se o
f d
es
ign o
f c
arry
ing c
onta
iner
, i
n
surance
, e
t
c.

NOTE
: Ma
ste
r I
t
em (
MI) n
umber
s u
sed t
o i
den
tify a
ppara
tus
o
n i
nvo
ice
s a
nd p
ack
ing s
l
ips a
re g
i
ven f
or e
ach u
nit
.

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6
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ty. D
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Aud
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i
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No. Q
ty. D
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7 1
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loc
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(
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-
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2
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2
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916
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T
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oni
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1
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4 "
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2
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Equ
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1 BR
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t
em
No
. Q
t
y. D
escr
ipt
ion MI No
. 2 2 S
ing
le t
r
im s
t
rips (
cab
ine
t r
ack) 3
0566
-G84
2 T
ype 7
2
-D r
ecord
ing a
t
tachmen
ts w
ith
s
t
andard r
ecord
ing h
ead 190
1 •
53 1 T
ype WF48A f
r
equency mon
itor (
A M)

2 3 S
apph
ire c
ut
ting s
t
yli 4
842 •
54
1 T
ype W M43A modu
lat
ion mon
itor (
A M)

3 •
Orthacous
tic r
ecord
ing f
i
l
ter 4
916
-A
1 T
ype 86
-B lim
iting amp
lif
ier (comp
lete
w
ith t
ube
s, pane
l and she
lf) 1216
-D
4 1 T
ype BA
-14A Mon
itor
ing amp
lif
ier 1223
-B

6 2 T
ype 3
-A j
ack s
t
rip 4
645
-A
5 I S
et o
f t
ube
s f
or BA
-14A 1267

6 I T
ype BR
-2A p
ane
l a
nd s
hel
f f
or 1 D
oub
le j
ack ma
t (
for 3
-A) 1502
-A
amp
lif
ier (
i
f u
sed) 1598/11599
8 2 B
lank p
ane
l 83
4 "
/ 4
594
-B
7 1 T
ype 8
6
-B l
imi
ting amp
lif
ier (
comp
lete
w
ith t
ube
s, p
ane
l a
nd s
helf
) 1216
-D 9 2 B
lank p
ane
l 514
" 4
592
-B

8
I
t
em
No
. Q
ty. D
esc
rip
tion M
I N
o
T
rans m
itter L
ocat
ion R
e mo
te F
rom
1
0 1 B
lank p
ane
l 31
/2" 4
591
-13
S
tudio Where MI-
11623 Trans m
itter
1 1 B
lank p
ane
l 13/
4" 4
590
-B C
ontro
l rack I
s Desired t
o Be U sed
-1
2 1 T
ype 5
7
-E s
wi
tch a
nd f
u
se p
ane
l 4
395
-E With C
ontro
l D
esk S
upp
lied With R
CA
1
3 1 T
erm
ina
l b
lock moun
ting b
racke
t )
5
70-A T
rans m
itters B
TA-5F
, 1
0-F
, 50-F
, a
nd
1
4 T
erm
ina
l p
ower s
t
rip 4
568 B
TF-50A
1
5 T
erm
ina
l a
udio b
lock 4
569
T
he N
H-11623 T
ran
smi
tter Mon
itor a
nd Amp
lif
ier C
abine
t
1
6 1
000
' I
n
terconnec
ting c
able (
r
ack w
ir
ing 6
3
-A
R
ack h
as b
een d
es
igned t
o o
pera
te w
ith t
he C
ontro
l D
esk
s
1
7 1
000
' I
n
terconnec
ting c
able (
f
i
lamen
t c
i
rcu
its
) 6
5
s
upp
lied w
i
th t
he BTA
-5F
, 1
0
-F. 5
0
-F a
nd BTF
-50A T
ran
s-
m
it
ter
s t
o p
rov
ide a c
omp
lete a
nd f
l
exib
le s
y
stem o
f c
ontro
ls
TRANSMITTER AT LOCAT
ION REMOTE F
ROM S
TUD
IO
a
nd mon
itor
s.
1 1 BR
-84 c
abine
t r
ack 3
0951
-B8
I
t
em
2 2 S
ing
le t
r
im s
t
rip (
c
abine
t r
ack) 3
0566
-G84
No. Q
ty. De
scr
iption MI No
.

*3 1 T
ype WF48A f
r
equency mon
itor (
AM) T
ransm
itter moni
tor and a
mpl
ifier
*
*4 T
ype W M
-43A modu
lat
ion mon
itor (
AM) c
abine
t r
ack 1623

5 T
his c
abine
t r
ack i
ssupp
lied w
ith t
he f
o
llow
ing e
quipmen
t:
T
ype 86
-B lim
iting a
mplif
ier (comp
lete
w
ith t
ube
s, pane
l and she
lf) 12
16-
I) 2 T
ype 3
-A j
ack s
t
rip c
omp
lete w
ith m
at
6 T
ype BA
-14A mon
itor
ing a
mpl
ifier 1
234 T
ype BA
-14A mon
itor
ing a
mpl
ifier a
nd t
ube
.
S
et o
f t
ube
s f
or BA
-14A 1
267 T
ype 8
6
-Al l
imi
ting a
mpl
ifier a
nd t
ube
s

8 BA
-2C b oo
ster amp
lif
iers (f
or T
ype 3 6
-B p
anel a
nd s
he
lf f
o
r
m
icrophone a
nd turntab
le) 1226
-B l
imi
ting amp
lif
ier
9 2 S
et
s o
f t
ube
s f
or BA
-2C 1287 1 T
ype 5
7
-C s
wi
tch a
nd f
u
se p
ane
l
1
0 2 BR
-2A p
anel a
nd s
helf (
for mon
ito
r 2 *
Type BR
-2A p
ane
l a
nd s
he
lf
and b
oos
ter amp
lif
ier
s) 1598/11599
MOUNT
INGS AND WIRING ARE ALSO PROV
IDED
1 T
ype 3
-A j
a
ck s
t
rip 4
645
-A
FOR THE FOLLO W
ING ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT
:
1
2 D
oub
le j
a
ck m
at (
f
or 3
-A) 1502
-A
2 T
ype 5
6
-C f
i
xed l
i
ne e
qua
lizer
s
1
3 T
ype BE
-1B v
ar
iab
le l
i
ne e
qua
lize
r 4
196
-B
2 T
ype 1
5
-KC h
igh f
requency c
ompensa
tor
.
1
4 VU me
ter p
ane
l 1265 (
t
o b
e u
sed i
n t
he 56
-C)
1
5 F
i
lament tr
ans
former
, 6
.3 V f
o
r FM p
re-empha
sis e
qua
lizer 4
926
-A
VU me
ter p
ane
l lamp 1606
P
ower r
educ
tion p
ane
l 4
309
-B
1
6 B
lank p
ane
l 7
" 4
593
-A
Hum e
qua
lizer 7
264
-E
1
7 1 T
erm
ina
l b
oard moun
ting b
racke
t 4
570
-A
3 T
ype BA
-11A a
mpl
ifier
s 1218
-A
1
8 1 T
erm
ina
l p
ower s
t
rip 4
658
T
ype BX
-1E p
re
-amp
lif
ier p
ower s
upp
ly 1305
-B
1
9 1 T
erm
ina
l a
udio b
lock 4
569 B
lank pane
l dr
illed and t
apped for
moun
ting 3 MI
-11713 l
i
ne trans
forme
rs
2
0 1 T
ype 5
7
-E s
wi
tch a
nd f
u
se p
ane
l 4
395
-E
VU me
ter p
ane
l 1265
2
1 3 2
'pa
tch c
ord 4
652
-2B
F
i
lamen
t t
r
ans
former (
f
or VU me
ter
) 1606
2 1 T
ype 8
-A p
res
sure m
icrophone 4
048
-E
S
ola v
ol
tage r
egu
lator 1280
2
3 1 T
ype 9
1
-B d
esk s
t
and f
or m
icrophone 4
092
-B
N
ote
s:
2
4 1 M
icrophone c
able p
lug 4
630
-B
1
.Space a
nd w
iring a
re a
vai
lab
le a
t t
he t
op o
f a
l
l MI
-11623
2
5 1 M
icrophone w
all r
ecep
tac
le 4
624
-A r
acks f
or moun
ting t
he F
requency Mon
itor WF48A a
nd Modu
-

2
6 1 T
ype 7
0
-D t
urn
tab
le 180
1-A l
a
tion Mon
itor W M
-43A
, o
r c
omb
ina
tion FM F
requency a
nd
Modu
lat
ion Mon
itor T
ype WF
-5A
.
2
7 1 T
ype LC
-1A mon
itor
ing s
peake
r 1411/1140
1
2
.Side p
ane
ls a
nd t
r
im s
t
rip
s f
or c
abine
ts a
re a
vai
lab
le a
t
2
8 1
000
' I
n
terconnec
ting c
able (
r
ack w
iring) 6
3
-A
t
he c
us
tomer
's s
pec
ifi
c r
equ
iremen
ts.
2
9 1
000
' I
n
terconnec
ting c
able (
f
i
lamen
t c
i
rcu
itsI 6
5
•O
ne she
lf c on
tains the BA-
14A amp l
ifier a nd t
he o
ther i
s
• When used f
or FM
, space o
ccupied w
il
l be u
ti
lized f
o
r FM w
ired t
o accommoda te 3 BA
-11A pre-amp l
ifiers a
nd 1 BX
-1E
f
requency a
nd modula
tion moni
tor Type WF-5A. p
ower supply for t
he pre
-ampl
ifie
rs.

9
M
ICROPHONES

R
CA M
icrophones
M
icrophones Genera
l I
nforma
tion 1
50 Ohms v
s
. 2
50 Ohms
T
he e xcellence of RCA m icrophone s i sthe r esult of cont
inued Where m icrophone s a re c onnected t o u n
loaded i nput trans-
e
fort o n t he part o f Research, D eve lopmen t a nd P roduct
ion f
ormers
, i mpedance m atching is n ot ac on s
iderat
ion a nd t he
p
ersonne l t o produce a s uperior p roduc t. O u
t o f t h
is w ork e
fects o
f c onnec
ting m icrophone s w ith an o u
tput i mpedance
h
ave c ome t he several type s of broadca st m icrophone s li
sted o
f 150 ohms t o am icrophone amp lif
ier designed to o perate
i
n the c atalog. T here is con s
iderab le o verlap i n the a ppl
ica- f
rom a 250 o hm s ource a nd vice versa wil
l usually be of small
t
i
on s of t he variou s types, b u
t e ach d oe s p ossess certa
in a t
- c
onsequence . The e fect o n the level isshown i n t
he tabulat
ion
t
r
ibute s wh ich make i tparticularly w ell su
ited t o some s pecif
ic b
elow.
a
pplications . These h ave b een n o
ted f o
r e ach m icrophone i n
t
he catalog i n o
rder t o a
ss
i s
t i n t
he s election o f the microphone Mic
.
b
est s u
ited f or the i n
tended a ppl
ica tion. Ou
tput L
eve
l Change
I
mpedance d
b

H
igh Q
ual
ity B
roadcas
t a
nd T
e
lev
ision M
icrophones 2
50 0 +2
.2

B
roadca st
-type m icrophone s s uch a s t he T ypes 4 -BX , 7 -1) 1
50 —
2.2 0
a
nd 8 -A a l
l h ave certa
in c ommon p erformance c r
iteria w h
ich
make t hem e special
ly s ui
ted t o t h
is a ppl
ica t
ion . T hey h ave Amp. I
nput
2
50 1
50
smooth respon se-f
requency c haracterist
ic s over t he audio r ange, D
esigna
tion
l
ow d i
stortion , high i nput l evels
, w e
ll-shielded o utpu t trans-
f
ormers t o prevent h um pickup , a
nd w here n ecessary
, a re shock
mounted t o r educe t he p ickup o f l ow f requency b u
ilding
I
n addi
tion there will he s
ome c hange in the overal
l r esponse.
r
umb le
. P erformance f e
ature s w hich a re u nique t o e ach p ar- f
requency character
istic o
f t he sy
stem b elow 1 00 c ycles a nd
t
i
cular t ype a re l i
s
ted a nd t he a ppl
ica tions d iscussed i n t he
a
bove 5000 cyc
les, the magnitude depending o n the connec tion
c
atalog
. a
nd the de
sign of b o
th the microphone and t he amplifier input
t
rans
former. V ar
iations in response with t he usual b roadca s
t
q
uali
ty m icrophone a mpl
ifiers will in mo st cases n o
t e x
-
P
ubl
ic Address M
icrophones f
or B
roadcas
t U
se c
eed -±
-2 db.
Publ
ic A ddres s M icrophone s s uch a s t
he M I-6206 a nd t he
KN-1A have b een d esigned a s e conomy microphone s. In gen- When m icrophone s a
re connected to a r
es
istance l
oad th
e
e
ral
, f requency r ange f
o
l lowing changes in l
eve
l w i
ll re
sul
t when t
he o u
tpu
t is r
e-
a
nd s ensitiv
ity h ave f
erred to am atched c
ondition
.
b
een sacrificed tosome
e
xtent ino rder to g
ain Mic
.
O
utput L
eve
l Change
r
uggedne s s and lower d
b
I
mpedance
RC A 1
420

c
ost
. The re
spon se
l
imita
tions s hould b e 2
50 0 —
2.5
b
orne i n m ind w hen
t
hese m icrophone s are 1
50 +2
.0 0
No. IInput C hannel o f OP-7 P ort-
a
ble Preamplifier show ing unloaded u
sed i n B roadcast a p
-
p
licat
ion s. L
oad 2
50 1
50
t
ransformer i nput I
mpedance

U
nloaded T
rans
forme
r I
npu
t
M
icrophones S
h ess P
ipped L lug
RCA B roadca s
t M icrophone s a re d esigned t o w ork i n
to a
m
icrophone p reamp lifier whose i nput t r
ansformer i sunloaded. RCA microphones a re supplied les
s t he p
lug fo
r connect
ion
Under t hi
s c ondit
ion o f operat
ion t he f u
ll genera ted voltage t
o t
he w a
ll out
let or a mpl
ifier sys
tem . Thi
s is d
one to al
low
o
f the m icrophone a ppears at the g r
id o f the fi
rst tube result
- t
he u
ser to s
e
lect any des
ired p lug
. A s aconven
ience t
wo type
s
i
ng i n ag ain i n signal-
to-noise r a
tio o f between 3 a nd 6 d h o
f Cannon plugs are ca
taloged a nd either may be o
rdered as
a
s c ompared w ith a m atched resistance l oad. The e xact value a
n acce
ssory if wanted.
w
ill d epend o n w hether t he m ajor s ource of n oise is in the
microphone a mpl
ifier o r i n t he o utput r e
sistance o f t he
m
icrophone .
M
icrophone Mount
ing
RCA h as s
tandard ized on t he rugged 1 /
2"pipe t h
read for micro-
p
hone moun ting. T hi
s size t h
read m akes ite asy t
o a dd micro-
M
icrophone R
esis
tance L
ead
ing p
hone s tand e xtensions, b oom s, etc.
, for they may b e eas
ily
M
icrophone s w h
ich a r
e re la
tively inef
fi
cien t o
r i
n w h
ich there made u p l o
cally f rom s tandard 1 /2" p
ipe a nd f i
t
ting s
. Mo st
i
s ag reat deal of damp ing a ssoc
iated w i
th the moving sys
tem o
f the st
and s li
sted m ay a l
so b e used with m icrophone s having
w
ill in g eneral have t he
ir f requency r esponse c
haracter
ist
ics 'a % -27 thread b y remov ing a n adapter w h
ich i ssupp l
ied as a
l
i
tt
le c hanged b y el
ectrica
l l oading. The 8 -A and 7-D ( i
n the p
art o f the s tand. V ariou s a dapters are a lso supp l
ied f or
p
ressure p osit
ion ) are e xamp les of this. microphone s shou ld the u se o f the I A
" p ipe t hread p rove
i
nconvenien t
.
H
igh ly e fic
ien t m icrophone s, p articularly t hose i n w h
ich t he
moving s y
stem i s m as
s c on trolled u sua lly s how i mpedance
v
ariations f or ac on s
tan t genera ted v oltage. S uch m icrophone s
w
ill h ave t heir respon se c harac teri
stics a dversely a fected b y E
fec
tive Output L
eve
l
r
esis
tance l oading b ecause t he mechan ical c onstants of t he
moving s y
stem w ill b e disturbed b y t he r ef
lected r e
sistance When a m icrophone is c
onnected to an un
loaded inpu
t t rans
-
l
oad. T he T ype 4 -BX , a nd 7 -D ( in t he h i
-directional a nd f
ormer i t
s power outpu
t cannot b e e
xpre
ssed in dbm b ecause
uni
-directiona l p osit
ion s) a re e xamp les o f t his
. R e
sistance n
o a ppreciable power is d
elivered by the microphone. T he
l
oading o n t hese w il
l g enera lly r esul
t i n al o
ss i n low f re
- l
ogica
l a pproach to t
he problem i s t
o arr
ive at some f i
gure
quency r espon se. wh
ich w hen c omb
ined with t
he convent
ionally mea
sured amp li
-

1
0
M
ICROPHONES

R
CA M
icrophones
f
i
er g ain w
ill give the correct v
alue o
f output level
. Th is f
igure While t h
is may l ook c omp lex , the a ppl
ica t
ion i s s imple. I n
i
s li
sted in the catalog for each microphone a nd is called the o
rder t o find the e quivalent o f the fi
gure g iven a s Efec tive
Efec
t ive Ou tput L evel a nd difers from a p roposed RMA Output L evel, iti s only n ecessary t o add t o the v alue o f Gm
s
tandard r a
ting o n
ly i n the value of sound p res
sure . The t
he s ound p ressure l evel i n d b rela
tive t o 0 .0002 d ynes p er
Efec
t ive Output Level isb ased on asound pre
ssure of 1 0 dynes s
quare c entimeter . A s a n e xamp le t he value o f Gm f or t he
p
er s quare c ent
ime ter a nd the RMA r at
ing o n .0002 d ynes Type 4 4
-BX V e
loc ity M icrophone i s -119 d b, a nd t he u sual
p
er s quare c ent
ime ter
. s
ound p ressure o f 1 0 dynes p er s quare centime ter c orresponds
The RMA s tandard d efines t
he sys
tem r a
ting ( Gm ) of am icro- t
o al evel of +94 d b. T he v a
lue o f Gm f or a s ound p ressure
p
hone as the r a
tio in d ec
ibels r
elative t
o 0.001 wat
t p er 0.0002 l
evel of 9 1 db i s therefore - 55 d bm, %shit+ i s identical w ith
d
ynes per s quare c entimeter of the max imum e lectric p ower t
he Efec tive Ou tpu t L evel. When t he RMA r ating i s used,
a
vai
lable f
r om t he microphone to the square of t
he u ndisturbed t
he o u
tpu t leve
l o f the m icrophone c an b e o btained b y simp ly
s
ound fi
eld p ressure in ap lane progress
ive w ave at the m icro- a
dd ing to t he value o f Gm t he sound p res sure l e
ve l of t he
p
hone p os
ition . E xpressed mathema t
ical
ly. p
rogram m a
terial a s measured i n any of t he r eadily a vai
lab le
s
ound l evel me ter s
.

G„ = (
20 l
og 1
0 —
E 1
0 l
og i„ Rm „
) - 5
0 d
b. Hu m P
ickup L
eve
l
An arb
i trary s t
andard 6 0 c ycle a-c fi
eld o f 1 0 -3 gauss h as
w
here E = t
he o
pen c
i
rcu
it v
ol
tage o
f t
he m
icrophone
b
een estab lished as are ference. I t i
s fa
irly r epresentat
ive o f
P = t
he u
ndis
turbed s
ound f
i
eld p
ressure f
i
elds measured a t t
ypical m icrophone l ocat
ions i n broadcast
Rm „ = t
he m
icrophone r
a
ting i
mpedance s
t
udios. T he h um leve
l i s referred to .001 w a
tt a nd i s c
al-
c
ula
ted i n t he same fashion a s the Efec t
ive Ou tpu
t L evel,
E
lec
trica
l r
e
ference l
eve
l = .
0
01 w
att
u
s
ing a s t he o u
tput v oltage t he v o
ltage p roduced b y t he
S
ound p
res
sure = .
0
002 d
ynes/sq
. c
m. s
t
andard f i
eld.

Efec
tiveHum
Ou
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requency
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4
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rogram & B
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n

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ray

B
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tud
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7
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rogram P
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roadcas
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tud
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nnounce Umber G
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ion N
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tiona
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56 2
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ray
(
a
) T a
lkback T
hread

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roadcas
t & S
at
in C
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KN
-1A Te
lev
ision N
on-d
irec
tiona
l —57 2
50 1
00-8
,000 —109
a
nd
(
a
) T a
lkback T
hread
Umber G
ray

*Reference l evel 0.
001 wa
tt, sound pressure 10 d ynes p er s
quare c
ent
ime
ter
. T
his c
orresponds t
o ar
a
ting b
y t
he p
ro-
posed RMA s ystem a
t as ound pre
ssure l e
vel o f 9
4 d b
.

• Level referred t o ahum f i
eld o
f 10 -3 gauss.
*
•• For deta
i ls refer t
o de
scr
ip t
ion of each particular type
.

1
M
ICROPHONIS

P
olyd
irec
tiona
l M
icrophone
, T
ype 7
7-D
1
6) P rograms w here t he d irec tiona l p attern p erm i
ts o r
ienta-
t
ion to e l
im ina te u ndesirable r eflections.
(
7) P rogram s w here t he a nnouncer mu st w ork c lose t o the
m
ic rophone .
(
8) G enera l P rograms a nd A nnounce i n R emo te L ocations.
(
9 ) Play s, s tage p resenta t
ions , b anque ts
, n ews e vents w here
i
t i s de s
ir able t o r educe t he p ickup o f sound b eh ind t he
m
icrophone .
(
1 0) P rog ram s w he re t he d i rectiona l p roper t
ies w ill h elp to
r
educe t he e fec ts o f an o ver ly r everberan t locat
ion .
A
s a NON -D IRECT IONAL M ICROPHONE t he fol
low ing a p
-
p
licat
ion s a re s ugge sted :
(
1 ) A nnounce i n s tudio s a nd r emo tes w here the a nnounce r
must w ork v ery c lose t o t he m icrophone .
(
2) O ut-of-door p rogram s a nd a nnounce w here t h
e m ic rophone
n
eed o nly b e p ro tected a gain s
t r ain.
The 7 -D i s extreme ly v er sa t
ile a nd e xperience h as s hown
t
hat i t
s c harac teristics m ay b e a d
jus ted t o cover a lmo s
t a ny
p
it
•kup c ond ition .

Descr ip tion
The mov ing e lemen t o f t he 7 -D i s at h
in c orruga ted m etallic
r
ibbon c lamped a t t he e nds a nd s uspended i n the a ir g ap
o
f am agne tic c i
rcu it c on sisting o f ap ermanen t m agne t a nd
p
ole p i ece s
. O ne s ide o f t he r ibbon i s o pen a nd t he o ther i s
c
onnec ted b y mean s o f at ube t o af o
lded a cou stically d amped
p
ipe c on tained i nt he c en ter s ection o ft he m icrophone . D irec tly
b
eh ind t he r i
bbon t here i sa n aper ture i n th e c onnec ting t ube .
t
he s ize o f w h
ich m ay b e v ar ied b y m ean s o f ar otating s hutter .
The p o sition o f t he s hut ter d ete rm ine s t he d irectiona l p rop -
e
rties o f t he m icrophone . When t he a perture i s c omp le tely
o
pen , t he m icrophone h a s ah i-d irectiona l p at
tern; w hen t he
a
per ture i s c omp letely c losed , t he m icrophone i s n on-d irec -
t
iona l; a nd w i
th a c r
i t
ica l s ize o f o pen ing t he m icrophone
b
ecome s u ni-direc tiona l. O ther p o s
itions o f t he s hutter r esu lts
i
n p a t
tern s i ntermed ia te b e tween t he a bove t hree.
The p osition o f t he s hu tter m ay h e s elected b y t urning a
s
lotted s haft w h
ich i sb rough t o ut fl
u sh w ith t he r ear o f t he
w
ind screen . T he d irectiona l p at
tern c orre spond ing t o t he s hu t-
t
er p osi tion i s ind icated o n ap late moun ted o n t he s creen
a
nd m arked " U", " N" a nd " B" . I f d esired , t he m icrophone
may b e l ocked i n t he u ni-d irect iona l p osition b y m eans o f a
F
eatures c
ove r p late m arked " U" w hich f a
stens o ver t he i ndexed p l ate.
The b ottom p ortion o f t he m icrophone c ontain s a n i mpedance
• H
igh q uality r eproduc tion o ver the e ntire aud io frequency match ing t ransformer a nd s wi
tch f or s e
lec ting r esponse c har-
r
ange . a
cte r
i stic s f or V oice o r Mu s ic. T he s witch s haft i ss lotted a nd
• S
election o f d i rectional p attern t o control ratio of direct
-to
- a
cce ssib le t hrough a h ole i n t he b o
ttom o f t he l ower s hel l
.
r
everberan t s ound p ickup . The t ran sformer i s excep t
iona lly w e
l l s hielded a gains t s t
ray
• Wide p ickup a ngle o n front as au ni
-direc t
iona l microphone. magne tic f i
elds.
• Three p osition v oice-mus ic s witch a l
low s s e
lection o f bes
t A p ro tec tive c loth b ag , M I-4087 . i s shipped w ith e ach m icro -
o
pera ting c har acter is
tic fo r v o
ice o r mu sic. phone .
• S
election o fd i rectiona l pattern t oelimina te unwan ted sound.
• S
atisfactory o pe ration i n high h um f i
eld s because o f excep
-
S
pec
ifi
cat
ions
t
ionally g ood s h
ield ing.
• Efic
ien t shock moun t
ing. D
irectional C haracteris
tics ( adjustable, s e
e curves)
(
Bi-direct
iona l, Un i
-directional
, N on
-directiona l)
• Small s i
ze — ligh twe ight f or TV b oom o peration.
• A
ttractive a ppearance . Outpu t Impedance 3
0/150/250 o hms
Efective O utpu t L evel ( Uni-direct
iona l
) —57 d bm*
Hum P ickup L evel —125 d hm**
U
ses F
requency R e
spon se 5
0-
15,000 c ycles
The RCA 7 -D h igh-fidelity m icrophone p rovides ac hoice of F
inish Sa
tin c hrome and umber g ray
d
irectiona l p at
tern i n i t
s u se i n AM , FM a nd TV b roadcast Moun ting %" p ipe thread
s
tudio s
. A s ab i-directiona l m icrophone , the 7 -D can b e u
sed D
imens ions, O verall:
i
n p lace o f t h
e 4 -BX w ith s ome l oss in h igh f r
equency r e
- Height 11 /"
2

s
ponse . A s au n i
-direction m icrophone , the 7 -D m ay h e used Wid th 33/"
4

t
o a dvan tage i n t he f o
llow ing a pplicat
ion s: Dep th 21/"
2

(
1) G enera l P rogram s and Announce i n Stud ios
. Weigh t (unpacked , i nc
lud ing moun tings) 3l bs
.
(
2) T elevision B oom s —The r equ ired a moun t of m icrophone Cable ( MI-43-A , 3c onduc tor s h
ielded) 3
0' ( no plug )
movemen t i s reduced . T he p ickup o f u nwan ted s ound back S
tock I dentification MI
-4045-B
o
f t he m icrophone i s reduced . T he w orking d i
stance t o the
m
icrophone i s increased . A
ccessories
(
3) P rograms w here i ti sd esirable t o cover a l a
rge a rea with P
rotec
tive C
loth B
ag M
I-4087
as i
ng le m icrophone .
(
4) P rograms w here s tudio a cou st
ics a re more l i
ve t han R
eferred to 0.001 watt and a s ound p re
ssure of 1
0
o
ptimum . d
ynes/lcm 2. T
his is equ
ivalent t
o t he proposed RMA
(
5) P rogram s w here i tisd esirab le to el
im ina te audience noise r
a
ting at a sound pres
sure leve
l of 94 db
.
o
rigina t
ing b ehind t he m icrophone . • L
evel re
ferred t
o ah um fi
eld of 0
.
001 gaus
s.

1
2
M
ICROPHONES

D
irec
tiona
l R
esponse P
atterns F
requency R
esponse C
urves

OPEN C
IRCU
IT F
REQUENCY R
ESPONSE
O
F AT
YPICAL
T
YPE 7
7-0 M
ICROPHONE

M I
ni
i 1 1 111 1 h &

Y
2

UN
IDIRECT
IONAL P
OSIT
ION
i
5

1 1 1 1 11
11 1
5
0 1
00 1
.
000 1
0000 1
5
,000

F
REQUENCY M C
YCLES P
ER S
ECOND

Un
i-D
irec
tiu
t a
l P
osi
tion

OPEN C
IRCU
IT F
REQUENCY R
ESPONSE
O
F AT
YPICAL
T
YPE 7
7-D M
ICROPHONE

5
M
0
V
i

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.
.
..
..
.."-
- N
.s s

a
-
1
5
V
i V
2 B
IDIRECT
IONAL P
OSIT
ION
-
20

1
00 0
00 ,
0000 M

F
REQUENCY I
N C
YCLES P
ER S
ECOND
B
i-D
irec
tiona
l P
osi
tion

OPEN C
IRCU
IT FREQUENCY R
ESPONSE
O
F A TYP
ICAL
T
YPE 7
7-D M
ICROPHONE
*
5

0
W
I
-
I 5

W
I
1
0 V
2

-
1
5
NOND R
ECT
IONAL POS
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2
0

S
O 1
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I11
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C
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1 1
0
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5
,000
FREQUENCY I
N C
YCLES P
ER S
ECOND
Non
-Direc
tiona
l P
osi
tion

1
3
R
CA V el:c
ity R
CA Polyd
irect c
iel
Microphone Microphone
Type 44-6X T
ype 7 7
-D
E
fect
ive Outpu
t L e.el
, -55 dbm E
fect
ive Outpu
t Leve
l d
bm
Hum P
ick
-up L evel
. -112 dbm Hum P
ick
-up Level -115 c
l
am

;
67.
a
;
&..

The
' se a
r
eth
ene
two
rk f
avo
rite
s. The 7-D i s the polydirectional type ..
Yeara f
tery earthey se
rve more b
roadcastand q
uickly a
djus
table to any pick-up p at
tern you
t
e
levision audiencest h
an any o
thermicrophone. w
an t
. A 3-pos
ition vo
ice-mu sic s w
itch enab
les
Ye
t, d espi
te t he
ir o verwhelming p opula
rity
, y
ou tose
lectthebes
to perating character
ist
ic f
or
RCA'se ngineering cont
inuestom ake both e
ven v
oice a
nd mus
ic. Hum pick-up le ve
l, —126 dbm!
b
etterthan before.
The 44-BX i s t
he bi
-direct
iona l type —de-
s
igned f
o r AM, FM,and TV studios where h
igh- RCA 44
-BX a nd 7-D m ic
rophones a
rey ou
rs
e
s
t q ua
lity rep
roduct
ion isd e
sired. Itp rov
id e
s f
or immediate del
ivery. S
imp ly c
a
ll y
our RCA
h
igh-f
idelity o
utputove
r the ent
ire audio range B
roadcas
t S ale
s E ngineer
. O r wr
ite Dept
. 19
—and i sf r
ee fr
om cavi
ty or d iaphragm r eso
- J
B, RCA E ngineering Products
, Camden
, New
n
ance and pres
sure d
oubling. J
er
sey.

1
4
M
ICROPHONES

Ve
loc
ity M
icrophone
, T
ype 44
-BX
f
eatures
• E
xcel lent reproduc tion o f the en
tire a udio frequency r ange.
• No l os
s in q ua l
ity w ith o f a
xis pickup .
• Ar
tists may b e placed o n b o
th s i
de s of the m icrophone .
• P
ickup o f reflected s ound r educed.
• Quality s moo th a s a r esul
t o f t he a bsence o f p ressure
d
oub ling, cav ity a nd d iaphragm r esonance.
• Respon se m ay b e a djusted t o provide b es
t p o s
sible f r
e-
q
uency c harac teris
tics f or e i
ther v oca
l o r mu s
ical p i
ckup .
• Unaffected b y t empera ture h um idi
ty o r a i
r p ressure
.
• S
hock moun ted .
• A
ttractive a ppearance .

Uses
The 44-BX is in
tended pr
imarily for AM
, FM and TV s t
udio
u
se w here a m
icrophone of t
he h
ighest q
ual
ity o
f r
eproduc
tion
i
sd e
sired. I
th as the f
o
llowing genera
l u
ses.

A
. BROADCAST S TUD IO -
(
1) G eneral P rog ram a nd A nnounce .
(
2 ) Plays w here t he p layers m ay b e g rouped a round t h
e
m
icrophone .
(
3) C onference P ickup w here t he p art
icipan ts a re sea
ted o n
o
ppo s
ite s i
de s o f at able.
(
4) P rograms w here s tudio a coustics a re more l i
ve t han
o
ptimum .
(
5) P rograms w here t he m icrophone s m ay b e s uspended o ver-
h
ead a nd a ngled t o r educe a udience n o
ise.
(
6) P rograms w here t he d irection p attern p erm its or
ientation
t
o el
im inate u nde sirab le r ef
lections f rom w al
ls.
B
. BROADCAST REMOTE—
(
1) G eneral P rog ram a nd Announce .
(
2) Play s and o ther s t
age p resenta t
ions w here t he microphone
may b e suspended o verhead a nd a ngled t o r educe a udience
n
oise
.
(
3) P rograms w here t he d irectiona l p roper t
ie s reduce t he
e
fect of a n o verly r everberan t l ocation.
The 4 -BX m icrophone i s not r ecommended f or o u
tdoor u se
b
ecause o f the r elative s ensi
tivity o f the m icrophone t o wind.

Descr ipt ion


The T ype 4 -BX V e
loc ity M icrophone i s aB i-d irectiona l m icro-
phone i n w hich t he mov ing e lemen t i s at hin , rather n arrow ,
c
orruga ted me tall
ic r ibbon s uppor ted a t the e nds a nd p laced
b
etween t he p o
le p iece s of a magne tic circu it. B ecau se o f i t
s
l
ightweigh t, t he mo tion o f the r ibbon c orre sponds v ery c losely
t
o the v e
loc ity o f t he a ir particles a nd t he v oltage g enera ted
i
n i t is
, t here fore, ar eproduc tion o f the s ound w ave s wh ich
t
raverse i t
. A n i mpedance m atch ing t r
an s
former a nd c ompen -
s
ating r eactor a re l o cated i n the b ase o f t he m icrophone a nd
t
he u pper p erfora ted p ort
ion p rov ides a w ind screen o f d is
-
t
inct
ive s hape .
The 44-BX i sa t
trac t
ive ly f i
nished i n satin c hrome a nd a n eu tral
umber g ray t o h armon ize w i
th modern s tudio i n
ter iors. T he
y
oke moun ting p erm i
ts a w ide r ange o f t i
lting a ngles a nd
t
he s hock moun t
ing r educes u ndesirable p i ckup f rom f loor Direc
tiona
l c
haracter
istic o
f a
v
ibrations. t
ypical 44
-BX V
elocity Microphone
Spec ifications 1
0
,000 c ps
D
irectiona l C haracter
istics Bi
-directional 6
,
000 c p
s
Output I mpedance s 3
0/150/250 o hms 1
,
000 c ps
Efective O utput L evel —
55 d i m*
Hum P ickup L evel 12 d bm•• OPE N C
IRCUIT F
RE QUE NCY R
ESP ONSE
0 A TYPICAL
F
requency R esponse 5
0-15,000 cycles
44
.14 VEL OCITY M
ICR OPH ONE
F
inish Umber gray a
nd s a
tin c hrome $10
F
A
LAS
IT 4
51 '
NON
Moun ting 1/
2" pipe t hread
+ 5
D
imens ions
, o verall
Heigh t (i
nclud ing cush ion mounting) 1
2" DO 0

Width 43/
4"
3
Depth EC r
VOCE CON V ioN
Weigh t (unpacked , includ ing mounting
s) 8% l bs
. 1
0

Cable ( M143A) 3c onductor sh


ielded (
30 feet (no plug ) 1
5
S
tock I dent
ification MI4027 -G
2
0

•R
eferred t
o 0.001 w
att a
nd asound p
ressure o
f 1
0 dynes/cm 2
(
94 d b l
evel).
* R
eferred to 0.001 wa
tt and a 6
0 cyc
le h um fi
eld of 0.
001 1
00 4 63 I
tbe
t
rO
CO 1
CNC C
ycLcs P
C. 160 00
g
auss
.

1
5
M
ICROPHONES

"
Ban
ta m" Ve
loc
ity M
icrophone
,
T
ype KB
-2C
F
eatures
• Min iature s i
ze— ideal f or concealmen t
.
• Cab le d isconnec t at m icrophone m akes handl
ing e a
sy. j a i

• Exce l
len t response o ver the e s
sential aud
io r ange
.
• Directiona l p at
tern a l
lows o rientat
ion to reduce pickup o
f
unwan ted reflections
.

7
• S
hock moun ted.

,
• I
n sensitive t o stray m agnetic fie
lds.
• Low c ost
.
• Ad justable l ow f requency r esponse.
• Voice o r mu sic pickup . O
f
Uses
The "Ban tam" V eloc i
ty Microphone , T ype KB -2C , i s used i n
AM a nd FM b roadca st st
udio s
, i n remo tes a nd i n t e
levision
p
rograms where i ti se s
sen
tial t ha
t the a r
tist's face mu st be i n
f
ull v
iew. T he m icrophone i ss mall enough t o p erm it comp le
te
c
oncealmen t i fd e s
ired
I
n addition , the KB -2C will gi ve excel
len t s ervice i n a ny o f
t
he applications s ugge s
ted for t he 44
-BX V elocity M icrophone
w
ith no s acrif
ice i n o u
tput level a nd an i mpercep tible c hange
i
n quali
ty . Cogn izance mu s
t, h owever, be t aken o f t he fact that
t
he wind screening i n the KB-2C i s no
t a s e fective a s o n the
4-BX. I t is
, t here fore, be
st n ot t o at
temp t to w ork a s c lo
se
t
o th
e KB -2C ife xcitat
ion due t ob rea
th p uf s are to b e avoided .

Descr
ipt
ion
The KB -2C i s am iniature V elocity M icrophone w ho se p rin-
c
iple o f opera tion i sn o d iferen t than t ha t o f t he 4 4
-BX . T he
small s i
ze ( w ithou t s acrif
ice i n o utpu t l evel) i s o btained
t
hrough t he u se o f high ly e ff
icient magne tic m aterial s w hich
a
re p laced i n t he mo st a dvan tageou s p l ace s. T he ri bbon a nd
p
ole p iece assemb ly isc ontained i n the u ppe r s c
reened p or
tion
a
nd t he t ransformer a nd c ompensa ting r e actor i n the h ousing
immed iately b elow . O u tput i mpedance s o f 3 0/150/250 o hm s
a
re p rov ided. T he s creened p ortion i s p ivo ted a nd may b e
t
i
lted f orward o r backward t hrough a n a ng le o f a pprox ima tely
3
0 d egree s
. On o ne s ide b e
low t he p ivo t i s as crewdr iver-type
s
w i
tch f or s e
lec ting t he b as
s r espon se f o r v oice o r mu sic. T he Spec
ificat
ions
c
able c an b e d isconnec ted b y o pening t he b ack p ort
ion o f the D
irec
tiona
l C
harac
ter
ist
ics B
i
-direc
tiona
l
s
hank a nd disengag ing t he c oncea led p lug . An " XL" t yp e m ale
i
nsert i ss upplied a s ap art o f the m icrophone . Output I
mpedances 3
0/150/250 ohm
s
For d esk p osition s, t he KS -5A l ow -heigh t s t
and i s r ecom - Efect
ive Ou
tput Leve
l —56 d
bm•
mended f or u se w i
th t he KB -2C . A ny s tandard f l
oor s tand o r Hum P ick
-up Leve
l —108 d
bm••
c
ollapsible s tand may b e used f o r other a pp lica t
ion s. F
requency Response (
s
ee c
urve
) 6
0-10
,000 c
yc
les
F
inish S
at
in c
hrome a
nd umber g
ray
D
imensions (
overa
ll i
nc
lud
ing s
t
and f
i
t
ting
):
L
ength 87
/8"
W
idth W s"
D
epth I
"
Weigh
t Less Cab
le (unpacked
) 1
2 o z
.
Mount
ing %" -27 f
i
xture thread
S
tock Iden
tif
icat
ion MI-
11001
(
Inc
ludes 30 f
eet MI-43 3 c
onduc
tor sh
ielded cab
le)

Accessor
ies
Adaptor ( %" -27 microphone thread to %" pipe t
hread o n
s
tand) MI-12053
C
ab le Only ( t
hree conductor sh
ielded) MI43-A
D
e sk St
and ( umber gray metalus
tre) MI
-12066
D
e sk St
and ( b
lack) MI
-12066 -A
C
annon M icrophone Plug —Type P ( male) —MI
- 4630-B
C
annon M icrophone P lug —Type XL ( ma
le) MI
-12059

•R
eferred t
o one m
ill
iwa
tt a
nd a s
ound p
res
sure o
f 1
0
D
irec
tiona
l C
harac
teri
secs o
f aT yp
ica
l K8
-2C d
ynes/cm 2.
Ve
loc
ity Mic
rophone • L
eve
l r
e
fer
red t
o ah
um f
i
eld o
f 1i 1
0- 2 g
aus
s.

1
6
e
i
c
T
he KB
-2C s
h
own h
ere i
sac
tua
a s
i
ze
.

VELOC
ITY MICROPHONE &m
o
b i
le) /

B
i
cAus. t hi
s man i st a
lking i n
to o
utpu
t leve
l, —56 dbm . Three o
ut-
t
he n ew m iniature KB -2C , his p
ut impedances p
rov
ided ; 30, 1
50,
a
udiences hear him .. a nd s e
e him ! a
nd 250 ohm s
, in a
ccordance wi
th
Hear h
im —becau se the KB -2C h as RMA standards
.
"
big m ike" q uali
ty. S ee him —be -
c
ause t
he KB -2C i sone of the small- P
lenty ofo perating c
onven ience s
,
e
st high-quality m icrophone s y et t
oo. You c an t i
lt the KB -2C b ack-
d
esigned. It
's ideal for conven t
ion s ward a nd f orward o n i t
s s wivel
a
nd nigh t c
lub s
. And i t
's ideal for t
hrough a n angle o f abou t 30 d e-
g
eneral stat
ion a nd o ther i ndoo r g
ree s
. You c an s e
lect y our b ass
u
ses
. r
espon se b
y mean s of ascrewdr iver-
t
ype s wi
tch located under the s wivel
U
sing h ighly ef icient magne t
ic p
ivo t
. You c an disconne ct t
he c able
material ...a nd amagne t structure r
ight a t t
he m icrophone . F or d esk
D
irect
ional charac
ter
ist
ics o
f a
t
hat's ap a r
t of the mi crophone c a
se p
o s
itions, use RCA 's t ype KS -2A
typ
ical KB-2C microphone
.
i
t
self, here 's am icrophone t hat
's a s l
ow -height stand. F or o ther s erv-
"
light as af eather" — a nd s o s mal
l i
ces
, use any standard floor stand o r
4 1 00 1 :
03,C
i
tf i
ts in to y our p ocke t
. I t
s direc- c
ollapsible s
tand .
.

rf
VO
ICI
t
ional c haracteris
tics p rovide a
i
s
s
ymme trical f i
gure eigh t ...w ith
.
20
s
urprising ly u niform f requency r e
- More about t
he 12-ounce KB
-2C
1
00

l
i
ttpyl.CY Ot
1
.
001
3

teS 00 I
tC ONO .
1
0
,CCO 1
9
.000
s
pon se b etween 6 0 and 1 0,000 c ps
. f
rom y our RCA B roadcast S
ale
s
Hum l eve l
, —108 d bm . Efec tive Eng
ineer
. O r w
rite Dept
.
Open C
ircui
t F
requency R esponse
o
f atypica
l KB-2C microphone.
M
ICROPHONES

P
ressure M
icrophone
, T
ype 8
8-A
F
eatures
• tn
i
form r
e
sponse o
ver t
he e
ssen
tia
l a
udio f
r
equency r
ange
.

• N
ot s
ens
itive t
o i
%i
nd a
nd mechan
ica
l v
ibra
tion
.
• L
igh
twe
igh
t.
• Sma
ll s
i
ze.
• R
ugged c
ons
truc
tion
.
• L
ow c
os
t.
• A
ttrac
tive a
ppearance
.
• F
requency c
harac
ter
ist
ic i
ndependen
t o
f s
ource d
is
tance
.

Uses
The 8 8-A m icrophone i ss u
itable f or use i n b roadcas t AM , FM
a
nd T elevision studios f or the fol
low ing a pplicat• (
1) P ro-
g
rams where c oncealmen t o f the m icrophone i s d es
irab le;
(
2) P rograms where t he artis
t mus t w ork e xtreme ly c lose t o
t
he m icrophone; ( 3
) P rograms w here a ud ience p art
icipa tion
r
equ ires t he use of am icrophone w h
ich i sr ugged a nd may b e
r
ead i
ly h andled; ( 4) Announce w here t he a nnouncer mus t
work v ery c lo
se t o the m icrophone; ( 5
) N ewsca s
ting a nd c on-
f
erence p rograms where e ach p artic
ipan t h as a m icrophone;
(
6 ) B roadcast a nd T elevision R emo tes; ( 7) P rograms a nd
Announce o n remo tes w here a r ugged m icrop l i
s requ ired
which w ill n ot b e e xcessively b oom when w orked ( lose;
1
8 ) S portcast
ing w here a l ight r ugged m icrophone i s r e
-
quired; ( 9) Out-of-door r emo tes of all kinds w here the m icro -
phone w i
ll b e subjected t o w eather; ( 1
(h) N ews e vents where
small s i
ze m icrophone w il
l r i
ot h ide s peaker; ( 111 I nterv iew
p
rograms where t he light w eight o f the m icrophone f acili
ta tes
quick a nd e asy h andling.

Descr
ipt
ion
I
n t he 88
-A M icrophone t he sound p ressure actuates a thin
b
ut r ugged mo lded d iaphragm t o wh ich a n annu lar co
il is
a
t
tached . The c oil is in the air gap o f a magne tic st
ructure
a
nd c onnected t o a n impedance ma tch ing transformer w hich
p
rovides o utput i mpedances o f 3) 150 a nd 2 50 o hms. T he
v
oltage response o f the m icrophone i s made a pproximately
i
ndependen t o f frequency o ver the aud io range b y coupling
a
coustic ci
rcuits to the diaphragm. F or frequencies below 2000
c
ycles the microphone i s non-d
irect
iona l.

T
he microphone a
ngle may b
e adjusted by means o
f ab al
l
a
nd s
ocket j
oin
t and lo
cked i
n p
osit
ion with a t
humbserew
.

D
irec
tiona
l c
harac
ter
ist
ic o
l a
Spec
ificat
ions t
ypica
l 8
8-A P
ressure M
icrophone

D
irec
tiona
l C
harac
ter
ist
ics S
emi-direc
tional
Ou
tpu
t I
mpedances _30/150/250 ohnis
Efec
tive Ou
tpu
t L
eve
l —
55 dbm*
Hum P
ickup L
eve
l —
109 dbm**
OPE N C
IRC U
IT
F
requency R
esponse 6
0
-10
,000 c
ycle
s
FREQUENCY R
ESPONSE
F
inish S
ain eh
t rome a
nd umber gray
TYPE 68-A
Moun
ting 1 /2" p
ipe t
hread PRESSURE M
ICROPHONE '
D
imensions, O vera
ll: •
I0

H
eight (inc
lud ing Moun
ting) 4%"
▪ •
5
D
iameter 241"
Weight (
unpacked) 1lb
.
▪o
C
P.4'
"
"'.'
"
...— /----

Cable (
M
n
-43
, t
hree c
o
:.duc
tor s
h
ielded) 3
0
' n
o p
lug) 0. -
5

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-1048
-E -
10

*Referred t o 0.001 w
att and a s
ound pr-ssure of 1
0 d
ynesr2.
T h
is c orresponds t
o the propo
sed RM ra
ting a
t asound
60 1
00 4
000 1
0
,000
p
ressure l evel of 9
4 (II
.
FR U
:
It/C .C .
, I
. C
YCLES P
ER S
ECOND
s
• Level r eferred to ah um fie
ld of 00
) 1 gauss. 8
.•••es .

1
8
M
ICROPHONES

M
icrophones
, M
I-6206
-E a
nd KN-
1A
Aeropressure M
I-6206-E
F
eatures
T
he m icrophone i
ssupplied w
ith e
ither
• L
ow c
ost
. ashor
t l eng
th o
fcable a
nd aT ype "
XL"
P
lug I
MI-6206
.G) o
r a 3
0
-foo
t l
eng
th
• Good f
r
equenc
y r
e
sponse
.
o
f c
able w
ithou
t p
lug (
MI-6206
-E). T
he
a
ngu
lar pos
ition o
f t
he m
icrophone may
• H
igh o
utpu
t l
eve
l.
b
e a
djus
ted t o s
u
it t
he u
ser
.
• B
aff
le f
or a
djus
ting d
irec
tiv
ity
.
S
pec
ificat
ions
Direc
tional C harac
-
U
ses t
er
ist
ics S
emi
-dire
(-
tiona
l
Output I mpedance 9
50 ohms
T
he MI-6206
-G i
s sui
table for use in: (1) pub
lic addres
s Efec
tive Ou
tpu
t L
eve
l —
56 (
Bon*
s
ys
tems where a q
uality p
ressure microphone i
s requ
ired;
(
2) b
roadcas
t s
t
udio t
a
lk-back c
i
rcu
its; (
3) b
roadcas
t a
nnounce Hum P
ick
-up L
eve
l 1
09 d
bm••
emergency a
ppl
ica
tions
. F
requency R
esponse 8
0
-8,000 c
ycle
s

F
inish Two t
one umber g
ray
D
esc
rip
tion
Moun
ting %"-27 f
i
xture t
hread
T
he MI
-6206
.G i
s a mov
ing c
oi
l m
icrophone s
imi
lar i
n o
per
- (
MI-12051 A
dap
tor r
equ
ired f
or /
2 "p
1 ipe t
hread
.)
a
t
ing p
rinc
iple t
o t
he 8
8
-A P
res
sure M
icrophone b
ut h
aving a
D
imens
ions
, o
vera
ll
more l
imi
ted f
r
equency r
ange
. T
he MI
-6206
-G i
sre
lat
ive
ly n
on-
L
eng
th
d
irec
tiona
l be
low 1000 cyc
les a nd in
creas
ing
ly direc
tional 5
"
a
bove tha
t f
r
equency
. The direc
tiona
l pat
tern may be ei
ther D
iame
ter 9
,
1e
s
harpened o
r broadened depend
ing upon t he pos
ition of t
he
We
igh
t (
unpacked) 2% l
bs
.
p
aracous
tic b
aff
le s
upplied
. With t
he concave si
de t oward t
he
f
r
ont o
f t
he m
icrophone t
he d
irec
tiona
l p
at
tern i
s n
arrm
sed S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion:
a
nd w
ith t
he c
onvex s
i
de f
orward t
he p
at
tern i
s b
roadened
. W
ith 3
0 f
t
. C
able iM
I-42
, N
o P
lug) MI
-6206
-E

Announce M
icrophone
, T
ype KN-
1A
F
eatures
• L
ow c
ost
. a
n M I-12053 a
dap
tor i
s nece
ssary where t
he micro
-
phone is to b
e u
sed w
ith st
ands hav
ing a 1/
2" p
ipe
• L
igh
twe
igh
t a
nd s
mal
l s
i
ze. t
hread
.
• C
oncea
led p
lug c
onnec
tion
.
• G
ood f
r
equency r
esponse
. Spec
ificat
ions
• S
hank m
ay s
erve a
s h
and
le. D
irec
tiona
l C
harac
ter
ist
ic S
emi
-direc
tiona
l
• H
igh o
utpu
t l
eve
l. Efec
tive Outpu
t Leve
l —57 d
bm•
Hum P ick
-up Leve
l 1
09 d
bm••
U
ses F
requency R
esponse 1
00
-8,000 c
ycles
The A nnounce M icrophone, T ype KN -1A has the fo
l- Ou
tpu
t I
mpedance 2
50 o
hms
l
owing a pplica
tions : (1) publ
ic a ddress sy
stems where F
inish Two t
one umber g
ray
aq ua
lity pressure m icrophone isr equired; (2
) b road- D
imens ions:
c
ast stud
io t a
lk-back s ys
tems; ( 3) broadcast announce Length 93/
4"
emergency a pplicat
ions; ( 4) interview-type programs Width 11
/"
2
where frequency r ange may b e a dequate. Depth 2
"
Weigh
t Less C
able (
unpacked) 13
/
4 l
bs
.
D
escr
ipt
ion Mount
ing %" -27 f
i
xture t
hread
The KN -1A M icrophone i s a moving c onductor t ype S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion:
o
f a n entire
ly n ew d es
ign w i
th modern istic lines
. T he W
ith 3
0
' C
able MI
-1208
1-C
microphone u nit a nd s hank a re mechan ically c on-
n
ected t hrough a s w
ive l which allows the microphone
t
o b e tnoved t hrough a n angle o f 8
0 degrees. In add i
- A
ccessor
ies
t
ion t o serving a s as t
and o r handle, the shank c on- D
esk S
tand (
gray me
talus
tre) MI
-12066
c
eals the u sua l u nsigh t
ly plug c onnection. A ccess to
t
he t ype " XL" p lug u sed is o b
tained b y lif
ting t he •Referred to one mi
lliwa
tt and a s
ound p res
sure
c
over wh ich f orms t he back p or
tion of the s
hank . T he 1
0 d
1 ynes/cm 2.
m
icrophone moun t ing i s a %" -27 fi
xture thread. a nd •
• L
eve l re
ferred to ahum fi
eld o
f 1x 10 -3 gauss
.

1
9
M
ICROPHONES

M
icrophone S
tands
B
anquet S
tand
, M
I-4095-A D
esk S
tand, T
ype 9
1-B
F
eatures F
eatures
• C
ompac t and c onvenient f
or por
tab
le u
se
. • S
ma l
l si
ze.
• R
ugged c onstruct
ion. • Heavy b
ase w
ith f
e
lt c
overed b
ot
tom
.
• E
asy t o a
ssemb le or take a
par
t. • A
d jus
table h
eigh
t.
• Adjus
table height
. • A
ttrac
tive a
ppearance
.
• A
ttrac
tive appearance
.

U
ses
U
ses
T
he 91-B is a heavy-based d esk st
and
'
t
hi
s m
icrophone s
t
and i
sthe i
dea
l f
or b
anque
ts o
r o
ther o
cca
-
d
es
igned especia
lly f or s t
udio o r an
-
s
ion
s w here a s
t
urdy
, a
t
trac
tive a
nd t
ru
ly p
ortab
le d
es
ign i
s
r
equired
. n
ounce use
. I t i
s at
tract
ive i n appear
-
a
nce a
nd e a
sily mounts t he heav
iest o
f
s
t
udio m
icrophone
s.
D
escr
ipt
ion
T
he M
I-4095
-A i
sof n
ove
l c
ons
truc
tion i
n
D
escr
ipt
ion
t
hat i
t
s b ase forms a compact c
arrying
The 91
-B i s fi
nished i n umber g ray with
c
ase f
o
r the en
tire s
tand
. The h
ol
low under
s
a
t in chrome t rim. T he base isf el
t c ov
-
s
i
de of t
he base ca
sting a
ccommoda
tes the
e
red t o prevent m arring the s u
rface o n
s
t
and
's th
ree te
lescoping tubu
lar s
ec
tions
which itisp l
aced. T he st
and i sp rovided
a
nd two f
in t
ype leg
s fold in
to t
he base
w
ith a l
ternate moun ting e xten
sion s —one
.
i
des
. When unfo
lded the leg
s e xtend 51/
4"
34" and o ne 134 "
, t he choice d epending o
n t
he t
ype m
icro
-
f
r
om c en
ter o
f the v
ertical rod. The bot
-
phone t o be moun ted .
t
om of th
e b
ase iscove red with fel
t.

S
pec
ificat
ions
Spec
ificat
ions
H
eight _Ad justable 10 %" t
o 2 4/4
B
ase D imen s
ions 3%"x10 3/ 2"x
l %" M
icrophone Moun
ting_ _ %" p
ipe t
h
read
M
icrophone Moun ting _%" p ipe
t
hread o
r %" -27 f i
xture t hread B
ase D
imen
sions 4%" x 6%" X 34"

w
ith adaptor r emoved
Weight 5lbs
. F
ini
sh Umber g
ray w
ith p
oli
shed c
hrom
ium t
r
im
F
inish_ Umber g ray a nd
s
atin c hrome We
igh
t l
b
s.
S
tock Ident
ification _ _MI -4095 -A
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-4092
-C

Desk S
tand
, T
ype KS-5A
T
he desk st
and, Type KS
-5A, i
s a

n
eat
ly de
signed s
tand p
rimar
ily fo
r
u
se w
ith t
he KB
-2C a
nd K
IS
I-1A
m
icrophones
. I t i
s o
f c
a s
t meta
l and Announce S
tand
, T
ype 9
1-A
a
t
trac
tive
ly fi
nished ing
ray m
etalus
tre
. (
Spec
ial
ly des
igned f
or t
he
The microphone i s h
eld r
igidly in
T
ype 44-BX M
icrophone)
p
osi
tion b
y %" -27 t
hread b
olt
. T
he
b
ot
tom is cu
shioned by a strip o
f
r
ubber
, g
i
ving adequa
te p
rotec
tion t
o T
he 91
-A i s asimp
le but at
trac
tive
a
ny f
i
nely f
i
nished s
ur
face
. d
esk st
and for 4-BX M ic
rophone s
.
I
t is f
i
nished i
n d ark umber gray
m
etalu
stre and it
s b
ase r
es
ts on t
hree
S
pec
ificat
ions f
e
lt b u
ttons. Heigh
t o f th
e 4 -BX
D
imensions
: C
enter above d
esk i
s 8%"
. Base d
iam-
L
ength 4%" e
t
er, 7
"
. U
se o
nly w
i
th T
ype 4
-BX
W
idth 5%" M
icrophone
.
H
eigh
t 4
3"
We
igh
t 1% l
b
s.

F
i
tting S
i
ze (
o
f m
ike e
x
ten
sion) %" -27 t
hread S
pec
ificat
ions
We
igh
t (
unpacked
) 3% l
b
s.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion:
G
ray Me
talus
tre M
I-12066 S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion

2
0
M
ICROPHONES

M
icrophone S
tands

D
esk S
tand
, M
1-13240 Announce S
tand
,
This st
urd i
ly c on struc ted d esk s tand i s
i
deal f o
r u se w ith t he lighter m icro- M
1-4096
p
hone s w here a low c ost st
and i sneeded . This a t
tract
ive ly
-de s
igned a n
-
The stand i s 63/" h
4 igh a nd t he 43/ 4"
- nounce s t
and isa d
ju stable from
d
iameter b ase i s e qu ipped w ith f our 8t o 101 A", making i ti deal fo
r
r
ubber f ee
t. T he s tand i s a ttract
ive ly u
se o n ad esk o r t able. It is
f
i
nished i n umber g ray with p o
lished f
inished i nchrom ium a nd black
c
hrome t r
im . A s s upplied t he s t
and a
nd f e
a tures a 7%" b ase. The
n
tounting i s 1/" p
2 ipe t hread; w ith t he m
icrophone moun ting i s a 1A"
a
daptor r emoved t he moun ting i s a p
ipe t hread
, a nd w ith t he
%" -27 f ix
ture t hread . a
dap tor r emoved , m ay b e used
We
igh
t (
unpacked
) 1
4 o
zs
. w
ith m icrophone h aving a
—27 f i
xture t hread.
We
igh
t (
packed) 11
/2 l
b
s. We
igh
t (
unpacked) 4l
b
s.

P
ush m
ike S
tand
, M
1-6427
This s mar
tly d es
igned t a
ble stand fea-
t
ures ab u
ilt
-in m icrophone s w
itch and P
ush m
ike Adap
tor
, M
1-6425
i
s sui
tab le for use with all RCA p res-
A
n a
dap
tor w
ith a b
uil
t-in m
icrophone s
wi
tch
s
ure t ype m icrophones. T he switch is
o
f the D .P.D.T. l ong l
eaf apt
i-capaci
ty o
f t
he D
.P.D
.T. l
ong l
e
af a
nt
i-capac
ity t
ype
.
t
ype a nd p erm
its t u
rning t
he m icro- T
he s
wi
tch p
erm
its "
push
-to
-ta
lk" o
per
ation o
r
p
hone o n a nd o f ri
ght a
t the m icro- l
o
cked
-in "
t
alk" p
osi
tion a
nd m
ay b
e u
sed
p
hone s t
and. It m ay al
so b
e u sed f or w
ith a
ny f
l
oor o
r t
ab
le s
t
and h
aving %" -27
'
push-
to-talk" opera
tion o
r l
ock-
in
f
i
xture t
hreads
. T
he a
dap
tor i
s a
n e
xtreme
ly
"Ta
lk" p os
ition
.
l
i
ght c
ompac
t u
nit f
i
nished i
n c
hrom
ium
. I
t
The st
and i s 43A
" high w i
th 53 4 "b
/ ase i
s 4%" l
ong
, 1
-134" i
n d
iame
ter a
nd w
eigh
t i
s
a
nd isattractively f
in
ished in chromium.
A
3 l
b
s. u
npacked
.
The m icrophone moun ting i s for a
%" -27 ma le or female t hread. S
tock
F
i
tting _ B
ottom %" -27 f
i
xture t
hread (
f
ema
le)
#33543 A daptor i s ava
ilable o n sep
-
a
rate order f o
r m icrophone w ith 1 /
2" T
op %" -27 f
i
xture t
head (
f
ema
le) w
ith a
dded
p
ipe thread . %" -27 t
hread
, m
ale n
ipple
Weigh
t ( unpacked) /
34 l
b
.
Weigh
t ( unpacked) 11
2 "l
/ bs
. S
tock Identif
ica
tion MI
-6425
S
tock Ident
ifica
tion MI-6427
(
Includes M
I-6425 S
t
and a
nd M
1-6426 B
ase)

M
icrophone Adap
tors
t
hread was inf
ini
tely more p
opu
lar than a
ny o
ther pipe size
.
RCA o fer
s a c omprehensive stock of m icrophone a daptors
F
or thi
s reason, RCA h as s
t
andard
ized on t
he 12 " s
/ tandard
s
ui
table for microphones a nd s
tands, e
tc.
, u sed in the broad-
p
ipe t
hread, a
nd a
vai
ls b
roadca
ster
s o
f a
dap
tor
s t
o s
u
it a
ny
c
as
t fie
ld. A r ecen
t q ue
stionna
ire c onf
irmed t ha
t f a
r i t
s sim- a
ppl
ica
tion.
p
l
icity in p
rocuremen t and ava
ilabil
ity, the 12 "s
/ t
andard p ipe

S
tand M
icrophone S
tock
T
h read Thread I
dea
tif
icc
rt
ion
4 "p
/
1 ipe t
hread 4 "p
/
1 ipe t
hread M
I-12051
4 "p
/
1 ipe t
hread M
I-12053
2 "p
/
1 ipe t
hread %" -24 (W.E.) M
I-12057
/
38"-24 (W
.E .) /
12" p
ipe t
hread M
I-12057
-A
/" p
2
1 ipe t
hread M
I-6229
%" -27 %" pipe t
hread MI
-12055 MI
-12055 MI
-1205
1 MI
-6229

2
1
M
ICROPHONES

M
icrophone S
tands
P
rogra m S
tand
, T
ype 90-A F
loor S
tand
, T
ype KS-
1A
U
ses U
ses
T
he T ype 90
-A Program S tand is used i
n broadcas
t s tud
ios T
he T ype KS -IA Floor S tand is u
sed i
n B roadcas
t studios
where a s
t
and i
s required which wi
ll be a
t
tractive i
n a ppear
- w
here some s t
abi
lity of suppor
t m ay b
e s
acr
ificed fo
r ease of
a
nce and give s
t
ab le support even to t
he heavier types of p
l
acemen t changes
. E spec
ially re
commended f o
r use wi
th t he
m
icrophones
. l
i
ghter mic
rophone s.

D
esc
rip
tion D
escr
ipt
ion
T
he 90
-A floor s
tand is asturd ily c on struc ted s t
and w hich w i
ll T
he KS -
1A m i c
rop
lione s t
and f eatures t he s ame p atented
g
ive s
t
abi
lity to t
he h
eavies
t m icrophone s. T he b ase i sw eighted s
mooth height a
dju
stment o f the 9 0-A i n a s tand o f much
a
nd has equal
izing projec
tions w h
ich a ssure a f i
rm p osit
ion l
i
ghter N e
igh
t. T
he column a nd te
le scoping t ube a re fi
nished
o
n a n u neven f loor
. T he c olumn i s i
n sa
tin chrome a nd t he base in dark
e
qu ipped w ith a s imp le c lamp ing d e
- umber g ray w rinkle t o h armonize
v
ice w hich p erm its heigh t adju s
tmen ts w
ith RCA m ic
rophone s. Cable g u
ides
t
o b e m ade e a sily a nd q uietly w ith- a
re inc
luded t o hold t he microphone
o
ut o pera ting a ny r elea se m echan i
sm . c
ord close t o the stand a t t he base
.
The u p a nd d own o pera tion i ss moo th T
he s t
and a s suppl
ied m ay be used
a
nd t he l ock ing o peration p osi
tive. w
ith any m icrophones having a 12 "
/
The p aten ted c lamp i s mechan ically
P
ipe t hread a nd b y removing a n
s
imp le a nd i sr ugged ly c onstructed t o a
dapter f i
t
ting w i
th a ny microphone
g
ive y ear s o f s erv ice. h
aving a %" -
--27 fi
xture th
read.
The s tand a s s upp l
ied m ay b e u sed
w
ith a ny m icrophone h aving a 1 /"
2
p
ipe t h read a nd b y simp ly r emov ing
a
n a dap ter f it
t ing w ith a ny m icro-
p
rone h av ing a %" -27 f i
xture t hread. F
eatures
The 9 0-A i s f i
n ished i n s at
in c hrome
t
o h armon ize w i th RCA M icrophone s
. • S
ui
table for u
se w
i
th a
l
l RCA
Cable g u
ide s a re i ncluded t o h o
ld t he Mie
rophone
s.
microphone c ord c lo
se t o t he s tand
a
t t he b ase . • L
ow p
r
ice
.

F
eatures • S
moo
th opera
tion with automa
tic
c
l
amping a
nd re
lease dev
ice.
• Hundred
s giv
ing e
xce
llent p
erform•
a
nce in le
ading b
roadca
st st
ud io
s.
• L
igh
t w
eigh
t.
• S
uitab
le for u
se w
ith a
l
l RCA
M
icrophone
s.
• L
arge h eavy base w
ith equa
liz
ing
•I
IC
aV t
e
n i
n
ch b
ake
.
p
rojections as
sure s
turdy suppor
t
o
f m icrophone
. • S
iurdy c
ons
truc
tion
.
• S
imp
le non •sl
ide
, t
r
oub
le f
r
ee
c
l
amping d
evice
. • r
at i
v
ely f
i
nished
.
• A
ttrac
tive
ly f
i
nished i
n s
a
tin
c
hrome. S
pec
ificat
ions
'
f
right o
f S
tand A
dju
stab
le fr
om 3 '2" to 5
'5 1
2 "
/
S
pec
ifica
tions M
icrophone Moun
ting /
12" p
ipe th
read or
He
ight o
f S
tand Ad
jus
table f
rom 3 '
8" to 6'
2" /
51"-27 fi
xture t
hread
M
icrophone Moun
ting S
t
andard 1/
2" p
ipe thread or D
iame ter of Lower T
ube 1
"
rV-27 fi
xture thread D
iame ter o
f B a
se 1
0"
D
iame ter of B ase 1
21/"
4 Weight Iunpacked( 1
4 lbs.
Weigh t (unpacked) 3 lbs
. F
inish
F
in i
sh S
atin Chrome Base D
ark umber gray
S
tock I den
tifica
tion MI
-11050 S
tand S
atin chrome
Accessory It
em —Cab le Hook M1
-11099 S
tock Iden
t if
ica
tion M1-12065

C
able Hook
, M
l-11099
U
ses F
eatures
• C
an b
e a
t r r
tached o emoved i
n af
ew s
e
conds
.
A
ttached t
o t
he 9
0
-A o
r a
ny o
ther 11
4 " r
/ ound t
ube
s
t
and the MI-
11099 prov
ide
s a convenien
t me
thod o
f • S
ave
s w
ear o
n t
he c
able
.
h
old
ing the c
able w
hen itis n
ot i
n use
. • K
eep
s c
able o
ut o
f t
he w
ay w
hen n
ot i
n u
se
.

D
escr
ipt
ion S
pec
ifica
tions
T
he Cable Hook i
ss imp
le t
o i
nsta
ll, a
nd m
ay b e ea
sily We
ight _ 1
5 oz
.
a
dju
sted to the proper h
eigh
t. Merely ti
ghtening a F
inish S
a
tin c
hromium
s
moo
th l
ock
ing n
ut h
old. i
tin p
osi
tion
. Do
le D iame
ter

2
M
ICROPHONES

M
icrophone S
tands
B
oo m S
tand
, T
ype KS-3B

F
eatures
• S
turdy c onstruc
tion. st
rong t ubing and ca
stings
.
• L
arge b ase with rubber tired cas
ters.
• E
asily adjusted over w
ide r ange o
f heigh
ts and boom l
eng
th.
• P
ositive locking adjus
tmen ts.
• A
ir c ushion lowering brake, re
leases fo
r easy l
i
ft.
• L
ightwe ight
.

Uses
F
or broadcas t .1M and FM s t
udios and T e
levision applications:
(
1) P rograms where t he best microphone p osi
tion canno t be
r
eached w ith a c onventiona
l floor stand; ( 2
) P iano p ickup;
1
31 O rchestra
l pickup w here the s t
and may b e sub s
tituted
f
or m icrophones s uspended o verhead; ( 4
) T elev
ision P ro
-
g
rams w here movemen t o
f the microphone i s not r
equ ired.

Descr
ipt
ion
The KS -3B b oom l ength and t he coun ter balance o verhang a re
e
asily a d
justab le, and t he p os
ition s elec
ted i s securely l o
cked
b
y i s h
anik%hee l.
. T he m icrophone f i
t
ting i s swivel
mounted . t
hus e liminating t he n eed of rota
ting t he microp l e
i
shen a t
taching i tt o the st
and . Movemen t of t
he s t
and i s qu
iet
a
nd e a
sy b ecause o f the smoo th-roll
ing r ubber-t
ired c asters with
which i t i
s e quipped . Once t he stand i s properly p laced t he
c
asters can b e l ocked b y means o f f oot
-operated l ocks. C able
s
uppor ts are p rovided a long t he b oom f or the m icrophone
c
able.
For st
orage or f
or convenien
t transpor
t t
he l
egs a
nd t
he b oom
may be f o
lded a
gainst the c
enter co
lumn to make a r
e
lat
ively
smal
l p ackage
.
KS
-313 shown
T
he KS
-3B boom st
and i
s f
in
ished in s
a
tin c
hrome a
nd g
ray c
ollap
sed
t
o h
armon
ize isi
t
h BC %microphone
s.

T
hree-Sect
ion M
icrophone Spec
ificat
ions

S
tand, MI-6208 H
eigh
t o
f S
tand_ kd
justable f r
ont
5'2" to 8'8"
F
eatures Horizon
tal A rm . A
d just ment (W ith
o
verhang t o r ear) 3'to 6'
• Ut
ili
ty s t
and f or floor or banquet u
se
. Microphone Moun ting S
tandard 1/"
2
• Three s ections f or easy packaging o
r p
ipe thread
c
arrying. Weight ( unpacked) 64 lbs
.
• I
leavy t en-
inch b ase. F
inish _Sa tin sta
in les s st
eel and gray
• At
tractive a ppearance. S
tock I dentif
ica
tion MI
-11056

Descr
ipt
ion
Por
tab
le S
tand,
The MI -6208 i s ac onven ient a nd attractive
s
tand f or f loor o r banque t u se. It i s espe- T
ype 59-B
c
ial
ly s ui
tab le f or portab le use since i t may
be taken a part i n
to t hree s e
ctions f or e asy Descr
ipt
ion
p
ack ing o r c arrying. T he stand h as a h eavy
The 59
-B is af o
lding, li
gh twe
igh t and
t
en-
inch g ray c rackle b ase which i strimmed
r
ugged stand w hich i s u
nexcelled for
w
ith s a
tin- s
ilver s tr
ipes . T he stand f i
nish i s
f
i
eld use. I
tf e
atures at r
ipod h ase and
c
hrome .
apatented clutch arrangemen t w hich
p
ermits h eight a djustmen ts t o b e
Spec
ificat
ions q
uickly made w ithout t he operat
ion
Heigh t (for floor use -3 s ections) o
f a mechan ical release
.
Ad
justable f rom 3 ' 1" t o 5'
Spec
ificat
ions
Heigh t (for banque t use -2 s ect
ions)
Adjustable from 1 '6 " to 2 ' 7
" He
igh
t _Ad
jus
tatb
le f
rom 3
' t
o 5
'
Microphone Moun t
ing '/
2" pipe thread We
igh
t (
unpacked) 3% l
bs
.
F
in ish
Stand F
inish S
atin chrome
Polished c hrom ium
Base Gun me tal crack le with M
icrophone Moun t
ing %" p ipe
s
atin-si
lver s tripes t
hread or 5/8"
--27 f
i
xture thread
Weiuh t ( unpacked) 1 l bs
. w
ith adaptor r
emoved.
g
tnek T rlent
ifiention MI-6208 S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI4093
-B

2
3
S
tud
io Warn
ing

I
r
mot
.
i
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ii
iima
l
tro
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o
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F
i
lamen
t T
rans
formers
J
ack P
ane
ls a
nd Ma
ts

a
nd F
use P
ane
ls

L
i
ne, M
ixing
, a nd
B
r
idging T
ransformers
P
atch C
ords

M
icrophone S
tands L
ine E
qua
lizers
C
abine
t R
acks

RCA a
d
ea,ceggmees
FOR EVERY STATI O N NEE D AM•F
IM•TV

R
s
t
ud
P
RESENTED HERE a
pl
e
io w
te l
a
rn
i
ne o
ing l
i
f f
ght
i
ne a
s.
ud
.c
r

ab
e i
t
io a
ine
em
cc
e
tr
s f
s
a
r
so
ck
om b
r
ies
roadca
. M
s ...p
ic
s
ting
' s mo
rophone s
anel
-moun
t
s
and
ted a
t c
om
s ...
uxi
lia
-

ry
u
nit
s. . transfo
rme rso fmany kinds
.I nall
, moret han 100 diferent
i
t
em s— with every type o
f u n
it you need from large size cabinet
r
a
cks down t op atch co
rds
.
D
esigned bya udio men fo
ra udio men,the
se ac
cessor
ies arebui
lt
w
ith t
heprofess
iona lthoroughnes
sn eeded t
om ee
tt he mos
te xac
ting
r
equ
iremen t
s of broadcast u
se
. Me chan
ical
ly and el
ect
rical
ly, e
very
u
nitisbui
ltt o"take i
t.
"
F
or in
formation on RCA'
sc ompl
ete li
ne o
f aud
io a
ccesso
ries ...
i
mmed ia
tely a
vai
lable f
rom st
ock .
.cally ou
r RCA Broadcas
tS a
les
E
ngineer
,o rD ept
. 7-G
,E ng
ineer
ing Product
s, RCA,Camden, New
J
e
rsey.

2
4
M
ICROPHONES

"Mag
ic L
ock" B
oom S
tand
, T
ype K
S-4A

F
eatures
• R
emarkable d
imens
iona
l f
l
exib
ili
ty —a 1
3
' a
rc e
x
tend
ing t
o o
ne m ain "mag
ic lo
ck" which c
onst
itu
tes a
n ins
tan
taneous and
2
1
' h
igh. p
osit
ive ac
tion in t
he v
er
tical p
lane
. The s
ecur
ing sc
rew brake
c
ontrols a
nd locks t
he boom movemen t i
n az
imuth.
• O
ne a
rm u
niver
sal a
c
tion
.
The boom, w i
th t wo t e
le scoping 4 ' sec
tion s, h as a control
lab le
• "Mag
ic L
ock"
, i
n
sur
ing p
osi
tive a
nd i
n
stan
taneou
s a
c
tion
. a
rc of approxima tely 1 80° b y v ir
tue o f a nother " magic lock".
The microphone m ay b e e levated a nd r ota ted i n az
imu th t o
• M
icrophon
ic n
oise
s r
educed t
o am
inimum
.
a
ny point by ao ne a rm o peration o f c
oun ter b alance. The b ase
• Mob
ili
ty —base w
il
l p
ass t
hrough a
ny d
oor
. h
as a radius of 2 6", g iving i tg reat mob i lity, and a l
lowing i t
t
o pass through a ny s tandard d oor. T he s t
and a nd base a re
• A
ll s
t
eel c
ons
truc
tion —
sat
in c
hrome f
i
nish
. s
upported b y three l arge, h eavy-du ty ball b earing c as
ters
, r ub-
b
er covered t o i nsure a s moo th a nd s i
len t o perat
ion. T he
• L
ow o
pera
ting e
xpen
se--no m
ain
tenance r
equ
ired
. m
icrophone c able i sg uided a t si
x locat
ions a nd thus el
imina tes
• S
ui
tab
le f
or c
a
twa
lks
, e
t
c., w
ith moun
ting b
racke
t. a
ny possibi
lity o f fouling a pparatus o r instrumen ts
. If desired,
t
he boom 's vert
ica l s haft m ay b e r emoved f rom t he hou s
ing
a
nd used o n ac atwa lk o r aw a
ll f i
t
ting b racket.
U
ses
T
he "Mag ic L ock" B oom S tand, T ype KS-4A is used in
B
roadcas
t a nd T elev
ision st
ud ios w here i
t is n
ece
ssary to S
pec
ificat
ions
e
l
evate a m icrophone t o a considerable h
eigh
t or dis
tance
f
r
om t h
e p o
in t o
f support. D
imensions
:
We
ight o
f Microphone R
adiu
s of A
rc H
eight
Descr
ipt
ion 1l
b
. 1
3' 2
1
'
4lb
s. 9
' 1
7
'
The "Mag ic L ock" B oom Stand i s another a ddi
tion t o t he
s
eries o f microphone s tands employing the "mag ic l
ock" p rin- 8lb
s. 6' 1
4
'
c
iple. T he i ngenuity of th
is pa
tented d evice is unexcel
led b y C
oun
ter B
alance 2
'fr
om c
enter y
oke
a
ny o ther t ype o f mechanism produced. I t a
llows ao ne h and
Boom When Clo
sed 5
'rad
ius
movemen t o f the boom w i
thout operat
ion o f screws or re
lease
mechan isms a nd w i
ll reta
in a p os
itive p os
ition without a ny Adjus
tab
le H
eight Above F
loor 6
' t
o 9
'
p
o ss
ibility of s l
ipping. F
inish S
at
in c
hrome
Weight A
pprox 2
00 l
b
s.
T
he KS-IA i s o
f al
l s t
eel con
struc
tion wi
th a s a
tin chrome
f
i
nish t
hroughout except fo
r the low grav
ity ca
st iron b a
se, Microphone T
hread _S
tandard %" -27 w
ith a
dap
tor t
o %"
w
hich i
sd ark umber gr
ay. The main s
haf
t of t
he st
and uti
lizes S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-11052

2
5
M
ICROPHONES

M
icrophone B
oo m & P
era mbu
lator
, M
I-26574

S
T

F
eatures
• B
oom a nd p
erambu
lator c
an b
e p
assed t
h
rough n
arrow h
aru Lthee
l, t
he e
l
evating co
lumn ra
ise
s t he b
oom fr
om a
d
oorway
s. h
eigh
t of 6feet
, 5in
ches to 9fe
et, 5inche
s. T
he o
perat
ing
• Dura
lum inum t
ubing f
o
r b
oom a
s
sure
s r
i
gid
ity a
nd l
i
ght p
latform ra
ises w
ith the boom. The whee
l tr
ead of t
he p
eram -
w
eight. b
ulator can be narrowed to 27 in
ches and the l
eaf p
ortions
• "
Gunning" d
evice r
evo
lve
s d
irec
tiona
l m
icrophone
s t
hrough o
f the t
ab
le can be lowered t
opermit p
ass
ing the p
erambulator
2
80°
. t
hrough a 30
-inch door
.

• R
adius o
f boom c
an b
e e
x
tended t
o 1
7 f
e
et—re
trac
ted t
o A hand c rank g overns e x
tension a nd re
traction o f the b oom,
7fe
et, 4i
nche
s. a
nd a h and r a
il c ontrols elevation a nd h orizontal t r
aversal
.
• B
oom f i
tted w
i
th a
dju
stab
le c
oun
terba
lance f
o
r d
iferen
t A
s t he boom i sr e
tracted, the m icrophone cab le isr e
ceived o n
m
icrophones
. t
ake-up sheaves. T he movemen t o f t
he te
lescop ing m ember i s
c
ounterbalanced b y w eights w hich can be ad justed to properly
• Q
uie
t i
n o
pera
tion
.
b
alance d iferent m icrophone s
. S ince many m icrophone s are
d
irectional
, the b oom i s fi
t
ted w i
th a "m icrophone g unning"
U
se
d
evice w hich revo lves the m icrophone t hrough 2 80°.
The MI-26574 M icrophone B oom and Perambulator isd e
signed
f
or use in b roadcas
t o r te
levis
ion st
udios. I
te nable
s t he oper
- S
pec
ificat
ions
a
tor to quickly place the microphone wi
th respec
t to the sound
D
imen sions:
s
ource. H e c an close
ly f ol
low t h
e sound, or move f rom o ne
Maximum H eigh
t (
wi
th boom pede
sta
l eleva
ted) 9
' 5
"
s
ource of s ound t o another eas
ily a
nd q u
iet
ly.
Maximum H e
igh
t (
with p
ede
sta
l lowered) 6
'5"
Length of Boom:
D
escr
ipt
ion Ex
tended 1
7'
The perambula
tor i sconstructed o f st
eel t ub
ing with d rop-rim Re
tracted 7
' 41
/2"

t
ype w heels a
nd p neuma tic tire
s. T he s teer
ing w heel s wivels Weight:
1
80° a nd can be clamped t o hold a g iven r ad
ius. T he t i
ller Boom ( w
ith g unning dev
ice
) 6% l b
s.
when p ushed back o perates at oggle b rake o n the s t
eering Counterweights for Boom 3
5% l b
s.
whee
l. I t i
s a
l
so prov ided w ith s t
eps w hich a i
d t he operator Per
ambu lator 4
21 lb
s.
i
n moun ting t
he platform w hen i tis el
eva ted. Operated b y a S
tock I den
tifica
ti o
n MI
-2657 I

2
6
M
ICROPHONES

M
icrophone P
lugs a
nd R
ecep
tac
les
RCA M
icrophones a
re s
o
ld w
ithou
t p
lugs i
n o
rder t
hat t
he
p
urchaser may u
se a
ny t
ype d
esired
. T
he C
annon T
ype "
P"
P
lugs a
re r
ecommended f
or t
heir r
e
liab
ili
ty a
nd r
uggedne
ss.
T
his s
er
ies o
f C
annon P
lugs i
sused i
n a
l
l RCA r
emo
te amp
li-
f
i
ers
. T
he C
annon T
ype "
P" P
lugs a
nd R
ecep
tac
les s
t
ocked
b
y RCA h
ave s
t
eel j
acke
ts, w
hich a
re p
referred t
o t
he (
l
ie c
as
t
t
ype
, f
or t
heir i
ncreased r
uggedness
. .
A
ll f
i
t
tings a
re f
i
nished
i
n s
a
tin c
hrome
.

m
inia
ture s
i
ze p
lug w
as d
eve
loped t
o o
bta
in a c
able c
onnec
-
t
i
on t
hat c
ould b
e h
oused i
n t
he s
t
em o
f t
he KB
-2C M
icro
-
p
hone
. The
se m
icrophone p
lugs a
re i
den
tif
ied a
s t
he C
annon
XL
-3 S
eries
. A s
p
lit g
l
and t
ype o
f c
able c
l
amp w
ill a
ccom
-
moda
te c
able d
iame
ter
s u
p t
o .
2
90 i
nch
. A
ll o
f t
he "
XL"
C
able C
onnec
tor
s h
ave z
inc a
l
loy d
ie c
as
t s
hel
ls a
nd a
re s
up-
p
l
ied w
ith a b
righ
t n
icke
l f
i
nish
. P
osi
tive l
a
tch l
ocks p
reven
t
MI
-4O2
-1
-A Wa
ll R
ecep
taide
a
cc
iden
tal d
isconnec
ting
. C
onnec
tor
s a
re d
isengaged b
y p
res
s-
i
ng r
e
lease b
uttons a
nd p
ull
ing c
onnec
tor
s a
par
t. Rubber
b
ush
ings p
reven
t w
ear o
n t
he c
able c
over
ing a
nd p
rov
ide a
g
r
ip o
n t
he c
able
.

CANNON "
P" S
ERIES OF PLUGS
C
annon RCA Stock
D
escr
ipt
ion S
tock No
. I
den
tif
icat
ion
Ma
le P
lug f
or M
icrophone C
ords P
3-CG
-12S MI
-4630
.B MI-
1620-B
l
:
ord C onnec
tor
Wa
ll R
ecep
tac
le f
or Above P
lug P
3-35 MI
-4624
-A
No
te: The MI4624
-A Receptac
le w i
ll f
i
t i
n
ast
andard a
-
c outlet box
.
E
xtens
ion C
ord —Fema
le C
onnec
tor P
3-CG
-11S MI
-4620
-B

CANNON "
XL" S
ERIES OF PLUGS
Cannon RCA Stock
De
scr
ipt
ion S
tock No. I
dent
ificat
ion

Ma
le P
lug f
or M
icrop
l C
ords XL
-3-
12 MI
-12059
F
ema
le C
onnec
tor
s E
xtens C
ord N
1.-3
-11 MI
-12050 MI
-4630
-ll
M
icrophone Plug

M
icrophone C
ables
RCA m
icrophone c
ables a
re o
f r
ugged c
ons
truc
tion a
nd a
re O
vera
ll D
iame
ter 03
12 max
imum
j
acke
ted w
ith a n
eoprene c
o mpound t
o i
n
sure l
ong l
i
fe. T
hey S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion Is
pec
ify l
eng
th i
n f
ee
t) m
un
.A
a
re e
spec
ial
ly d
esigned f
or b
roadcas
t s
erv
ice e
i
ther s
t
udio o
r
r
emo
te.

C
able M
I-62
C
able M
I-43-A Two c
onduc
tor t
wis
ted
U
se C
able f
or l
ow i
mpedance m
icrophone c
i
rcu
its C
onduc
tor
s S
tranded
, e
quiva
len
t t
o #18 AWG
Type Three conductor, t
wis
ted I
nsu
lat
ion S
pec
ial r
ubber c
ompound
Conductors S
tranded
, equivalent to #20 AWG S
hie
ld T
inned c
opper
. C
omp
lete c
overage w
ithout lo
ss
i
n f
lex
ibi
lity
I
nsulat
ion S
pecia
l r ubber compound
Ou
ter C
over
ing B
lack n
eoprene c
ompound
S
hie
ld T
inned c
opper
. C
omp
lete c
overage u
ithout loss
i
n f
lexib
ili
ty O
vera
ll D
iame
ter 03
12 max
imum
Ou
ter C
over
ing Black n
eoprene co mpound S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion Is
pec
ify l
eng
th i
n f
ee
t) MI
-62

2
7
M
ICROPHONES

I
n
terconnec
ting C
ables
The m a
jor
i ty of cables required t o in
terconnec t the various R
ating 3
00 v
olt
s
c
omponen t
s o f ab roadcas
t a udio a s
semb ly a re of as pecia
l S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion (
s
tocked i
n 1
000 f
t
. r
o
lls
) MI
-35
t
ype and canno t b
e readily purchased from t he loca
l electrica
l
d
ealer
. In orde r t
o avoid unnecessary insta
llation delays
, RCA
c
arr
ies in stock f
our of the generally used spec ia
l type cables
. S
tranded C
onduc
tor C
able
, M
I-49
U
se _ _E specia
lly recommended f or audio circu i
ts
S
tranded C
onduc
tor C
able
, M
I-34 a
nd g eneral rack wir ing
.
e l
ive l
ll
ln ended f o
r a udio circu i
ts w here extra Type _Sh ielded , t w
isted p a
ir, st
randed
, c ompo sed o f 1
0 . 0
10
f
l
exibi l
ity i s requ
ired t
inned c opper conductors e
quivalent to # 16 AWG
Type _ _ _Sh ielded, twis
ted p a
ir, st
randed, compo sed o f 7—.010 Outside c over
ing of c o
tton braid
.
t
i
nned c opper conduc tors equ
iva lent to #22 AWG I
nsu la
tion _Varn ished cambr ic c
overed w
ith as erving ofc o
t ton
I
nsu lat
ion _V inyl resin insulated w i
th lacquered r ayon b raid S
hie ld T
inned c opper b raid
S
hie ld T
inned c opper b raid Overall D iame ter Approx
. 0 .25"
Overall Diame ter App roxima tely . 1
66" Color C ode Red and bl ack
Color C ode Red a nd black Rating 6
00 v ol
ts
Rating 3
00 v ol
ts S
tock I den t
ification ( s
tocked i n 1000
' ro
lls) MI-49
S
tock I dent
ification (stocked i n 1
000 f t
. r
olls) MI-34

S
olid C
onduc
tor C
able
, M
I-63-A
S
tranded C
onduc
tor C
able
, M
I-35 U
se General p
urpose audio transm is
sion l i
ne
E
special
ly r e
commended f or 10 v ol
t supp ly T
ype —Tw is
ted t wo-
conductor, s
olid copper , sh
ielded,
a
nd fi
lamen t ci
rcuits t
i
nned #19 AWG
T
ype__ S h
ielded, t
wisted pair
, s t
randed
, compo sed of 16— .010 I
nsulat
ion _Varn ished cambric c
overed with as erv
ing o f c
otton
t
inned copper conduc tor
s equ
ivalent to #18 AWG S
hield T
inned c opper braid
I
nsu
lation__V inyl r
esin insulated with l
acquered rayon b raid O
ver a
ll D iame ter A
pprox. 0.25"
S
hie
ld T
inned copper b raid C
olor C ode R
ed a nd black
O
veral
l D iameter Approximately .236" R
ating 6
00 v ol
ts
C
olor C ode Red and black S
tock I dent
ificat
ion ( s
tocked in 1000
' ro
lls)

C
able A
ccessor
ies
G
round
ing S
heath C
onnec
tors
, Wedge
-on T
MI
-1127
1
oo
l,

M
I-1
1270
Cons
ist
ing o f compan ion
i
nner a nd o u
ter sleeves
a
nd ava
i lab
le intwo si
ze s
,
t
he MI-11270-A sma
ll con-
n
ectors a
re for use w i
th MI
-11270
-A C
onnec
tor
s
MI-34 shie
lded t w
isted
p
air, a
nd MI
-11270.B
(
larger s
ize) for MI -35,
MI49 or M I
-63
-A. C on-
A
ll f
r
ayed edges a
re c
lean
ly cu
t a way a
nd a p
erfec
t e
l
ectr
ica
l
n
ectors serve as conve- a
nd mechan
ical c
onnec
tion r
esult
s.
n
ient t
ermina
tions f or W m/
1
1
110. A
pprox
ima
te L
eng
th 1
0"
t
he sh
ields oftwi
sted
-pair MI-
112708 C
onnec
tor
s Approx
ima
te We
igh
t 1% l
b
s.
c
ables
, a
void sh
ift
ing o f S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-11271
s
hield
s, a
nd p rovide a
s
uitab
le c
onnec
tion o r ground po
int
. ( Ground w
ire m
ay b
e
c
r
imped b e
tween i nner and ou
ter connec
tor.
) C
able L
acing C
ord
C
onnec
tor
s f
o
r MI
-34 C
able (
boxe
s o
f 1
000
)__ _ _MI
-11270
-A Two s
i
zes o
f c
ords a
re a
vai
lab
le f
o
r g
en-
C
onnec
tor f
or MI-
35, MI49
, o
r M
I-63
-A C
able e
ra
l c
able la
cing a nd dress
ing uses
. Cords
(
boxe
s o
f 1000) _ _MI
-11270
-B a
re o
f s
trong m aterials s
uch as li
nen and
h
emp and t horough ly impregnated with
abee
swax a nd p
araff
in mix
ture
. C ords
a
re supp
lied in one pound spoo
ls a s
Wedge-on T
ool
, M
I-1
127
1 s
hown below
.
This t
ool is necessary for quick a nd e asy "p
ressing
-on" of S
tock Ave
rage
g
round shea
th c onnectors
, MI-11270
. T he Wedge-On t oo
l fi
rmly I
dentif
ica
tion Typ
e P
lys Yds/lb B
reak St
reng
th
g
rips bo
th c onnector pieces and p res
ses ( in one opera
tion) MI
-11719-A No
. 6med. 5
80 +35 3
0l bs
.
t
he cab
le shield b etween inner and o u
ter connector sl
eeves
. MI
-11719-B N
o. 12hvy
. 8 2
90 -±
-18 6
0l bs
.

2
8
C
USTOM B
UILT

CUSTO M
-BU
ILT EQU
IP MENT
I
n a
ddi
tion t
o t
he c
omp
rehen
sive l
i
ne o
f s
t
andard s
t
udio
- a
nd med
ium
-size s
t
ation
s t
o more c
omp
lex s
y
stems f
or t
he
c
ontro
l e
quipmen
t s
o f
ami
liar t
o t
he i
ndu
stry
, RCA s
pec
ial
ize
s l
a
rge
st n
etwork i
n
sta
lla
tion
. I
n p
lann
ing n
ew i
n
sta
lla
tion
s, RCA
i
n c
us
tom d
esign
ing a
nd b
ui
lding c
omp
lete s
peech
-inpu
t s
y
s- "
Cus
tom
-bu
ilt" e
quipmen
t s
e
rvice i
s a
vai
lab
le t
o e
very AM
,
t
ems t
o m
eet t
he i
nd
ividua
l n
eed
s o
f s
t
ation
s a
nd n
etwork
s. FM a
nd T
elev
ision s
t
ation w
hether s
mal
l o
r l
a
rge —and o
n
F
or more t
han 1
5 y
ear
s, RCA e
ngineer
s h
ave w
orked c
l
ose
ly a
lmo
st a
ny w
ork
ing a
rrangemen
t d
es
ired
. RCA "
Cus
tom
-bu
ilt
'.
t
v
i
th t
he n
at
ion
's l
e
ading b
roadca
st e
ngineer
s i
n t
he d
es
ign
, s
e
rvice means more t
han j
us
t s
o m
any r
acks o
r p
iece
s o
f e
quip
-
p
roduc
tion a
nd i
n
sta
lla
tion o
f m
any s
uch e
quipmen
ts, af
ew m
ent
.
,—i
t i
nc
lude
s, i
n f
a
ct, t
he s
e
rvice
s o
f t
he e
nt
ire RCA
o
f w
hich a
re p
ic
tured o
n t
hese p
age
s. S
tud
io-con
tro
l s
y
stem
s e
nginee
ring s
t
aff
. I
n s
ome c
a
ses
, b
rodeas
t s
t
ation e
ngineer
s m
ay
o
f t
h
is t
ype a
re t
a
ilor
-made ...w
ith j
us
t t
he r
i
ght f
a
cil
itie
s w
ish t
o l
a
y o
ut a
nd d
es
ign t
he s
y
stem t
hemse
lve
s, c
omp
lete
f
o
r c
ontro
lling p
rogram o
pera
tions a
nd r
eproduc
ing h
igh
- w
ith s
pec
ifi
cat
ion
s. I
n s
uch i
n
stances
, RCA w
il
l p
rov
ide s
pe
-
f
i
del
ity s
ound
. c
i
ally
-bu
ilt u
nits o
r mod
ify s
t
andard e
quipmen
t t
o mee
t t
hese
s
pec
ifi
cat
ions i
n e
very d
eta
il. O
n t
he o
ther h
and
, w
here s
t
a-
S
ince n
o t
wo b
roadca
st s
t
ation
s h
ave t
he s
ame o
pera
ting r
e
- t
i
ons s
o d
es
ire
. RCA e
ngineer
s w
il
l s
t
udy t
he r
equ
iremen
ts o
f
q
uiremen
ts, t
he c
orre
spond
ing e
quipmen
t n
eed
s n
atura
lly d
ife
r t
he s
t
ation
, m
ake o
vera
ll a
nd d
eta
iled l
a
you
ts, a
nd d
raw u
p
f
o
r e
ach i
n
sta
lla
tion
, r
ang
ing f
r
om s
pec
ial e
quipmen
t f
o
r s
mal
l s
pec
ifica
tion
s f
or t
he n
eeded e
quipmen
t.

W MG M
, Neu
) Y ork
. Thi
s mas
ter con
trol i
ns
tal
lat
ion, in
clud ing 1
2 de
luxe audio equ
ipmen t r
ack
s, i
sj u
st one p
art o
f W MGM's
modern 6
-
studio la
you
t. De
signed for AM, FM and TV o pera
tion
, th
is conso
le handles 1
0 s
tudio i
nputs a
nd f
eeds 6channe
ls
s
imul
taneous
ly, or i
ndividually by ap re
set relay s
ystem
.

2
9
C
USTOM B
UILT

KOMO
, S
eat
tle
. T
his ma
ster c
ontro
l c
on-
s
o
le- -
with 9 d
eluxe a
udio e
quipmen
t
r
ack
s (
a
t r
ear
. n
ot r
i
sib
le)
--i
s o
ne u
nit
o
f KOMO
's c
omp
lete
ly n
ew a
nd modern
7
-
stud
io s
ys
tem
. I
t i
ncorpora
tes c
omp
lete
c
ente
r p
ane
l s
witch
ing f
or 1
0 s
t
udios
a
nd b o
utgo
ing c
hanne
ls (
KOMO
-A M
.
KO MO
-FM
, n
etwork
. p
lus 3 emergency)
.

17NE W
, N ew Y ork
. Thi
N mas
ter c
on-
t
ro
l ins
tal
lation —in I
T
'NE W
's
l
i
neup i
s f
l
anks
cl o
n e
ach s
ide b
y ;
d
eluxe a
udio e
quipmen
t r
ack
s. I
t l
u
i
c
omp le
te facil
itie
s f or contro
l and
p
rese
t s w
itching o f 7studios to 1
9
o
utgo
ing li
nes . . . a
nd for f
eeding
c
ue from a
ny •h
annel t o a
ny st
udio.

'4

I
iJPG -FM. G reen B ay. One o f the
s
pecia
lly
.buil
t s t
udio-contro
l console
s in
1-J
PG -EM'
s 4 -
studio arrangement
. C om-
p
lete t
wo-channe
l o
pera
tion (
AM a
nd
FM), s
imu
ltaneous aud
ition a
nd b
road
-
c
ast f
rom any c omb
ination o
f s
tud
ios
.
r
emo
te l
i
nes
. c
ueing a
nd t
a
lk b
ack a
re
p
rov
ided
.

3
0
C
USTOM B
UILT

WJBP
, B
aton R
ouge
. H
ere i
s a
•• •• •
s
pec
ial
ly-bu
ilt c
onso
le w
hich c
om- he ••

b
ines mas
ter a
nd s
tud
io c
ontro
l
o
pera
tions a
t o
ne l
oca
tion
. Ma
ster
c
ontro
l i
ncorpora
tes mechan
ica
lly
i
n
ter
locked p ush-button s w
itche
s
t
o a
void t
he p
ossibil
ity of p
rogram
o
ver
lap
.

„ „„
W MG M
, New Y
ork
. T
his d
eluxe
1
6 A
lb AL c
ustom
-bu
ilt s
tud
io c
onso
le p
ro-
* * t e l e 4
1W ,
v
ides c
omp
lete f
ac
ili
ties f
or t
he
C
c
ontro
l o
f a
udi
tor
ium
-type s
tud
io
"
A", l
a
rges
t o
f W MG M
's hs
t
udios
.

WJAC, Johns
town . Pa
. I n this
s
peech i
nput layout
. c
ustom-bu
ilt
ma
tching
-end c
onso
les c
onta
in MIX
-

d
iary s
witche
s a
nd c
ontro
ls. T
hey
a
re u sed i
n conjunc
tion w ith a
s
tandard 7
h
-ser
ies c onso
let
te t o
p
rov
ide i
ncreased f
l
exib
ili
ty\ a
nd
c
onrenien
tw.

3
1
C
USTOM B
UILT

Comb in
ing m a
ster and st
udio c
ontro
l fac
il-
i
t
ies, this a
l
l-metal conso
le inc
ludes ei
ght
i
ndividual p
anel s
ect
ions w h
ich a
re: 1.t
o r.
(
Studio "
B", R
emote Line
. MCR (
4 p
ane
ls).
S
tudio "C", Announce and S
tud
io "D".
)
F
ront cover p anels in l owe
r d esk se
ction s
a
re removab le to provide a cces
s to relay s
,
t
erm
inal b oards and c o
ils. D e
sk des
ign a nd
p
anel s
pacing p erm i
ts f our video mon itors
t
o b
e moun ted d i
rectly on top of th
e cen ter
se
ction.

I
l
ere
, o
ne o
f h
inged c
onso
le p
ane
ls i
sti
l
ted f
orward t
o s
how
h
ow e
as
ily c
omponen
ts a
nd w
iring m
ay b
e r
eached
.

The a
rrangement above show
s h
ow s pec
ial matching c
onsole
s a re d
esigned for de
sk-
top u
se wi
th any st
andard 76
-serie
s
c
onso
lette
. Such console
s may c
onta
in s pec
ial ta
lkback fa
cil
ities
, o
rder wire ri
ngdown c
i
rcu
its
, mon
itor c
ontro
ls a
nd signa
l
l
i
ghts
. J
ack p
ane
ls may b
e included, i
fdesi
red
, for use w
ith t
he 7
6 conso
lette
. In add
ition to t
he spec
ial e
nd c
abine
ts
s
hown here
, "stra
ight" t
ype c
abine
ts to ma
tch 7
6
-ser
ies con
solet
tes a
re also a
vai
lab
le.

3
2
C
USTOM B
UILT

4
1
1-
D
esign o
f t
his d
eluxe s
tud
io c
ontro
l c
onso
le i
ncludes e
very
f
ea
taire n
eeded f
or o
pera
ting e
ase a
nd c
onven
ience
. T
he h
inged
s
lop
ing f
ron
t p
ane
l. a
nd h
inged p
ane
l d
oors t
o a
l
l t
urre
ts a
nd
p
ede
sta
ls p
rov
ide c
omp
lete a
ccess
ibi
lity t
o e
very c
omponen
t.

-
1

T
he s
tud
io c
onsole d
esign shown b
elow employ
s v ar
ied colored
k
nobs a
nd s
witch h
and les f
or e
asy a
nd quick identif
ica
tion of
c
erta
in c
ontrol
s. A
ll e
scu
tcheons a
nd d
ial p
late
s a
re o
f n
icke
l
41
- s
i
lver f
or a
t
trac
tiveness a
nd l
ong w
ear
.

T
his cross
-sect
ion vi
ew shows how t he
c
onso
le a t r
ight w
as de
signed t
oa p
ernat
s
o me components t
o be moun
tel rb
elow
t
he desk t
op. T
h i
s r
esu
lts i
n sma
ll t
urre
t
s
i
ze a
nd p
rov
ides max
imum v
i
sib
ili
ty
i
n
to t
he s
tud
io.

3
C
ONSOLETTES

S
tud
io C
onso
let
te, T
ype 76
-B5

F
eatures
• C
omp lete h igh f i
delity s peech i nput system f or two s t
ud ios. l
ocked p ush-key s connec ted t o t he r emain ing t wo. T he o utpu t
a
nnounce b ooth, t urn tab les and r el l
ltes. o
f each m ixer c onnec ts t o l ever k eys s o i tm ay b e s w
itched t o
• E
xce llent frequency r espon se —low d istortion for FM o r AM . t
he i nput o f t he p rogram a mp lifier f or broadcas t
ing o r to t he
• No b roadcas t t ime l ost f rom a mplif
ier o r power s upply f a
il- monitor a mplifier f or a udition ing . T hese k ey s w
itche s are inter -
u
re s
. D uplica te e quipmen t m ay b e q uickly connec ted b .
,
. l
ocked t o disconnec t t he s tud io l oud speaker s a nd o perate " On
means o f s witche s
. A
ir" l i
ght r elay s. A t hree p o sit
ion k ey s w i
tch i n the i nput o f
• 8
-watt mon itor ing a nd a udi
tion a mplifier with i n
terlocked t
he f ourth p re-amp lif
ier p erm its i tt o o pera te f r
om a m icro -
r
elay c ircuits f o r three l oudspeaker s. phone i n the s tudio, a nnounce b oo th, or l ocal con trol r oom .
• Full f a
cili
tie s f o
r s imu ltaneou s a udition a nd b roadcas t. The p ush-key s o n t he f i
f
th a nd s ixth m ixer p ositions a llow
• Push b ut
ton s e
lec tor s witches— s
ix c hanne l mixer. a
ny o ne of s ix r emo te l ines a nd t wo t urntab le s t
o b e i ns
tan t ly
• Large v u me ter c onnec ted t o rotary s e
lector s w
itch p erm its c
onnec ted t o the i npu t o f either o f t he t wo m ixers. A dditiona l
a
ccura te p rogram mon itoring a nd c heck s pl
ate c urrents o f push-key s ets p rovide c i
rcu its f or f eeding c ue t o remo te l ine s
a
l
l t ubes in p ogram c hannel. a
nd f or bring ing i n mon itoring c ircuits s uch a s t
ransm itter o r
• Talk-back s ystem i ndependen t o f program c hanne l— inter- master c ontro l o utpu ts
. A mon itoring h ead se t jack i ss upp lied
l
ocked s w
itch ing p reven ts feed-back . a
nd t he h eadphone s m ay b e c onnec ted t o t he o utput o f t he
• Easy a ccess f o
r m ain tenance . p
rogram c hanne l
, t he r emo te l ine p ush-key s, o r the i ncom ing
• Heavy d u
ty p ower s upp ly f or e xterna l moun ting a l
lows n
e twork b y means o f a t h ree-pos ition l ever s witch. L ever -
s
pace f or f ull-sized c omponen ts in s mall si
zed c onso le. keys p erm it u sing mon itoring a mp l
ifier f or p rogram amp l ifier
i
n e mergenc ie s. T alkback f acilitie s a re i ncluded a nd s epara te
U
ses push-key s p erm it ta
lk ing b ack t o e ither o f the t wo s tudio s o r
The 7 6
-B5 p rovide s a c omp le tely f l
exib le a nd high q uality t
o t he r emo te l ines
. T he t alk -back c i
rcuit s a re interlocked t o
s
peech i nput s y
stem f or FM a s w e
ll a s s tandard b roadcas t
ing . preven t feed-back o r p rogram i nter rup t
ion .
The new d esign s upersede s the t ype 7 6-B2 a nd i sadvan tageou s An "Over
-ride-Record" s w
itch is p
rov ided wh
ich perm its t
he
b
y i t
s i n
creased f l
exibil
ity i n t he s w
itch ing o f the 4th m ixe r r
emote operator to ca
ll in on any of the s
i
x remo
te lines and
p
o s
ition f rom S tudio B t o t he A nnounce B ooth o r c ontrol o
ver
-ride the p rogam o n t he control room speaker. T he
r
oom . T his mode l a l
so u ses p ush b u
tton s witches of a n i m
- "
Record" p os
ition of the sw
itch furni
shes a si
gna
l sou rce fo
r
p
roved d es
ign .
The 7 6
-B5 p rovide s all the a mp lifying c ontro l and mon i
tor ing
e
qu ipmen t r equired t o h and le s ucce ss fu
l ly t wo s tudios, a n
a
nnounce b ooth m icrophone , ac on trol-room a nnounce m icro-
phone, t wo transcription t urntab les a nd s i
x r emo te lines
. F ul
l
f
acili
ties a re p rov ided f or s imu ltaneou sly a udit
ion ing a nd
b
roadcas ting from a ny comb ina tion o f t he s t
udio s
, turn
tab les or
r
emo te l i
nes.
Descr
ipt
ion t. f
i
r
ku le
A
ll t he a mp l
ify ing a nd c ontrol e quipmen t i s moun ted i n a
s
ingle me tal c onsole a nd t he p ower s upp l
ie s are l o
ca ted i n a A
metal b ox d esigned f or w all moun t
ing .
The s t
andard ized , i lum inated v olume i ndicator me ter i s fur-
n
ished c al
ibra ted i n " vu's
." T h
is me ter isa lso u sed to m easure
t
he p la
te c ur ren t of all the t ube s in the p rogram c hanne l. T he
meter i sswitched t o t he variou s t ubes b y means o f the r otary
swi
tch w h
ich i s moun ted t o the left of the me te r
. A n a djustable
t
i
o
J
.0.7 0 ZO
'Z' Ol
t ll l l l i
tt
a
ttenua tor a t t he right o f the m eter a l
low s th e 100% m ark o n

*
O r
nak 07,7*

t
he s ca
le t o b e c al
ibra ted f or + 4
, + FL + 12, a nd + 16 v u.
The c onsole c ontain s four p re-amp lifiers, o ne h i
gh -gain p ro-
g
ram a mpl
if ier a nd o ne high -gain 8 -wa t
t mon itoring a mp liner.
A s ix position m ixer i s uti
lized w th t he p re-amp l
ifiers c on-
n
ec ted to f our o f the m ixer s and b anks o f mechan ically i n
te r
- 7
6
-85 w
ith t
op r
a
ised

3
4
C
ONSOLETTES

an externa l r ecording amp lifier. Two r emo te l i


ne r epea ting Transcr
iption I nput to L
ine 81 d b
c
oils a nd a t
tenua tor p ads are p rovided . Frequency R e
spon se (t
ol ine orspeaker) - ±
-2 d b30-
15,000 cycles
The c onsole i sc onstructed o f me tal w ith wooden s t
yle p lates Noise Level ( be
low +18 d b ou
tpu t
, 68 d b g a
in) _. _-68 d b
on each e nd. A l i
d i sp rovided f or a cces
s to t ubes, etc
. f rom Power I nput: 1 05/125 vol
t s
, 50/60 c ycles 25 w atts
t
he t op a nd i s e quipped w ith s turdy c oncealed h inges. T he Dimensions Conso lette Power Supp ly
e
ntire c onsole c hassis i s hinged a cross the b ack t o p erm it L
ength 3
9" 1
5"
q
uick a nd easy a cces s t
o every c omponen t a nd a l
l the wir ing. H
eight 1
01 /"
2 1
5"
Handle s o n the f ront p ane
l f acil
itate o pening t he chassis f or D
epth 1
7" 8
"
i
nspection . ' When t he c has sis i s F
inish Two-tone umber g ray Dark umber gray
o
pened , a ll t he m ixers are m ade Weight, unpacked ( l
ess tubes) ___ 1 3 5 l bs. 6
0 l bs
.
a
ccessible f or s e
rvic ing. S
tock I dent
ificat
ion MI
-116 13-D MI-
11 301-B

The me tal p ower s upply b ox i s A


ccessor
ies
e
quipped w ith a h inged f r
on t d oor BA-2C B ooster Amp l
ifier ( one r equired for each
a
nd a h inged c ha s
sis. Two s epara te 7
0-D turntable) MI-11226-B
r
ect
ifier a nd f i
l
ter u nits p rov ide T
ube K it (comp lete tube c omp lemen t for 76
-B5 ) _ 141-11252
p
ower f or the p rogram a mplif ier — 1 RCA -1620 1 RCA -5U4G
p
reamp lif
iers
, mon i
toring a mp lifier
, 2 RCA -1621 2 RCA -1622 1 RCA -5Y3GT/G
t
hree s peaker i n
terlocking r elays A
lternate Tube K it (comp lete tube c omplemen t) M I-
11252-D
a
nd u p to 4e xternal 12 v o
lt r elays 1 RCA -6
.I7 1 RCA -5R4GY
f
or s tudio s ignal l ights
. A s witch 2 RCA -6F6 2 RCA -6L6 1 RCA -5Y3GT
p
erm it
s f eeding t he p reamp lifiers On-Air Ligh t R elay ( one r equ ired for e ach
f
rom t he mon itor s upp
ly i n emer - Wall Mount
ing s
tudio on air or audition l i
ght) M I
-11702
g
encies. P
ower Supply S
peaker R elay ( not requ ired u nles
s an i nter-
l
ocked speake r isdesired i n A nnounce B ooth)_MI -11703-A
S
pec
ificat
ions
S
ource I mpedance
Microphone s 3
0/50 o
r 2 50 o
hms C
omponen
ts E
asi
ly
Remo te Lines 1
50
, 300 or 600 o
hms A
ccess
ible w
ith t
his
Turntable
s 9
50 o
hms H
inged F
eature
Monitor C ue 2
0,000 o
hms
L
oad I mpedance
L
ine 5
00/600 o
hms
S
peaker ( tota
l o our s
f f peaker
s) e
ach 15 o
hms
OUTPUT LEVEL
L
ine (di
stortion le
ss than 0 .
5% 50-7500 cyc
les). _ +18 d bm
Max
imum L ine Outpu t LeveL +26 d bm
(Wi
th 1 .
0% r ms distort
ion a t f
requencies 50-7
,000 cyc
les)
S
peaker (di
stort
ion l ess than 3% 50-7500 c
ycles)__ _8 wat
ts
G
ain ( maximum m icrophone t o l
i
ne) 12 db

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spec
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The new 7 6-D S tud io C onsolette incorpor a
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-key s permit ta
lking
t
o perm it a dd
itiona l f l
exibi
lity i n aud i
tioning a nd p reset
ting b
ack t o ei
ther o f the two studios o r to t
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p
rogram s i
gnal l evels in advance , withou t any i nterruption o f t
a
lk-back c ircu
its are in
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locked t o prevent feed
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p
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exib i
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f
ith a nd s i
xth m ixer p osi
tions . Ofer ing c omple te v ersa
tility An "Over-ride-Record" sw
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rovided which perm its t
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a
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exibil
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dm irab ly suited f or r
emote o perator to ca
ll in o n any of the f
our remo te li
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AM, FM o r TV s ound s t
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nd o ver
-ride t he p
rogram o n the con
trol r
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h
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ios, o r for single s tudio u se "
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n external recording amplif
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d i sp rovided for access to tubes, etc
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he t op and i s equipped w ith sturdy c oncealed h inges. T he
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l the a mplifying c ontrol and mon itoring e
ntire console chassis i sh inged across the back to perm i
t q u
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quipmen t required to operate eficiently a control room , two a
nd e asy access t
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l the wiring. H andles
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tudios and announce booth, t wo transcription turn
tables, four o
n t he f r
on t panel f ac
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tate open ing the c hass
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r
emo te l
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ve cue c i
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l the m ixers a re made
p
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T
elev
ision Aud
io E
quip men
t

F
eatures
• P
ru %ides faci
lities fo
r h and l
ing s ound channel of TV fi
lm B
asic a
udio and ta
lkback r
equ
iremen
ts f
u
lfi
lled b
y t
he p
ar
-
p
rojectors. t
i
cular l
ayou
t ilus
trated a
re a
s fo
llm
s
• P
rov ides mean s for f
eeding t r
anscript
ion sound to TV s
tudio
f
or sound e fects.
• Accommoda tes t a
lkback a nd c ue requirements of st
udio, S
TUD
IO:
p
rojection r oom a nd o rder w ire circu
it. (
1
) F
our s
tud
io microphone
s w
ith f
our a
ddi
tional m
icrophone
• Custom-built console arrangemen ts c
an b e s
uppl
ied to meet l
i
nes t
hat c
an be pa
tched t
o c
onso
let
te inpu
t ci
rcui
ts.
more e l
aborate TV r equiremen ts.
(
2
) S
tud
io l
oudspeaker f
o
r t
u
rntab
le f
eed a
nd t
a
lkback
.
(
3
) O
n-A
ir S
igna
ls.
(
4
) T
alkback f
r
om a
udio e
ngineer t
o m
icrophone b
oom
U
ses o
perator
.
RCA TV a udio e quipmen t it
ems a re e mployed b y t e
levision (
5
) T
alkback f
r
om d
irec
tor t
o c
amera o
pera
tor
s (
order w
ire
s
t
ations t o provide c omp lete audio c ontrol f a
cili
tie s for c on- c
i
rcuit).
t
rol room s a nd s t
udios. T he block d iagram ( page o pposite )
a
nd p ho
to a bove i lustrate how RCA a udio e quipmen t may b e
c
omb ined t o accommoda te a TV s t
ation e mploying a s ing le F
ILM PROJECT
ION ROOM:
s
tudio
, a nnounce b ooth, ap roject
ion r oom a nd c ontrol r oom .
O
ther arrangemen ts of equipmen t may b e e mployed d epend ing 1
) C
ontro
l f
o
r s
ound o
utpu
ts o
f t
wo f
i
lm p
rojec
tor
s.
u
pon t he s i
ze, number o f s
tudios and o ther r equ iremen ts o f (
2
) T
alkback f
r
om d
irec
tor t
o f
i
lm p
rojec
tion r
oom
.
t
he TV s t
ation. C ustom-bu i
lt TV c on
sole s and a s
socia ted equ ip-
ment can b e furnished t o sati
sfy large o r e labora te station
r
equiremen ts. CONTROL ROOM
:
A
. M
ixer F
aci
lit
ies
(
1
) M
ix a nd s
wi
tch f our m icrophone l i
nes.
Descr
ipt
ion (
2
) P
atch
ing fa
cil
itie
s f or four addit
iona l m icrophone
s.
I
n a ddition t o s t
andard TV a ud io e quipmen t s uch a s RCA )
3
) M
ix audio ou
tputs o f two fi
lm p rojectors.
m
icrophone s, turntab les, m ike b oom s, stands, a mplif
iers, jack s
. 1
4
) M
ix and sw
itch remo te a nd ne
twork l i
ne s
.
p
ower s upplies a nd o ther r ack e quipmen t— the BCS -3A TV 1
5
) M
ix and sw
itch o utputs of two turntable s
.
s
witching c onsole a nd RCA c on so le
ttes a re available to the TV B
. T
alkback enab
ling a
udio o
pera
tor t
o t
a
lk t
o m
icrophone
b
roadcas ter
. F or e xamp le, the BCS -3A t e
levision a uxi
liary b
oom o pera
tor
.
s
witching c onsole ( at l ef
t i n pho to a bove ) isd e
signed f or u se
C
. T
alkback e
nab
ling p
rogram d
irector t
o t
a
lk to c
amera o
pet,
w
ith t he 76 s eries c on solet
te i n e xpand ing TV a udio contro l
a
tor and to f
ilm p
rojec
tion room, announce boo
th and
f
acil
ities
. A s pare v o
lume c ontro l i s provided w hich m ay b e
s
t
udio.
p
atched i n
to a c ircu it a s requ ired . W ith t he BCS -3A, i t i s
p
ossible t o feed t urn tab les to al oudspeaker f or b ackground I
)
. F
eed turn
tables t
o stud
io loudspeaker for b
ackground p ur
-
p
urpo ses—or f or a ccompany ing a v oca l
ist. Ar oving V u m eter p
o-es
. or fo
r accompanimen t of voca
lis
t and other simi
lar
p
rovide s for p resett
ing a udio l evels o f remo te p rogram s
. P r
i- p
urpose
s. ( Po
ssib
ili
ty f o
r the output o f t
he turn
table at
v
ate l i
ne telephone r ingdown c ircuits p rovide m eans for c on- t
he same time to b e mixed as a p ar
t of the console
tte
t
a
cting (A m a nd r emo te p o
in t
s. p
rogram.)

4
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ONSOLETTES

CONTROL ROOM
: (
Con
tinued
) 2 Type BA -2C B ooster Amp lif
ier M
I-11226-B
E
. F
eed l oudspeaker s in studio c ontrol room , studio, a nnounce 2 Tube K i t for B ooster Amp l
ifier M
I-11287
booth, a nd p ro jection r oom . Studio c on tro
l r oom e quip- 1 Type KB -2C T alkback M icrophone M
I-11001
men t able to f eed o ne re gular and o ne s pare p rogram l i
ne. 1 Desk S tand f o r KB -2C M
I-P066
F
. P
rogram l i
ne f e
ed t o h ouse mon itor c ircuit t hrough a n 2 Type LC -1A S peaker M
I-11401 14 11
i
solation amp lifier. 2 Talkback S peaker s M
l.12435
G
. Program c ue t o c amera a nd b oom o perators. 2 Ma sonite Wa l
l S peaker C abinet M
I-13225
H
. Term ination a nd e qualiza t
ion f aci
lit
ies p rovided f or 24 r e
- 2 Type 8 -A M ic rophone M
I404844
mote b roadcas t a nd p riva te lines
. R ingdown e quipmen t 2 Type 9 I-B D esk S tand_ MI4092-C
p
rov ided f or m agne to telephone s. Equalization o f telephone 2 Type t 4
-BX V elocity M icrophone - MI4027-E
l
ine s to 15 k r. 4 Type 7 -D M icrophone MI
-4045-B
I
. Con solet
te s witch ing facilities for feeding c ue p rogram s or 4 Type 9 0
-A P rogram S tand MI
-11050
"
on -air" mon i
tor c ircu
it i n
to s tud
io w hen n o
t i n u se
. 1 Type KS -3B B oom S tand _MI
-11056
1 Type KS -IA B oom S tand MI
-11052
ANNOUNCE BOOTH: 4 Cab le H ook MI
-11099
Announce b oo
th c onta
ining t
hese a
udio i
t
ems
: 1
0 Wa ll R eceptacle ( for Microphone s a
nd 7
0-D) MI-4624
-A
11 am icrophone 1 Cab le Plug ( for M icrophone s a nd 7
0
-D) MI
-4630-B
1
21 a mon itor loudspeaker
. 3 Cord C onnector MI
-4620-1
1
1
31 " On
-A ir" li
ght. 5
0
' Cab le MI
-43
I F
ixed P ad 6 d b MI
-4171-29
E
quip ment R equ ired 4 Patch C ord-2 f eet MI4652-2A
F
or Typ ical A udio L ayou t Correspond ing to Layout Diagram) 1 Relay P ower S upp ly, 12 v.
, I A MI
-11303
2 1
6mm E qual
izer MI
-26313
F
or additiona l d escription a nd t echnical data o n equipmen t
i
t
ems b elow a s well a s other audio it
ems —re fer to Audio Sec-
Announce B
ooth
t
i
on of c atalog.
1 S pecial A udio R ack o f E qu
ipmen t T
ype KB -2C M icrophone M
I-i1001
BCS -3A A uxi
liary S wi
tching S ys
tem Desk S tand f o
r KB -2C M
I-12066
Type 7 6 S er
ie s C onsolet
te a nd C
ab le P lug M
I4630 -1
3
P
ower S upply _ MI-11613
-D a nd MI-11301
-B Wall R eceptacle M
I4624 -A
1 T ube K it for C onso le
tte MI-11252 "On A ir" Si gn M
I-11706-1
2 Stud io L ight R elay MI-11702 T
alk -back S peake r M
I-12435
1 " On A ir" S ign MI-117064 Wall S peaker C abinet M
I-13225
I " Aud ition" S i gn MI-11706
-3 S
tud io L ight R e
lay MI
-11702
2 T ype 7 0-D T urntables MI-11801 S
peaker R e
lay K it MI
-11703-A

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ONSOLETTES

Sw
itch
ing S
yste m
, T
ype B
CS-
1A
F
eatures
• F
aci
lit
ies c
omparab
le w
ith c
us
tom
-bu
ilt e
quipmen
t.

• C
ontro
l o
f 5c
onso
let
tes t
o 3o
utgo
ing l
i
nes
.

• A
ttrac
tive st
yling b
lends w
ith a
l
l RCA c
onso
let
tes a
wl
e
quipment.

• E
l
im ina
tes any p
oss
ibi
lity o
f 2p
rogram
s f
e
eding o
ne o
ut
-
g
oing li
ne.

• AM
, FM a
nd u
t
ili
ty, o
r a
ny d
es
ired c
omb
ina
tion
.

• Mon
itor
ing f
a
cil
itie
s f
or a
l
l c
hanne
ls, n
etwork
s, e
t
c.
Ma
ste
r S
witch
ing C
onso
le
U
ses
The BCS -
1A s wi
tching s ystem h as evolved a fter n umerou s re-
q
uests from b roadcas ters t o develop a "foo l-proo f" system o f t
oring a mplif
ier input selector s wi
tch i splaced o n the lef
t of
f
l
exible switching for s t
ations o pera
ting severa l studios to more t
he c enter VU me ter to p rovide a c ue check o n mon i
toring
t
han o ne outgoing c hanne l. W i
th t he addi
t ion o f FM t o many o
f p rograms o n a ny o f the t hree o u
tgoing l i
ne s
, a nyone of
s
t
ations, it has b ecome a pparen t tha
t a s eparate s ys
tem f o
r t
he f i
ve o r
iginating c onsolettes a nd t wo spare p osi
tions for
AM a nd FM t r
ansm itter c hanne ls is desirab le
. T h
is f ea
ture u
ser's c hoice, such a s network s, r emotes and r ecording, etc
.
d
ecreases t he p oss
ib il
ity o f inadvertent s w
itching a nd a l
so As t
ep -by-s
tep b ridging type v olume c ontro
l o n the right hand
e
nables the operator t o s a
tisfac
torily adhere t o s wi
tching f unc
- s
ide c ontrols the level of t he mon itoring amplifiers
.
t
i
ons a s a
ssigned. T
he S tudio S w
i tching C onsole ( see p hotograph) h as three
v
ertica
l r ows o f lights and s w
itches, e ach v ert
ical b e
ing a sso
-
D
escr
ipt
ion c
iated w ith a n o utgoing c hannel. R ead ing f rom t op to b ot
-
The BCS -1A i s ar e
lay o perated s ys
tem c onsisting of am aster t
om , the h or
izonta l rows a re the " On-A ir" lights w h
ich l i
ght
o
nly i n t he program o rig
ina t
ing c ontro l room a nd indicate
s
witching c onso le, u sually i n
stalled i n the ma in control r oom ,
which o utgoing c hanne l or c hanne l
s t he originat
ing c ontrol
a
nd a s tudio c onsole f or each c ontro l r oom . T he c omp lete
r
oom i sfeeding. T he next row i s"In U se". These are operated
s
ystem p rov ides t he m a s
ter s wi
tch ing c onso le w i
th h and l
ing
when t he o r
igina
t ing s t
udio , or any o ther studio, is feeding
c
apacity f o
r o ne t o f i
ve s tudio c onso les, with e ach s tudio c on-
p
rogr am t o the channe l
. T he " On" s wi
tch w hich controls each
s
ole h and l
ing t wo s t
ud ios a nd o ne a nnounce b ooth. T his
c
hanne l is on the n ext row. T he " Of
f" s wi
tch a nd the "Studio
s
ystem w ill switch t he o utpu t of fi
ve c onso les t o t
hree o utgoing
C
on trol" l i
ghts are t he b ottom t wo r ow s
.
l
i
ne s
. T he u nique d esign o f t he r e
lay i nterlocking f e
ature
p
reven t
s t he f eed ing o f more t h
an o ne p rogram t o a n o ut
- S
ome o per at
ing f eatures a re a s f o
llow s:
g
oing l i
ne, or l i
ne s, al
though s uppor ting p rogr am m a
te r
ial m ay a
.The m aster contro l switch ing u nit c an p ut any s t
udio o n
b
e h andled a s r emo tes b y the o rigina ting s tudio. o
r o f the a ir at a ny time . I t is the o nly u n
it w h
ich h as
u
nqualified c ontrol.
The Mas ter S witching C onsole ( s
ee p hotograph ) has three
g
roup s of lights a nd switche s and a n associated VU me ter for b
. The m aster s witching c ontrol c an e xtend c ontro l to a ny
e
ach o f the t hree o utgoing c hannels. I n each g roup the top s
tudio control and a ny o utgoing b u
so rb use
st hata re desired.
r
ow o f l ights i ndicates w h
ich o f the f i
ve s t
udio s w
itching T
his isa ccomp lished b y t he o peration o f t
he s t
udio c on trol
c
on so
les i s feed ing t he o utgoing c hanne l
. T he as
sociated s
witch o n the m aster s witching c onso le
, t he sta
tu s o f t h
is
s
witches f or each s tudio a re i mmed iately b elow the li
ghts
. A c
ontrol i sindicated b y t he l ower s ignal light row o n e ach
s
tudio release s witch for each o u
tgoing c hannel iso n t
he next c
ontrol b ox.
r
ow . "S
tud io C ontrols" are o n the l ower t wo r ows
. A mon i
- c
.The s t
ud io contro l fea
ture p reven ts u nauthorized s witch ing
f
rom o ccur r
ing i n c ontrol r ooms n ot i n use
.
d
. A studio c ontro l s e
t u p f or the n ext p rogram a s i ndicated
b
y t he s t
ud io c ontrol l i
ght c annot i n
terrup t t he o riginating
s
tudio u s
ing t he c hanne l. O nly t he stud io f eeding o r the
mas
ter c ontrol c an r elease t he channe l
. T his i s av ery i m
-
p
ortan t f ea
ture . T he n ew o riginating s tudio i s advised o f
t
he c hanne l ava ilability b y the ext
ingu ish ing of t he "In U se"
s
ignal l i
gh t fo r t ha
t c hanne l. When t he " On" b ut
ton i sd e
-
p
ressed t he s tud io i splaced o n t
he a i
r a nd t he "In U se" a nd
"On A ir" l i
gh ts a re l i
ghted t o indicate t hat t he s tudio i s
f
eeding t he c hanne l
.
e
.T he s ystem c an b e o perated a s a" rov ing" c ontrol i f an
o
per ator i sn ot s t
ationed a t the m aster c ontrol. T he s tudio
c
ontro l s wi
tche s f or a l
l s tudios a nd c hanne ls t hat w il
l b e
u
sed c an b e t u rned o n and c on
tro l can b e h and led a t the
s
tudio c on trols w i
thou t b enefit o f t he m a s
ter c ontrol
o
pera tor.

A
ll relays and m ain t erm
inal b lock s are loca
ted i n the base
o
f the m as
ter switching unit a nd r ead
ily access
ible by r a
ising
t
he top and front port
ion o f the c ase which are hinged a t t
he
r
ear
. W ith the min imum o f channe l s w
itching
, the m inimum
p
ower r equired f or t he opera t
ion o f the c omplete s ys
tem
S
tud
io S
witch
ing C
onso
le (ma
ster a nd studio c onso
les) e xceeds I amp . T he M I
-11304

4
2
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ONSOLETTES

Relay P ower S upp ly (maximum o utput 5 amp s


.) i s t
herefore
r
ecommended . 3O
UTGO
ING C
HANNELS
UT
ILITY
The m a
ster s witching c onsole i s the common p oint for a l
l
MA
IN CONTROL ROOM
c
on trol w ire connec t
ions. 19 conduc tors are required from t hi
s
c
on sole t o each s tudio console i fa l
l three o u
tgoing c hanne l
s
a
re u sed . No j umper s are requ ired a t a
ny t e
rm inal blocks i n
c
ase t he max imum n umber o f c ontrol b oxes are n ot used . [S T U DI O — 761 4
11 1
1 4
11.6 —_
MI-61 s hielded, 1 5
-pair (twisted) c able isa va
ilable for wiring
.
11
[ ST U DI O
b
etween t he Mas ter Swi
tch ing C onso le and the Studio S witch-
i
ng C onso le
s.

S
pec
ificat
ions
D
imens ions: CONTROL ROOM

M
aster S wi
tching C
onso
le
L
eng th _
24"
Height 1
012 "
/
Depth 1
7"
Weight (
approx
.) 8
0 lbs
.
S
tud
io S
witch
ing C
onso
le CONTROL ROOM
L
eng th 1
012 "
/
Height 1
012 "
/
Depth 1
7"
Weight (
approx
.) 3
0 lbs
.
S
tock Iden
tif
icat
ion
:
BCS
-1A Master Switch
ing Console
_ MI
-11625
BCS
-1A Studio Sw
itching C
onsole (e
ach u
nit
) _MI
-11625-A CONTROL ROOM

A
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ies
Relay P ower S upply_ MI-
11304
BA-13A P rogram Amp l
ifier ( Carbon Con
tro
l) ___MI -
11233 -A
BA -
13A P rogram Amp lif
ier
(S
tep-by-step C ontrol, D aven) MI-11233 -F
BA-14A Mon i toring Amp lif
ier MI-11223-B CONTROL ROOM
BR -2A P anel a nd Shelf MI-11598 /11599
LC-1A L oud speaker ( Umber G ray) MI-11401/ 11411
LC-1A L oudspeaker (Wa lnu t) MI
-11401A / 11411
L
ine T ransformer s, 250-600/250 -600 o
hms M I
-11713
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iag
ram o
f RCS
-IA S
witch
ing S
ystem

4
3
S
i
mp
les
w
it
chi
ngf
o
ryo
ur

RCA 76-B5 C
onso
lette T
ype B
C5-1 A
Master Sw
itch
ing Un
it

3O
UTGO
ING C
HANNELS ype B
T CS-
1A
AM FM u- Lay

Mas
terSw
itch
ing S
yste m

S T U DI O This sy
stem c onsis
ts of one Mas ter Sw i
tch ing
STU DI O
Console (above, right —shown w ith a n RCA
76
-B5 C onsolet
te),a nd one or more sub-control
un
its (below). Itconta
ins all t
he relays needed
f
or any combination ofs w
itching funct
ions .
Up t
o fi
ve s
ub-controlrooms c
an b
e used w
ith
CONTROL R
OOM
t
he master console
, each o
f which c
an handle
f
rom one to t
hree stud
ios
.
S
tatus li
ghtsg ive accurate p
icture of "On Air,"
"
In U se," "Ready ," and "On-Of f" conditions in
Q M.
a
l
lc on
trolr ooms f or each ou
tgo ing li
ne. Unique
d
esign f ea
tures p revent feed
ing more t han o ne
CONT p
rogram t o any o ne line, a
lthough s upporting
p
rogram ma ter
ial c an b e handled a s remo tes
1
:11E E B 1 f
rom t he o r
iginating s tudio
. S ub-control units
c
uzur
:a a
ct asrelay control sta
tions between s t
udios a nd
min master control unit
.

T
ype B
CS-1 A S
tud
io
S
ub-Contro
l
40

I
A
M-F
M P
r
og
ramm
ing
CA c
R onso
let
te s
wit
ching s
ystems
c
o-ord
ina
te a
l
l s
t
udio
-sta
tion f
unc
tions

•H ere's ano ther e xamp le o f RCA 's t


he more e l
abora te st
ation ...s w i
tch- Console
tte
s, p rogram ma ter
ia l fr
om
p
rogram o f p rov iding " packaged" i
ng the outputs ofasm any asf i
ve c on- a
s many a s f our studio
s a nd t wo
b
roadca ste quipmen tsh aving the fl
ex i
- t
rol conso lettes to t hree o utgo ing a
nnounce b ooths isrou
ted to d e
sired
b
ility and per formance o fcustom -bu il
t l
ines
. Many c omb inations are p ract
i- o
utgoing li
nes (AM a nd FM, ore i
ther
j
obs . c
able. I
npu ts from s tudios, network , t
r
ansm it
ter and an e
twork l i
ne).
The t wo Sw itch ing C onso les shown , r
ecording r oom s or frequent remo tes
• • •
i
nc onnec t
ion w i
th s t
andard RCA C on- c
an b e mon i
tored a nd s witched t o
s
olettes of i den t
ica l sty
ling, g ive y ou t
ransmit
ter s or n etwork l ines. E lec- Both types o f RCA Sw itching S ys
-
s
ufi c
ien t l
atitude t o p erform i ntricate t
r
ically i
nterlocking c ontrols h ave re- t
em s a
re d es
igned f or l
ong -range sta
-
AM, FM a nd n etwork p rogramm ing d
uced t he p ossibili
ty o f s witch ing t
ion plann ing . They h ave s uff
icient
o
pera tions —eas ily, p rec isely a nd e
rror tothe vanishing p oint
. f
l
exibil
ity tot ake care off u
ture expan-
q
uick ly . Cho ice o f mode l d epends Managerso fst
ations r
equiring on
ly s
ion.C omp lete de
ta i
ls may b eobtained
u
pon t he comp lexity o fy our stat
ion 's t
wo consolet
tesw il
lfind t
he RCA Type f
rom E ngineer ing P roduc ts Dep t.
,
o
pera ting requ iremen t
s. BCS-2A C onsole the i
deal swi
tching S
ection 19-EB , Rad io C orporation of
The BCS -1A C onso le isdesigned f or s
ystem. Used w ith two RCA 7 6
-B5 America, Camden , N .J .

S
tudio Switch
ing
Console f
or Smal
l
S
tudios

AM F
M

CONTROL 1 ROOM

T
ype B
CS-2A Sw
itch
ing S
yste m
Two studio inpu
ts may be s wi
tched s
ame li
ne. Th
is sy
stem handles upto
i
ndependen t
ly to e
i
ther o f two ou
t- f
our studios and t wo a nnounce
g
oing lines
. Mechanica
l inter
locking b
ooths
. Two e xamples o
fthe la
youts
p
revents feeding t
wo i nputs to t
he p
oss
ible a
re shown above
.

4
5
C
ONSOLETTES

Sw
itch
ing S
ystem
, T
ype B
CS-2A

F
eatures

• E
conom
ica
ll)
, p
r
iced
.

• C
ontro
l o
f t
wo c
onso
let
tes f
or t
wo o
utgo
ing l
i
nes
.

• I
ndependent or s
imu
ltaneou
s s
wi
tch
ing o
f i
npu
ts t
o o
ut
-
g
oing channe
ls.

• A
ttrac
tive st
yling b
lend
s w
ith a
l
l RCA c
onso
let
tes a
nd
e
quipments
.

• AM
, FM
, o
r o
ther d
esired o
utgo
ing c
hanne
l c
omb
ina
tions
.

• N
ine p
oss
ible c
omb
ina
tion
s o
f s
wi
tch
ing
.

• Mechan
ica
lly i
n
ter
locked
.

Uses

T
he BCS
-2A s
witch
ing c
onso
le h
as b
een d
eve
loped t
o m
eet
t
he d
emand
s o
f m
any s
t
ation
s n
ow o
per
ating b
oth AM a
nd FM
t
r
ansm
itter
s, o
r o
ne t
r
ansm
itter a
nd a u
t
ili
ty c
hanne
l f
or f
e
ed-
i
ng n
etwork
, r
ecord
ing s
t
udio
. e
t
c. T
he a
ddi
tion o
f t
h
is e
x
tra
c
hanne
l a
dds m
any c
omp
lica
tion
s t
o p
rogramm
ing
, u
nle
ss a
s
witch
ing s
ys
tem i
sevo
lved p
rov
iding a
dequa
te f
l
exib
ili
ty a
nd
p
rotec
tion f
rom e
rroneou
s s
witch
ing
. T
his i
saccon
tpl
ished i
n Descr
ipt
ion
t
he d
esign o
f t
he BCS
-2A
. T
he BCS
-2A s
wi
tch
ing c
onso
le i
s u
sed i
n c
onjunc
tion w
ith
t
he 7
6 s
e
rie
s o
r a
ny g
enera
l c
onso
let
te, a
nd e
nab
les t
wo c
on-
s
o
le o
utpu
ts t
o b
e s
witched i
ndependen
tly t
o e
i
ther o
f t
he t
wo
um
a 5
6011
o
utgo
ing l
i
nes s
uch a
s AM a
nd FM o
r o
ther c
omb
ina
tion
s
L :_
l 1
i
nc
lud
ing r
ecord
ing
, a
udi
tion
, a
nd n
etwork f
eed
. I
f d
esired
,
5
.•
e
i
ther o
f t
he t
wo c
onso
let
tes w
il
l f
e
ed b
oth o
utgo
ing l
i
nes
s
imu
ltaneou
sly
, h
owever
, p
ush b
utton s
wi
tche
s a
re m
echan
ica
lly
i
n
ter
locked a
nd p
reven
t b
oth c
onso
let
tes f
e
eding t
he s
ame
o
utgo
ing l
i
ne. I
f t
he p
rogram n
ece
ssi
tate
s m
ater
ial f
r
om t
wo
5
' ;D
•0
N
.0 5 •V , no n d
iferen
t s
t
udio
s, t
h
is m
ay b
e a
ccomp
lished t
h
rough t
he o
r
ig-
i
n
ating c
onso
let
te'
s r
emo
te f
a
cil
itie
s. S
witch c
ontac
ts a
re p
ro-
5
.5
v
ided t
o o
pera
te s
i
gna
l l
i
ghts t
ha
t m
ay b
e l
oca
ted o
n o
r n
ear
.
t
he i
npu
t c
onso
let
tes t
o i
ndica
te i
fou
tgo
ing c
hanne
l A o
r B
o
r b
oth a
re b
eing f
ed
. T
he 7
6 s
e
rie
s c
onso
let
tes h
ave h
ole
s
5
.3 5
.6
w
ith p
lug b
uttons i
n p
lace o
n e
i
ther s
i
de o
f t
he VU m
eter
t
o
.• •
•te •15 a. •
605 i
n w
hich t
he s
i
gna
l l
i
ghts m
ay b
e l
oca
ted
. S
igna
l l
i
ght k
i
ts
a
re a
vai
lab
le a
s MI
-11714
. P
ower f
o
r t
he s
i
gna
l l
i
ght
s i
sob
tain
-
1
.
.4f
a
w o
..f *
5
a
ble f
rom 6
.
3 v
ol
t f
i
lamen
t s
upp
ly.

T Spec
ificat
ions
S
imp
lif
ied s
chema
tic d
iag
ram o
f BCS
-2A D
imen
sion
s:
L
eng
th 1
0 %"
H
eigh
t 1
0 1/
2"

D
epth 1
7"
We
igh
t A
pprox
. 3
0 l
b
s.
F
inish Two t
one umber g
ray
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-11622

Accessor
ies
BCS
-2A w
ith 7
6
-85 C
onso
let
te C
onso
le S
igna
l L
igh
t K
it 1
1
1-11714

4
6
C
ONSOLET
TES

S
tud
io Warn
ing L
ights
, M
I-1
1706 S
eries

Ou
ter c
ase r
emoved s
how
ing L
una
line
F
eatures
i
luminat
ing l
amp
• Modern s
t
yling
.
• S
at
in c
hrome f
i
nish
.
• A
vai
lab
le i
n f
i
ve t
ype
s.
• U
niform i
lum
ina
tion
.
• E
asi
ly moun
ted
.

U
ses
T
he M
I-11706 s
e
rie
s o
f w
arn
ing l
i
ght
s i
sano
ther n
ew p
roduc
t
t
o supp
lemen
t the RCA l
ine of modern
ist
ically d
esigned s
t
udio
e
quipment
. The
se ligh
ts have been developed a
fter many re
-
q
uests f
rom broadcas
ters to f
urn
ish a studio w
arning l
i
gh t t
ha
t
h
as bold and un
iform ly i
luminated letter
ing w
ith an ex
terna
l The interior o
r moun ting b ase, containing the lamp , sockets
d
es
ign t h
at w ou
ld e nhance t
he a ppearance o
f any st
udio. a
nd t erminal s t
rip f or the a -
c supp ly, is of separate me tal
c
on s
truction and i n
sure s adequate protection from w ire
s s hor
t-
c
ircuit
ing. T he c omple te inter
ior i s aw a
l l mounting f i
xture
Descr
ipt
ion a
nd a llows an ew l amp t o b e rep
laced q uick
ly by s imply r e
-
moving t he outer c a
se b y t wo screw s
. T he warn
ing l i
ght i s
T
he l
i
ghts a
re c
ons
truc
ted o
f s
a
tin f
i
nish c
a
st a
lum
inum w
ith a
vailable w i
th f i
ve s igns as indicated b elow.
t
r
immed e t
ching
s and ta
ste
fully st
yled for a
l
l s t
udio furnish
-
i
ngs
. T he s
ign i
san o
paque black g
lass w
ith f
ros
ted tran
slucent Spec
ificat
ions
2
" le
tters
, u
sing a40 w
att 1
2" lumi
line lamp f
or al i
ght source
.
D
imen s
ions
: ( overall o
f c
ase
)
Length 1
4"
Width 31
/2"
Depth
(Glass S
ign Aperture)
Length 93
4 "
/
Width 23
/"
4

Weight (unpacked ) 3% l
bs.
S
tock Identif
ica
tion
:
"ON-AIR" M
I-11706
-1
"REHEARSAL" M
I-11706
-2
"AUD IT
I6N"
B
ack v
iew s
howing s
implic
ity of con
struc
tion a
nd "
STANDBY" MI
-11706
-4
ou
ter c
ase mounting s
c
rew s "
SILENCE" MI
-11706
-5

4
7
1
1
11 = =

R
CA B
roadcas
t Amp
lif
iers
The RCA l ine of h igh f ide
lity S peech I npu t Amp lif
iers h as u
nsurpa ssed s
ervice and n o
thing h
a s b
een om itted wh
ich would
b
een d esigned t o provide s t
ation s w ith s t
ud io, r
ecording a nd c
ontribute to their use
fulne s
s and rel
iability
.
p
ortable r emo te amp l
ifiers w hich w i
ll o fer t he maximum i n A
ttention isinvited to ga
in a nd l
evel r
eferences in t
h
is c
ata
log.
f
i
delity
, f lex
ib i
lity, conven ience a nd r el
iab ility. Al
l a mplif
iers d
b —refers t
o g ain
.
a
re sui
tab le for FM h aving au niform r e
spon se to 15
,000 c yc
les. d
bm — sine w ave power mea suremen tr eferred toone mill
iwa tt
.
D
istort
ion a nd n oise l evel
s h ave b een r educed t o av ery low VU —refers to average p rogram l e
vel a s read o n as t
andard
v
alue t h
rough c a
reful e ng
ineer ing d e
sign a nd c onstruction. VU m eter. This value issubjec
t to c onsiderable v
ariation
f
rom d bm b ut isg enera
lly cons
idered 1 0 db below peak s
.
While t
he a
pparatu
s isunexcelled in per
formance and a
ppear- A
llowance mu st be m ade for program p eak s to avo
id amp lif
ier
a
nce, it i
s very econom
ical c ons
idering the m any fe
atures o
verloading, for e xamp le, ap re-amplif
ier r a
ted a t + 10 d bm
wh
ich are of
ered. The amplif
iers have been d
esigned t
o give s
hould n ot be o perated a t more than 0 VU .
S
u m mary o
f RCA B
roadcast A mp
lif
ier Character
ist
ics

Max. Max
. Max
. S
ource Load
T
ype L.s
a
ge Ga
in I
npu
t O
utput I
mpedance T
ype
I
mpedance i
n
db d
bm* A m* Ohms Mount
ing
O
hm s

Ma
tching Ma
tching C
has
sis
P
reamp
lif
ier +
18 3
0/150 1
50/600 o
r
4
0 —
10
• R
ack
B%
-11A

B
ridging C
has
sis
I
so
lat
ion Amp
. B
ridg
ing +
18 1
0
,000 1
50/600 o
r
4 +40
R
ack

M
ic. Preamp. C
has
sis
BA
-2C o
r Turntable 5
0 —25 —2 3
0/250 2
50/600 o
r
P
reamplif
ier R
ack

Program Amp
. Matching Match
ing
+10 C
has
sis
L
ine Amp . 6
5 +33 6
00/150/15/73
BA
-13A 6
00/150 o
r
I
solat
ion Amp
. Br
idg ing Br
idging 2 Wa
tts a
nd 5
R
ack
Monitor
. Amp
. 28 +30

1
05 1
50/600
Monitoring o
r C
has
sis
BA
•14A Recording 7
3 %it
h 2
7 -
1
-40
.8 (1
0,000 ohms 6
00/150/15 o
r
r
em. v
.c
. 1
2 Wat
ts amp, input 7
.5 a
nd 5
Amp l
ifier R
ack
r
em . v
.c.
)

Mon
itoring
MI
•12238 8
5 —25 6 Wa
tts 2
50 1
5 C
has
sis
Ampl
ifier

A
t verge C
has
sis
8
6
-B L
imi
ting 6
0 o
f L
im i
ting +30 o
r
6
00 /
250 6
00 /
250
Amp
lif
ier +10 R
ack

S
tudio 3
0/50/250 6
00 P
gm .
7
6
-115 10 —30 +26 C
onso
le
Con
solet
te 3
00 /
600 1
5 Monitor

S
tudio 3
0/50/150 6
00 P
gm ,
7
6
-11 12 —30 +26 C
onso
le
Con
solet
te 2
50 /
300 /
600 1
5 Monitor

P
ortable P
ortable
B
1N-2A R
emo te 9
2
.5 —30 +
18 3
0/150/250 1
50 /
600 C
arrying
Amplif
ier C
ase

P
ortab
le P
ortable
OP
-7 P
re-amp. 8 —27 —24 3
0/250 3
0/250 C
arrying
M
ixer C
ase

P
ortable
OP
-6 P
ortable 9
0 —24 +19 3
0/250 6
00 /
150 C
arrying
Amplif
ier
C
ase

•R
eference l
e
vel o
ne m
ill
iwa
tt.

4
8
Two Stage P
rea mp
lif
ier a
nd I
so
lat
ion
Ampl
ifier
, Type BA
-11A

F
eatures
• E
xce
llen
t f
r
equency r
esponse -
(
-1 d
b 3
0 t
o 1
5
,000 c
ycle
s.

• Two s
t
ages
. Amp
le g
ain f
or a
ny p
reamp
lif
ier a
ppl
ica
tion
.

• May be used a
s a
n i
s
ola
tion amp
lif
ier p
rov
iding 8
0 i
l
b
i
so
lat
ion.

• L
ow d
is
tor
tion a
nd b
um l
eve
l.

• High outpu
t c
apab
ili
ty makes i
tuse
ful a
s ab
oos
ter o
r l
i
me
ampl
ifier
.

• Compac
t. S
ix u n
its may be moun
ted i
n a s
i
ngle BR
-2A
P
anel and S
helf As
sembly
.

• Hermet
ically s
ea
led o
utpu
t t
r
ans
former a
nd o
i
l-f
i
lled p
aper
c
apac
itor.

• P
lug
-in e
lec
tro
lyt
ic c
apac
itor
s.

U
ses
T
he BA
-11A i
s ac
ompac
t, t
wo s
t
age h
igh f
i
del
ity p
reamp
lif
ier
.
I
t
s h
igh g
ain (
40 d
b), e
xtreme
ly l
ow n
oise l
eve
l a
nd l
ow
d
is
tor
tion make i
tan i
dea
l u
nit f
or u
se a
s am
icrophone p
re- i
s s
hock moun
ted t
o p
reven
t m
icrophon
ics
. T
he c
i
rcu
it i
s c
on-
amp
lif
ier
, t
urn
tab
le p
reamp
lif
ier o
r b
oos
ter amp
lif
ier
. I
t
s h
igh v
ent
iona
l w
ith u
nloaded t
r
ans
former i
npu
t, r
es
istance
-capac
i-
o
utpu
t l
eve
l makes i
t a
ppl
icab
le a
s al
i
ne amp
lif
ier
. I
t may t
ance c
oup
ling b
etween s
t
age
s a
nd t
r
ans
former o
utpu
t. The
a
l
sc b
e u
sed a
s a
n i
s
ola
tion amp
lif
ier o
pera
ting f
rom a z
ero d
is
tor
tion a
nd h
um l
eve
l h
as b
een r
educed t
o av
ery l
ow v
alue
t
o +4
0 v
u f
eeder b
us b
y t
he a
ddi
tion o
f a
n MI
-11278
-D t
hrough p
roper c
i
rcu
it d
esign a
nd t
hrough t
he u
se o
f s
t
abi
lized
b
ridg
ing v
olume c
ontro
l. T
he BA
-11A h
as a p
lug
-in t
ype c
has
sis f
eedback
. C
ross t
a
lk b
etween u
nits i
s -
75 d
bm, 5
0 t
o 1
5
,000
u
s
ing mu
lti
-conduc
tor p
lugs
. The s
mal
l s
i
ze o
f t
he BA
-11A c
ycles w
hen moun
ted s
ide b
y s
i
de a
nd o
pera
ted f
r
om t
he

g
ive
s i
t ag
rea
t d
eal o
f moun
ting f
l
exib
ili
ty. I
t may b
e p
laced BX
-11) P
ower S
upp
ly.

d
irec
tly i
n a c
ontro
l c
onso
le, c
ontro
l d
esk o
r t
r
anscr
ipt
ion
t
urn
tab
le c
abine
t. Where c
abine
t r
ack moun
ting i
s d
esired
.
W
ith t
he a
ddi
tion o
f t
he M
I-11278
-D v
olume c
ontro
l k
i
t t
o
o
ne t
o s
i
x o
f t
hese u
nits may b
e i
ns
tal
led i
n as
i
ngle BR
-2A
p
rov
ide a 1
0
,000 o
hm i
npu
t, t
he BA
-11A may a
l
so b
e u
sed a
s
P
ane
l a
nd S
helf A
ssemb
ly.
ab
r
idg
ing o
r i
s
ola
tion amp
lif
ier
. T
he MI
-11278
-D k
i
t c
an b
e
moun
ted o
n t
he BA
-1A c
has
sis a
nd b
e a
djus
ted b
y s
c
rew d
river
Desc
ript
ion t
hrough o
ne o
f a
cce
ss h
oles i
n t
he f
ron
t p
ane
l o
f BA
-2A
T
he BA
-11A h
as b
een d
esigned t
o o
bta
in h
igh g
a
in f
rom t
wo s
helf
. T
he M
I-11278
-C i
s i
n
tended f
or p
ane
l moun
ting r
emo
te

RCA 1
620 t
ube
s; o
ne o
pera
ted a
s ap
entode
, t
he o
ther a
s a f
rom t
he amp
lif
ier
. A
s ab
ridg
ing amp
lif
ier
, t
he BA
-11A h
as

t
r
iode
. T
he t
ubes a
re moun
ted v
ert
ica
lly a
nd t
he f
i
rst s
t
age a max
imum o
f 4d
b o
f g
ain w
ith t
he v
olume c
ontro
l a
t m
in-
i
mum l
o
ss p
osi
tion a
nd b
ridg
ing a 6
00-ohm l
i
ne. Approx
i-
m
ate
ly 8
0 d
b o
f i
s
ola
tion b
etween o
utpu
t a
nd i
npu
t i
s o
b-
t
a
ined w
ith d
ie amp
lif
ier i
n t
h
is a
rrangemen
t. A s
witch i
s
p
rov
ided f
or me
ter
ing a p
ort
ion o
f t
he c
a
thode v
ol
tage o
f e
ach
t
ube w
hen cuniierted t
o ah
igh r
esistance v
ol
tme
ter s
uch a
s
t
he T
ype B
I-1B
. T
he s
witch i
s "
off" i
n t
he c
enter p
osi
tion
.
T
he u
nit i
sdes
igned t
o o
pera
te f
rom t
he BX
-1D P
ower S
upp
ly
o
r i
t
s e
quiva
len
t. T
he p
ower r
equ
iremen
ts a
re 6
.
3 v
olts a
-
c o
r
d
-c a
t 0
.
6 amperes a
nd 2
50 v
ol
ts d
-
c a
t 7 ma
. Up t
o s
even
BA
-11A p
reamp
lif
ier
s c
an b
e o
pera
ted f
rom o
ne BX
-IE P
ower
R
ear mew o
f BA-
11A showing mu
lti
-con
tac
t.
p
lug
-in c
onnec
tion S
upp
ly.

4
9
A
MPL
IFIERS

Two S
tage P
rea mp
lif
ier a
nd I
so
lat
ion Amp
lif
ier
,
BA-
11A (
Cont
inued
)

S
pec
ificat
ions
BA
- 11A a
- Pteamplif
ie r: •
2
F
REQ UENCY •
ISP00 A ; CA B
A I
A A
RA N FAR 1
II

Source Impedance 3
0/150 o hms Ow F
CONP
RFOuFNC
ENSANON
B
IG.
. F
REO uRNCy
CONBENSAION \

Input Impedance ( unloaded i nput transformer )


•I
_
_
_..
.
S
ubstant
ially above s ource i mpedance
.

•••
• -- As
. .
-
-
Load I
mpedance ( balanced o r unhalanced) _ 150/600 o hms 1I
Maximum Input Leve l (l
ess than 0.
5 r m
s d i
st. 50-7500 cps)

22 dbm 2

Maximum O utput L evel +18 dbm 2


0 1
00 0
00 1
00 4
13
.000
10000

F
RFOuFF
•CV M
A C
YCLES R
I SKONO
Maximum G a
in (150 o hm s ource to 1
50 o hm l oad ) _40 d b
F
requency R
esponse
, BA
-I A Amp
lif
ier
BA
-11A asI s
olat
ion Amp l
ifier (
with MI
-11278 Vo
lume C ont
rol) :
Source Impedance 3
0 to 6
00 ohms
Input Impedance (through V olume C on
trol
) _ 10,000 ohms
L
oad Impedance ( balanced or unba
lanced) _ 150/600 ohms A
ccessor
ies
Max
imum Input Level
, Vo
lume C
ontro
l a
t m
ax.
: T
ube Ki
t #1 (comp le
te t
ube c
omp
lemen
t)
B
ridg
ing 6
00 ohms +14 d
bm
Two RCA 1620 M
I-11288
B
ridg
ing 1
50 ohms +20 d
bm
Max
imum O utpu
t L eve
l +18 d
bm 1A
lterna
te Tube Comp
lemen
t
Max
imum G
ain +4 d
b Two RCA 6J7 M
l-11288
.A

V
olume Contro
l K it
BA
-11A a
s e
i
ther P
reamp
lif
ier o
r I
so
lat
ion Amp
lif
ier F
requency (
Bridg
ing C has
sis Moun
ting
) M
I-11278
-D
R
espon
se ±1 d
b 3
0
-15
,000 c
ps i
Bridg
ing R emo te P
ane
l Moun
ting
) MI
-11278
-C

N
oise L
eve
l O
utpu
t (
i
npu
t a
nd o
uipu
t t
e
rmina
ted) _-83 d
bm F
i
lamen
t T
ran
sforme
r MI
-11606
E
quiva
len
t I
npu
t No
ise —
123 d
bm
1
3X
-1D P
reamp
lif
ier P
owe
r S
upp
ly (
f
urn
ishe
s f
i
lamen
t a
nd
P
late P
owe
r S
upp
ly 9
50 v
ol
ts d
-
c a
t 7m
a
p
la
te p
ower f
o
r 1t
o 7BA
-11A P
reamp
lif
ier
s)__MI
-11305
-D
F
ilamen
t S
upp
ly 63 v
ol
ts a
-
c o
r d
-
c a
t 0
.
6 amp
s
D
imen
sion
s, o
vera
lL___Leng
th 1
234 "
/ ,wid
th 2
-19,
1"
,he
igh
t 50
," T
ype B
I-
1B Me
ter P
ane
l (
Umber g
ray
) M
I-4388
-C

F
ini
sh Umber g
ray
BR
-2A Panel and She
lf Assembly
We
igh
t (
unpacked) 5
3
/4 l
b
s. (
required when c
abine
t ra
ck moun
ting i
sde
sired
)

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion (
l
ess t
ube
.) M
I-11231 Umber G
ray M
I-11598/11599

R
e mo
te B
ridg
ing C
ontro
ls,M
I-11278-B
,MI-
11278-C & 1278-D

Descr
ipt
ion S
pec
ificat
ions
I
npu
t I mpedance (approx.
) ( MI
-11278
-B,
T
he M I
-11278
-B , -
C a
nd -D B r
idging V olume C on
trol
s are d e-
2
0,000 o hms), ( MI-
11278-C, 10
,000
s
i
gned to provide a h
igh re
sis
tance b r
idging input c
ircui
t f or ohm s
), ( MI
- 11278
-C, 10
,000 o hms)
c
onnec
tions between any low i mpedance source and the 250 O
utpu
t I mpedances, ( MI
-11278
-B, 6
00
o
hm input termina
ls of a
n a mpl
ifier
. T he u
se of one of the
se o
hm s), ( MI-11278
-C, 1 50 ohms
),
u
nits make
s it p
oss
ible to p
ick u
p program ma
teria
l con- (MI
-11278-C, 250 ohm s)
v
enien
tly fr
om a program bu
ss o
r any low i
mpedance te
r- I
nser
tion L oss
, bridg
ing a 6
00-ohm l i
ne
m
inated l
ine wi
thout d
is
turbing t
he o
p- a
nd o perat
ing into a 2
50-ohm a m
.
p
l
ifier o utput (MI-
11278
-B, 3 1 d
b),
e
ra
tion c
harac
teris
tic
s o
f the bu
ss o
r t
he
(MI-11278-C, 36 db), (MI-11278
-D,
l
ine
. A ny li
ne of +40 d bm or below may 3
6 d i
ll MI
-11278
-B and C
b
e bridged. The MI-11278-D V o
lume C on- Max
imum I
npu
t L
eve
l +40 d
bm w
ith dial k
nob
t
rol is des
igned to b e mounted o n the
O
vera
ll D
imen
sion (
i
nclud
ing s
haf
t):
c
hassis o
f an amplifier (i
.e„ BA-11A pre-
H
eigh
t 9%"
ampl
ifier
). T he M I-11278.B and -C V o
l-
ume C on
trols a
re de s
igned for re
ar panel W
idth P
/2"
moun t
ing with shafts extend
ing t h
rough D
epth 1%"
MI
-11278
-D t
he p
ane
l t
o a
ccommoda
te d
ia
l k
nob
s. We
igh
t 4% o
ze
.

5
0
A
MPL
IFIERS

B
oos
ter Amp
lif
ier
, T
ype BA
-2C
s
pecially shielded p ower a nd a udio t r
an s
former s
. C onnec t
-
t
ions are provided f rom e ach c athode c i
rcuit t o te
rm ina ls on
t
he m a
le plug a t the r e
ar o f the c has
sis. C orrespond ing t er
-
m
ina ls on t he receptacle p erm i
t me tering o f t ube cond ition
when c onnected t o ah igh r es
istance v oltme ter such a s the
Type BMA . Input, output and a -
c connec t
ions a re also b rought
o
ut t o t
he male plug. T he unit isequipped w ith ap ower s w
itch
a
nd f use a
nd i sp rovided w i
th a b ase cover pla te for shielding
when u sed i n t
urntab le ins
ta l
lations. A m at
ing r eceptacle i s
s
upplied f o
r t he m ale c hassis plug.

Spec
ificat
ions
S
ource I mpedance 3
0/250 o hm s
Load I mpedance ( tapped t r
ans former) 7
50/600 o hm s
I
npu t I mpedance S
ubstan t
ially above source i mpedance
D
istor tion ( at normal output l e
vel of —15 d bm measured a ta ny
frequency b e
tween 4 0 a nd 1 5
,000 cycles)
l
ess th an 0.75 % r ms
Max imum I nput L evel ( less t han 1% d i
stortion 4 0
-15 .000
cycles) — 95 d bm
Max imum O utpu t Level ( less t h
an 1% d is
tor tion 4 0
-15.000
cycles) —2 d bm
F
requency R esponse (see curve) _ +1 .5 d b 30 to 15,000 c ycles
Gain ( 250 or 30 ohm source t o 600 or 2
50 o hm l o ad).
..
.
. 5
0 d b
Noise L evel (below —2 d b" o u
tpu t
, maximum g ain) _ -70 d b
A
-c P ower I nput 105/125 v olts
, 5 0/60 cycles 1
3 w a
tts
D
imens ion Overfill Cha ssi
s
Heigh t 61/2" 21/2"
BA
-2C Amp
lif
ier —Fron
t V
iew Wid th 8
" 8"
F
eatures Leng th 1
4" 1 3/4"
We igh t ( unpacked) 1 l bs
.
• H
igh g
a
in — Two s
t
age
s — S
el
f c
onta
ined p
ower s
upp
ly. F
in ish Umber g ray
S
tock I dentif
ication (less tube s) Ml-
11226 .B
• E
xce
llen
t f
r
equency r
e
spon
se — L
ow d
i
stor
tion
.

• L
ow n
oise l
eve
l. S
pec
ial
ly s
h
ielded t
r
ans
former
s.
A
ccessor
ies
• P
lug
-in c
has
sis —S
imp
lif
ied s
e
rvic
ing
.
Tube Kit (comp lete tube c omplement)
• C
ompact— t
wo BA
-2C
's m
ay b
e moun
ted o
n o
ne BR
-2A 2 RCA 1620, 1 RCA 6 X5GT/G MI
-11281
S
hel
f. A
lterna
te T ube K i
t ( comp lete tube c
omp lement)
2 RCA 637, 1 RCA 6 X5GT/G MI
-11287
-A
• May b
e moun
ted i
n
side t
urn
tab
le c
abine
t. No
te: 637'
s may b e u sed w hen max imum u niformity of
• P
rov
ision f
or t
ube p
la
te c
urren
t c
heck
. c
harac
teris
tics a nd m inimum o f microphonics
, h um a nd
d
is
tort
ion a re n ot required.
• E
conom
ica
lly p
r
iced
. B
11-2A Shelf and P anel MI
-11598/11599

•R
eference l
eve
l o
ne m
ill
iwa
tt.

U
ses
The RCA BA -2C Amp lif
ier is ah igh f i
deli
ty t wo s t
age u n
it
f
or u se a s am icrophone p reamp lif
ier, ab ooster a mplifier for
t
ranscr iption turntab
les or as an i s
olation a mplifier w hen u sed
w
ith s ui
table bridging res
istors
. Iti salso usefu l at tr
an sm i
tter BA
-2C Ampl
ifier—Rear view.
i
nstal
la tions w here a high gain a mplif
ier i s required b etween P
lug-
in c
hassis permits e
as
N
t
he a nnounce m icrophone a nd t he l imit
ing amp l
ifier. When r
emoval of amp li
fier for
u
sed a s at ranscript
ion p ickup amp lif
ier, the BA -2C may b e se
rv ic
ing
moun ted i ns
ide t he tu
rntable cabine t
. F or rack moun ting , two
BA-2C Amp lif
iers m ay be moun ted o n o ne BR -2A P anel a nd
S
he l
f A ssemb ly
.

Descr
ipt
ion
The BA-2C c i
rcui
t isc onventional a nd ut
ilizes two RCA 1 620 2

F
RE QUENCY R
ESPONSE Of T
YPICAL B
AIA AMPL
IFIER
t
ubes operated as tr
iodes. The fir
st st
age tube iss hock moun ted
t
o reduce m icrophonic noi
se s
. A n in
ters
tage g a
in c ontrol, which
i
s ac ontinuou sly variab
le p o
tentiometer w ith a l ogari
thm ic
t
aper, is provided fo r a
djusting the o u
tput l eve
l. T he amp li
-
f
i
er isd es
igned t o w ork in
to a b a
lanced load o f 600/250 o hms.
T
he ampl
ifier i
sc omp
lete wi
th bu
ilt i
n a-
c p
ower supply which 3
0 1
00 1
000 1
3000

e
l
imina
tes t he n
eed f
or ex
ternal r
ec
tif
iers
. T
he h um and noise F
RE QUENCY I
N CYC E
S P
ER S
EC OND

l
e
vel h
as b een kept t
o av ery l
ow value t
hrough the use of F
requency R
espon
se o
f aT
ypica
l BA
-2C An
ip
lif
ier

5
1
R
CA"P aaV
/ram
pl
if
ier
s

I
n a ma t
ter of s econds a n amp lif
ier or p ower s upply can b e
c
onnec ted or disconnec ted. Guide strips on t he n ew RCA s helf
(Type BR -2A) a nd * uide p ins on p lug a t b ack of amp l
ifier
a
ssure s mooth
, r apid installa
tion. Levers at fron t hook in
to slot
i
n shelf a nd p ul
l amp lif
ier into place. S ocke ts o n bracket at
r
ear of shelf perm it s
elf alignmen t of receptac le with amp l
ifier
p
lug. ( Shown i st he BX -1B P ower S upp ly Un it.)

Two-stage P reamp lif


ier ( Type BA -I1A) — Ideal for use a
s am icro- '
Booste
r Amp lif
ier ( Type BA-2C) —A t wo-stage u n.t hiving a pplica-
phone p reamp l
ifier, turn table preamp lifier
, b oos
ter amp l
ifier
, o r t
ions s im
ilar t o those for t
he BA -1A; a lso v a
luat ie whe re a aigt -
l
ow -
leve l is
o la t
ion amp lifier
. H igh g a
in : 40 d b
. H igh output: +10 g
ain a mp
lifier between a nnounce microphone a nd limi
ting amp lifier
db. L ou, noi se l evel
: —80 d b. L ow d istortion: 0.5 % e m
s, 5 0 to i
sr equired. H igh g ain: 50 db. Lou, noi
se l evel: —68 d b
. L ow d i,-
7
500 c ycles
. I solation factor: approx . 90 d b; over 100 db with spe- t
artion: 0.75 % r ms
. 4 0 t
o 15,000 cyc
les. F requency r espon se
: +1.5
c
ial Vo lume Con tro
l K it
. F requency r espon se: ±1 d b
, 30 to 15 000 db, 30 t o 1 5,000 c yc
les. Compac t
: t wo u nits can b e moun ted- o n
c
ycles. Sma ll s ize: si
x u nits wil
l f i
t on a3 6
-B o r new BR-2A s helf! one 36-B o r BR -2A s helf
. Features plug-in c apac i
tors and b u
ilt-in
power supply.
5
2
f
o
rqu
i
cki
n
t
erc
han
ges-
a
n
d
e
a
sy m
a
int
ena
nce
A
l u
n
it
s a
v
ai
lab
le f
o
r i
mme
dia
te d
e
l
ive
ry

A
e
asy to i n
sta ll or r
emove a s an e l
ectronic tube ! Pul
l a
l
e
ver n ear t he fr
on toft he a mplif
ier and the plug o nthe
r
ear o f t
he u nit i s smooth ly w ithdrawn f rom i ts socket—
a
utoma tically d i sconnec ted f r
om t he s upply v oltage. No
l
onger i sitn ece ssary to craw l around t o t
he b ack ofh ard-
t
o
-ge t-at r
ack s a nd u nso
lder o r u nscrew c oun t
les s connec-
t
i
ons . Sys
tem c hange s can b e made q uickly; minu tes can be
s
l
a shed f r
om i n spection, s ervicing, a nd te
sting t ime.
Th
is new RCA l ine now inc
lude s t
he four ampl
ifi
ers a
nd
o
ne p ower-supply un
it s
hown . Others wi
ll be added i
n t
he
n
ear future
. New , care
fully se
lected character
ist
ics make
t
hese uni
ts idea
l fo
r al a
rge number o f s
tudio jobs
.
Al
lu n
itsu se t
he s
ame standard p
lug. To a s
sure m aximum
c
onvenience, an ew s
helf( Type BR-2A) h as been des
igned.
With a f
ew e asy c
hanges, however, the conven t
ional RCA
Type 36
-B p aneland she
lf can be u
sed ,i
ft i
esired. The n
ec-
T
he RCA Type B R-2A S h3I
ff i
t
s any s
tandard rack
; t
akes
e
ssary a
ccessories a
re a
vai
lab le f
orthis purpo se
.
8
34i
nches o
fp anels pace
. I
fd es
ired,h owever, RCA Type
3
6-B p
anels a
nd s helves now inuse c
an b eeas
ily a
dapted Here,w e be
lieve
, i
s arealopportuni
ty to modernize your
for plug-in amplif
ier s
ervice
.
amplif
ier s
ys
tem—a q u
ick,convenientw ay t
o ge
t better p
er-
f
ormance a tlow cost
. D e
scrip
tive l
eaf
lets a
re your
s f o
r the
a
sking. Wr ite
: Dept. 7L A
udio E qu
ipmen t S ec
tion,
R
ad io Corporation o
f America, Camden, N.J.

• -
4sipli
fler ,1s ic It-.
•13A (—The ' nest ver
s ati
le h igh-fidel
ity ,amph - (
T ype BA-14A) —Designed f or o perat
ion a t
— for b roadcasting. I deal as aprog ram o r li
ne amp lif
ier, br
idg High o u tput of 1 2 watts is sufficient to dr've
i
solator amp lif
ie, -
. cueing o r mon itoring amp lifier
. I mproy cd o
r, i
n s ome a pplications, ar ecording h ead. O taer
I g
reater a ccessib
ility; 'p lug -in" clectrolytics f or ease i n servic
ing . u
ses me ude appl
icat
ion a s l i
ne amp lif
ier for portab le and mob i
le
0/ t
put: 2 watts i approx.). H igie r g a
in : 6
5 db f or ma tching inpu t; 28 d b for t
r
ansmitt
ers
. High gain: 1 05 d b. L ou n oi
se l evel: —20 d b (with
b
ridging input. L ower n oi
se k eel: —82 d b (with max . g a
in). L owe r distor- m
aximum g ain
) ; —40 db w ith m ini mum g ain). L ou d is
tortion:
t
ion: l
ess t
han 0 .5 to 1% r ms, &pend ing o n output l evel. Frequency r eston se: l
e
ss than a
t 12 wat
ts. F requency r esponse: ±2 d b, 30 to 13
,600
+1 els
, 3 0 to 15,030 cps. c
ycles
.

5
3
P
rogra m Amp
lif
ier
, T
ype BA
-13A

4
I

13A P
rogram Amp
lif
ier
,
f
ron
t vi
ew

F
eatures D
escr
ipt
ion
• E
xce
llen
t f
r
equency r
e
sponse f
o
r FM a
nd t
e
lev
ision
. T
he BA
-13A i
s at
hree s
t
age a
mpl
ifie
r e
mploy
ing o
ne RCA

1
620 p
entode f
i
rs
t s
t
age
, o
ne RCA 1
620 p
entode s
e
cond s
t
age
,
• H
igh g
a
in, l
ow d
i
stor
tion
, l
ow n
oise l
e
vel
. a
nd o
ne RCA 1
622 b
eam p
ower o
utpu
t t
ube
.

E
xce
llen
t f
r
equency r
e
spon
se, h
igh g
a
in a
nd l
ow d
i
stor
tion
• P
rov
isions f
or c
a
thode m
eter
ing
.
h
ave b
een p
rov
ided i
n t
he d
es
ign o
f t
h
is a
mpl
ifier b
y u
se o
f

r
e
sis
tance
-capac
itance i
n
ter
stage c
oup
ling a
nd s
t
abi
lized f
e
ed-
• I
mp roved s
tep t
ype v
olume c
ontro
l w
hich p
er
tni
t. %
ot
tane
a
djustment in 2db s
t
eps
. b
ack
. T
he n
oise l
e
vel h
as b
een k
ept e
x
treme
ly l
ow b
y t
he u
se
o
f ad
ual v
olume c
ontro
l w
hich s
imu
ltaneou
sly c
ontro
ls t
he

• U
ses oil fi
l
led p
aper c
apac
itor
s a
nd p
lug
-in e
l
ectro
lyt
ic g
a
in o
f t
he f
i
rs
t a
nd s
e
cond s
t
age
s. When a s
t
ep t
ype c
ontro
l
c
apac
itors
. i
s r
equ
ired a
n M
I-11233 a
mpl
ifier s
hou
ld b
e o
rdered; a
n

M
I-11233
-A i
f ac
ont
inuou
s c
ontro
l i
s r
equ
ired
.

• E
conom
ica
l i
n p
r
ice
.

U
ses
T
he BA
-13A i
sone o
f t
he mo
st v
ersa
tile h
igh f
i
del
ity b
road
-

c
a
st a
mpl
ifier
s a
vai
lab
le. I
t
s h
igh g
a
in a
nd l
ow d
i
stor
m
ake
s i
tid
eal f
or u
se a
s
:

1
.Progr
am o
r l
i
ne a
mpl
ifier
.

2
. B
ridg
ing a
mpl
ifier
.
3
.Is
ola
tion a
mpl
ifier
.

4
. C
ueing o
r mon
itor
ing a
mpl
ifier w
i
th a
pprox
ima
tely 2 w
atts
o
utpu
t.

T
he BA
-13A i
s ap
lug
-in t
ype a
mpl
ifier w
hich h
as b
een d
e
-

s
i
gned f
o
r u
se w
ith t
he BR
-2A p
ane
l a
nd s
he
lf. T
his s
hel
f p
er
-

m
ite e
asy r
emova
l f
or s
e
rvic
ing o
r i
n
terchang
ing u
nit
s. Two
P
lug
-in a
mpl
ifier permit
s q u
ick and e
asy r
emova
l
BA
-13A a
mpl
ifier
s c
an b
e moun
ted i
n a BR
-2A p
ane
l a
nd s
he
lf. o
r i
nterchange of u
nit
s

5
4
A
MPL
IFIERS

A s
pec
ial d
es
ign f
ea
ture o
f t
he BA
-13A p
erm
its ab
oos
t o
f t
he S
pec
ifi
cat
ions
l
ow, t
he h
igh o
r t
he l
ow a
nd h
igh f
r
equenc
ies a
s s
hown i
n t
he S
ource I
mpedance 1
50/600 o
hms
a
ccompany
ing f
r
equency r
e
spon
se c
urve
. T
his f
e
ature a
ids i
n
I
npu
t I
mpedance (
balanced —cen
ter t
ap g
rounded
):
o
bta
ining a
n o
vera
ll s
y
stem f
l
at r
e
spon
se s
i
nce c
ompen
sat
ion
a
. Ma
tch
ing (
50
-15
,000 c
ps) 1
50/600 o
hms
m
ay b
e a
dded t
o o
vercome h
igh f
r
equency l
o
sse
s i
n t
he i
n
ter
-
b
. B
ridg
ing (
50
-15
,000 c
ps) 9
0
,000 o
hms (
approx
.)
c
onnec
ting l
i
nes o
r i
n a
dequa
te l
ow f
r
equency r
e
sponse o
f

a
s
soc
iated e
quipmen
t. H
igh f
r
equency c
ompen
sat
ion i
s e
as
ily Max
imum I
npu
t L
eve
l:
a
. B
ridging (l
ess t
han .1% r
ms d
i
stor
tion
m
ade b
y c
hang
ing t
he v
a
lue o
f o
ne c
apac
itor
. L
ow f
r
equency
3
0 to 1
5
,000 c
yc
les) +40 d
bm•
c
ompen
sat
ion i
s e
fec
ted b
y c
hang
ing t
he v
alue o
f o
ne c
apac
-
b
. Ma
tching (wi
th l
ess t
han .
1% r
ms d
i
stor
tion
i
t
or a
nd a
dding o
ne c
apac
itor a
nd o
ne r
e
sis
tor
. 30 t
o 15
,000 c
yc
les) +
11 d
bm

A
ll e
x
terna
l c
onnec
tion
s t
o t
he BA
-13A a
re m
ade t
hrough t
he L
oad I
mpedance (
t
apped t
r
ans
former
)_5/7
.5/15/150/600 o
hms

t
e
n-p
rong m
ale p
lug
s, w
hich e
ngage w
ith t
wo m
ating s
ocke
ts
O
utpu
t L
eve
l:
s
upp
lied w
ith t
he a
mpl
ifier
. C
onnec
tion
s a
re p
rov
ided f
r
om
L
ess t
han .
5% r
ms D
is
tor
tion 3
0
-15
,000 C
ycle
s +25 d
bm
e
ach c
a
thode c
i
rcu
it t
hrough a s
e
lec
tor s
wi
tch t
o t
e
rmina
ls o
n
L
ess t
han 1% r
ms D
istor
tion 3
0
-15
,000 C
ycle
s +30 d
bm
t
he p
lug i
n t
he b
ack o
f t
he amp
lif
ier
. T
hese c
onnec
tions p
er
-
L
ess t
han 1% r
ms D
istor
tion 5
0
-15
,000 C
ycle
s
m
it m
eter
ing o
f t
ube c
ond
itions b
y means o
f ah
igh r
e
sis
tance (
2w a
tts
) +33 d
bm
v
ol
tme
ter s
uch a
s t
he RCA T
ype B
I-1B a
nd T
ype B
I-2A
.
G
ain Max
imum
:
T
he a
mpl
ifier i
scomp
lete w
ith b
uil
t-in a
-
c p
ower s
upp
ly. T
he a
. Ma
tch
ing I
npu
t (
600 o
hm l
i
ne t
o 6
00 o
hm l
o
ad) _65 d
b
r
ec
tif
ier u
sed i
s 1 RCA 5
Y3GT/G
. b
. B
ridg
ing I
npu
t (
600 o
hm t
e
rmina
ted l
i
ne t
o
6
00 o
hm l
o
ad) 2
8 d
b

F
requency R
espon
se (
30 t
o 1
5
,000 c
ps) -
1
-1 d
b

N
oise Leve
l (w
ith g
a
in contro
l in maximum pos
ition a
nd i
npu
t
and ou
tpu
t ci
rcu
its t
erminated wi
th 600 o
hm s):
O
utpu
t L
ess t
han —
52 d
bm
R
efe
rred t
o I
npu
t L
ess t
han —
117 d
bm

A
-c P
ower I
npu
t, 1
00 t
o 1
30 v
ol
ts, 5
0/60 c
yc
les 5 w
att
s

D
imen
sions
, O
vera
ll _Leng
th, 1
4"; W
idth
. 8
"; H
eigh
t, 71/ C

F
ini
sh L
igh
t umber g
ray

We
igh
t (
unpacked
) 1
7% l
b
s.

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion
:
(
with c
ont
inuous type ga
in con
trol) M
I-11233
-A
(
wi
th st
ep type a
t
tenuator g
a
in c on
trol) MI
-11233

"
Plug
-in" t
ype e
lec
tro
lyt
ics p
rovide long
-li
fe o
pera
tion
a
nd maximum acces
sibi
lity
A
cces
sor
ies
T
ube Kit (
comple
te t
ube c
omplemen
t):
2 RCA
-1620
, 1 RCA-
1622
, 1 RCA-5Y3GT/G M
I-11266

1A
lternate Tube Ki
t:
2 RCA-6J7
, 1 RCA-6L6
. 1 RCA
-5Y3GT M
I-11266
-A

BR
-2A Pane
l and Shel
f A s
sembly:
(
Black MI
-11598A/11599A ) U
/G M
I-11598/11599

T
ype B
I-1B Me
ter P
ane
l (
Umber g
ray) M
I-4388
-C
sos M OO ta
w*
1
4000
,
seque
,s I
s M I AS I
VA i
tC0
040
•d
bm =db referred t
o one m
ill
iwa
tt w
hen s
i
ngle f
r
equency
F
requency r
e
sponse o
f at
ypica
l BA
-13A amp
lif
ier t
one modu
lation isu
sed
.

5
A
MPL
IFIERS

Mon
itor
ing Amp
lif
ier
, T
ype BA
-14A
t
he side of as peaker c ab inet, on ac on so
le p anel, or a t any
o
ther p o
int w ithin t wo o r three hundred f ee
t o f the a mplif
ier.
Where t he n orma l f l
a
t f requency r esponse i s not d es
ired b y
t
he customer , ab oost of the low and h igh frequenc ies m ay b e
t
nade b y connec ting a dditional res
istors a nd capac i
tors w h
ich
a
re supplied w ith t he a mplif
ier. A +5 .0 d b boo s
t a t 60 cycles
i
sa ccomp lished b y adding a r es
istance c apaci
ty n e
two .4c into
t
he p la
te c ircuit o f the s econd s t
age. A +6 .0 d b boo s
t a t
1
5.000 cycles i sa ccomp lished b y adding a r es
i s
tance c apacity
n
etwork i nto t he c a
thode c i
rcuit of the t h
ird s t
age .

The ampl
ifier is complete with a heavy-du
ty b u
ilt-
in p ower
s
upply
. T he hum level has been kep
t to al ow value th
rough
t
he use of a mu lt
iple-case shie
lded input tr
ansformer. T he
amp
lif
ier isdesigned t o supp
ly a nominal low
-distort
ion o u
t-
p
ut of 12 wat
ts.

S
pec
ificat
ions
Uric I mpt
•dance ( unloaded I r
ans former i npu t
I_ 150/600 o hm.
B
ridg ing I mpedance ( when u sed w ith r emo te v olume
y
.
1111
-011 1
0,000 o hm s
L
oad I mpedance 6
00/150%15/7 .5/5 o hm s
A
ud io P ower O u
tpu t ( r
ated o utput w ith l e
s s than 3% t otal r ms
d
is
tort' 5
0
-7500 c ycles
) 1
2 w at
ts
F
eatures +40 .8 d bm*
Mlx it
teutta Inpu t L evel
• E
xce
llen
t f
r
equency r
e
spon
se t
o 1
5
,000 c
yc
les
.
(
a) Ma tch ing ( less than 1% r ms d i
stortion ) —27 d bm
• 1
2 w a
tts o
utput wi
th low di
stor
tion —u
ses f
eedback
. (
h) B ridging ( less than 1% r ms d ist r t
o io n ) +40 d bm
• S
uitable f
or eme
rgency use a
s program amp
lif
ier
. Max imum G ain
• I
deal for r e
cording a nd playback a ppl
icat
ion s
. t
at O verall f ront 1 5
0 o r 600 o hm s ource t o a
• S
uf f
ic
ient g a
in f o
r direct operat
ion o f as peaker f
rom tu
rn- 1
5 o hm l oad 1
05 ±2 d b
t
able ou
tpu t
. (
10 W i
th b r
idg ing v olume c ontrol 6 00 o hm t erm ina ted l ine
• H
igh g ain —U sed di rec
tly i n t a
lk-back c i
rcui
ts, wi
thout t
o 15 o hm o r 6 00 o hm l o ad 7
3 d b
p
reamp lifier
. F
requency R espon se ( see c urve ) 1 50 o r 6 00 o hm
• Heavy-duty c omponen ts. Will operate con
tinuou s d
uty w
ith s
ource t o 15 o hm l oad 4-
- 2 d b, 30-15,000 c ycles
Noise L evel ( w
ith g ain c ontro l in m aximum p osition
ambients u p to 120
°F .
and i npu t and o u
tpu t wi th 6 00 o hms )
• S
uitable for cab
inet or pane
l mounting
. Less than — 20 d b a t outpu t
• Compen sator Kit supp
lied for b
oos
ting r
esponse at 60 and L
ess t h
an — 120 d bm r eferred t o i nput
1
5,000 cycles
. A
-c P ower I nput ( 105-
125 v olts
, 5 0
-60 c ycles ) 1
05 w at
ts
• U
se o il f i
l
led p aper capaci
tor a
nd plug
-in electroly
tic D
imen sions, o verall
c
apaci
tor s
. Wid th 1
0 34"
• E
conom ica l i
n price
. Depth
Height
F
in ish t
igh t umber 1g r
1
71
3
1ly".
U
ses We igh t ( unpacked) 1
The BA -14A i s ah igh fi
de li
ty , high gain f l
exible 1 2 w a
tt a mpli
- S
tock I den t
ification MI
-11234
f
i
er s uitable f or mon itoring, a udition, record ing, a nd talk-back
a
pp l
ica tions o r itm ay b e used i n emergenc ies as ap rogram o r A
ccessor
ies S
tock
l
ine amp l
ifier. It i s id
ea l f or t r
anscription p layback b ooths I
den
tifi
cat
ion
s
ince i t
s 1 05 d b gain iss uf
f
icien t to operate a n L C
- 1A S peaker
BR-2A P anel a nd S he
lf, U/G MI-11598 /MI-11599
d
irectly f rom t he output o f a7 0
-D T urntab le
. T he h igh gain
Tube K it ( comp lete tube c omplemen t
) 2 RCA -1620.
f
eature a lso a l
low s its use d irectly in studio t alk-back c ircui
ts 1 RCA -6SN7 -GT , 2 RCA -1622
, 1 RCA -5U4G _MI-11267
w
ithou t a n intervening p reamp lif
ier. The BA -
14A i sa n excel
lent
A
lternate T ube K i
t ( complete tube comp lemen t) 2 RCA -6J7
.
r
ecord ing amp l
ifier b e
ing s uitable f or b oth h igh q uali
ty r e
-
1RCA -6SN7 -GT , 2RCA -
6L6/G , 1RCA -5U4G _MI -11267-A
c
ording a nd p layback a pplications. It m ay h e moun ted i n a
Note: 6J7's m ay h e subs
tituted for RCA -1620'
s a nd 6 L6'
s f o
r
t
ype BR -2A P anel a nd S helf A s
semb ly. T he BA -14A h as a
RCA -
1622 '
s w hen m aximum u n
iformity of c harac
teristic
s
p
lug-in t ype c hassis using mu lti
-conduc tor p lug s
.
a
nd m in imum o f microphon ic
s, h um a nd d i
stort
ion a r
e
no
t r equ ired.
D
escr
ipt
ion
•R
eference l
eve
l o
ne m
ill
iwa
tt.
Employ ing me tal tube s in t
he audio c ircuits
, t his a mplif
ier has
f
our stage s consist
ing o f
: (1) RCA -1620 s ingle s t
age, ( 2) RCA -
1
620 s ingle s t
age, ( 3) single st
age w ith RCA -6SN7 •GT p hase 4
.1

i
nverter, a nd ( 4) 2 RCA -1622's in push-pu ll
. F eedback i su sed
a
round t he p hase i nver
ter a nd o u
tpu t t ube s t o reduce n o
ise
a
nd d istor t
ion. G a
in a djus
tmen t i s provided t h
rough t he use
o
f an i nterstage con trol in the gr
id c i
rcu it of t he second RCA - —›


1
620 t ube a nd through a n a ddi
tional r emo te v olume c ontrol
.
The r emo te v olume c ontrol is ap oten t
iome ter a nd r es
istance
n
etwork w hich isu sed when t he BA -14A i npu t i sto b e br
idged
a
cross a l ow i mpedance l i
ne. This contro l prov ides f o
r ab r
idg-
i
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er S
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6
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F
eatures D
escr
ipt
ion
• E
xce
llen
t f
r
equency r
e
sponse
. The amp lifier is supplied w i
th o r withou t ac over a nd may
b
e f i
t
ted w ithin a 7 0
-C o r 7 0
-D s e
ries t u
rn table. The c ircuit
• P
rov
ision f
or m
ixing m
icrophone a
nd t
urn
tab
le i
npu
ts.
employs t wo RCA 6 J7's and one RCA 6 L6 beam p ower tube i n
• M
icrophone v
olume c
ontro
l, m
aster c
ontro
l a
nd t
one c
ontro
l. t
he o u
tpu t s t
age
. T he p otent
iome ter isc onnec ted in the i nput
• V
ariab
le l
o
ad i
mpedance -4 t
o 3
0 o
hms
. w
ith a m aster gain c ontrol in t
he s e
cond s tage. 14 db o f i n
-
v
e r
se f e
edback i nsures af l
at re
sponse w ith a l ow di s
tor tion
• 2
50 o
hm i
npu
t.
f
actor
. T he l ow i mpedance i nput a l
low s a l ow i mpedance
microphone o r pick u p to be used w ith e xcellent re
su lt
s.
U
ses
T
he M I
-12238 ampl
ifier i
s a
n idea
l medium o u
tpu
t u n
it, ad
-
m
irab
ly sui
ted fo
r use as ac
ueing amp
lif
ier w
ith t
r
anscrip
tion S
pec
ificat
ions
t
urn
tab
les
. F
requency R
espon
se d
b 4
0
-10
,000 c
ps
I
npu
ts:
(
General Microphones
) H
igh Impedance Microphone
(
Turntable
s) Low Impedance T urntab
le
(
Crys
tal Pickups) H
igh I mpedance Pickup

G
ain —Low Impedance
:
2
50 o
hm Source t
o 15 o
hm l
oad 8
5 d
b

P
ower Ou
tpu
t (
wi
th 71/
2% d
i
stor
tion) 6w
atts

Ou
tpu
t I
mpedance 4
, 7% a
nd 1
5 o
hms

D
imen
sion
s:
Length 1 1/
2"

Width 7"
Height 71/
2"

We
igh
t (
unpacked) 1% l
b
s.
P
ower S
upp
ly 15 v
ol
ts, 5
0 t
o 6
0 c
yc
les
, 7
5 w
att
s

S
tock I
den
tifica
tion
:
W
ith Cover _ _
M1-
122
.0
M
I-12239 w
ith c
arer r
emoved

5
7
AMPL
IFIERS

L
imi
ting Amp
lif
ier -T
ype 8
6-B

8
6
-B Moun
ted o
n 3
6
-B S
hel
l

F
eatures D
escr
ipt
ion
• E
xce
llen
t f
r
equency r
e
spon
se-
-su
itab
le f
o
r FM
. T
he 86
-B L im
iting Amplif
ier u
ses pu
sh-pu
ll vacuum tube
s
(RCA 6K7
) in the v
ar
iab
le-ga
in s
t
age
. The des
ign i
ssuch t
ha
t
• H
igh c
ompre
ssion w
ith l
ow d
i
stor
tion
. auniform fr
equency response a
nd a r
emarkably l
ow d
istor
tion
i
s mainta
ined wi
th large compres
sion r
at
ios a
s much as 18 db
.
• L
ow n
oise l
eve
l. Moreover
, low di
stor
tion i smainta
ined at a
l
l modula
ting fre
-
q
uencies in t
he normal audio b
and.
• P
revents d
i
stor
tion a
nd a
djacent channe
l i
n
ter
ference c
aused
b
y overmodula
tion o
f t
r
ansm i
tter
s. A
n i mproved tube ba
lanc ing circu
it has been in
cluded i
n th
is
a
mplif
ier w hich al
lows a ny pair of st
andard RCA 6 K7 t
ubes
• P
rovide
s fo
r a more e f
ective u
se o f tr
ansmi
tter p
ower b
y t
o b
e u sed in th
e limiter ci
rcuit. Ba
lance c an b
e eas
ily ma
in-
r
a
ising t
he a
verage modula
tion percentage. t
a
ined t hrough the norma l li
fe of the tube.

• Me
ter with rotary se
lec
tor switch s
hows ga
in r educt
ion, There are n o audible " thump s" e ven t hough a l arge compre s-
c
hecks p
late c
urrent o
f a
ll t
ube
s, and c
heck
s overa
ll vo
ltage s
ion is sudden ly a ppl
ied . C ompre ssion t iming c onstants h ave
s
upply
. b
een c hosen w hich have p roved mo s
t de sirable i n actua
l b road -
c
ast serv
ice. T he fast pick-up t ime o f one m illisecond r es
tric ts
• E
conom
ica
l i
n p
rice
. o
ver-modu lation surges w h
ich m ight cause t ransm itter outage s.
The return time i ss l
ow e nough t o preven t d i
storting l ow f r
e-
• I
mproved t
ube b
alance
. q
uency t imes, b u
t f ast e nough t o p revent n o
ticeable l e vel
r
eduction a f
ter loud v olume p eaks.

The c ircuit of t he 8 6-B i s s t


raigh t forward a nd p ush-pull
U
ses s
tages a re used t hroughou t. T he a -c p ower s upply i ss e
lf con-
t
ained a nd uti
lizes o ne RCA 5 T4 r ec
tif
ier t ube. N ew p lug-
in
T
he 8 6-B L im it
ing Amp l
ifier h as b een d esigned f or u se i n the t
ype e lectrolyt
ic c apaci
tors a re u sed t o simplify s ervicing t he
s
peech i npu t c hanne ls of FM a nd AM b roadcas t tran sm i
tter s
. e
qu ipmen t
. T he h um a nd n oise l evel iv ma intained t o al ow
I
ts e
rve s t o lim it the a udio s i
gna l p eaks to ac ertain p re-deter- v
alue t hrough s pecial transformer s hie
lding . When u sed i n
m
ined l evel t hereby p reven ting o ver modu la tion with i t
s c onse- c
onjunc tion w ith a t wo s t
age p re-amplifier, t he 8 6
-B h as
q
uen t distortion a nd a djacen t channe l in
ter ference. T his amp li- s
ufi c
ien t m aximum g ain (60 d b) f or m aking l ocal a nnounce -
f
i
er also p rov ide s for a more e fect ive use o f tr
ansm itter p owe r ments. T he p ush-pu ll output s t
age a nd e f
icien t circu i
t d es
ign
b
y r aising t he a verage p ercen tage modu lation l e
ve l s everal p
rov ide a m ax
imum p ower o u
tpu t o f 1w att (+30 VU ) w i
th
d
b w i
thou t a ppreciab ly i ncreasing t he harmon ic di
stortion . T he l
ess than 0 .
75 % tota l rms di
stortion measured a t4 00 c ycles wi
th
l
imit
ing c harac ter
is t
ics o f t he 8 6
-B a lso r eadi
ly a dap t i t for ac ompre s
sion o f 1 8 db. The d istor t
ion i sl e
s s than 1 .8% r ms
u
se i n re cord ing a pplications. F or t his u se, itp reven ts o ver when m easured a t a ny frequency b e
tween 5 0 a nd 7 500 c yc
les.
c
utt
ing o f t he r ecord ing d i
sc o n h eavy p a s
sage s of mu sic o r
s
peech a nd p erm its am arked i mprovemen t i n the s ignal t o A
ll t
he componen
ts are mounted o
n asi
ngle meta
l c
ha s
sis. A
n
oise ratio. me
ter i
sprov
ided fo
r (1) ind
icat
ing g
a
in reduc
tion d
irect
ly in

5
8
A
MPL
IFIERS

db
, (2
) dynamic ma
tch indica
tor f
or i
npu
t tubes, (
3) measure-
ment o
f a
ll t
ube p
late c
urrents
, a
nd (4) measurement o
f plate
T
YPE 8-B L
6 IM ING AMPL
IT IFIER
v
ol
tage
. A s w
itch on t
he f
ron
t o
f t
he c
has
sis s
e
lec
ts t
he d
e
. i
t
i L
IM ING CHARACTER
IT ISTIC
s
i
red meter f
unct
ion
. 4i
•I
t I
S
tep
-by
-step inpu
t and outpu
t volume c
ontro
ls are prov
ided
. I PO
INT OF 3
.0 D
S
GA
IN R
EDUCTION
T
hese c
ontro
ls are e
quipped w
ith "
vu" s
c
ales to i
ndica
te i
npu
t
/
01
a
nd ou
tput le
vels a
tthe v
erge o
f compre
ssion
. Aux
iliary a
dju
st-
6
-.
(
i 1
2
0
a
ble c
ontro
ls are (1) hum balance
, (2) zero a
dju s
tment of 1

g
a
in reduc
tion me ter s
cale, (
3
) v ern
ier c ontrol for cl
o se ad
-
/
+
II
/
j
us
tment of leve
l a t wh
ich limi
ting a c
tion t akes place, and 0
"WA
ITED l
EvEL" CONTROL
(
4) s
witch (on front) w h
ich makes limiter func
tion i nopera
- .
10
S
ET FOR 0 IDR GR WITH
-
.10 VU I
NPUT
t
ive
. Apower s
witch a
nd f
use a
re p
rov
ided
. For r
ack mounting
+9
t
he Type 3
6-B S he
lf s
hou
ld b e u
sed
. A spec
ial umber-grey
3
6
-B d
oor p
ane
l w
ith me
ter c
u
t-ou
t i
s s
upp
lied w
ith t
he 8
6
-B
+8
Amp
lif
ier
. 8
+8 +
10 +
12 +
14 +
16 -
18 +20 +
22 +
24 +26 +28 +30

I
NPUT L
EVEL (W
ITH I
NPUT CONTROL A
T +
10 VU)
S
pec
ificat
ions

I
npu
t S
ource I
mpedance 6
00 o
r 2
50 o
hms
F
REQUENCY R
ESPONSE OF A T
YPICAL 86
-B AMPL
IFIER
1
0 D
B* OUTPUT LEVEL
O
utpu
t L
oad I
mpedance 6
00 o
r 2
50 o
hms A
l

0 . ...
F
requency Response 4
-2db 30.
15,000 c
ycle
s /O K G YM -
..-
.-

A
t any s
et
ting o
f ga
in c
ontro
ls —w
ith o
r w
ithou
t compress
ion)
B
N D
ESPONSE I

I
nput Leve
l
+1
Max
imum (a
t lim
iting v
erge
) +10 d
bm
Max
imum (w
ith 18 db g
ain reduc
tion) +30 d
bm 0
R

1
0 00 D
IMI NG .
101 00
1 _

M
inimum (
a
t l
imi
ting v
erge
) —30 d
bm I D. M .D . AC1
101
4 - .-

r e CN N

1
0000 1
1 000
O
utput Leve
l: 100 1
000

F
REQUENCY I
N C
YCLES P
ER S
ECOND
L
ess t
han 1.
8% rms d
i
stor
tion wi
th 18 db c
ompre
ssion a
tany
f
r
equency be
tween 5
0 and 7500 c
ycle
s +30 dbm
G
ain ( w
ith max
imum v
olume c
ontro
l s
e
tting a
nd s
i
gna
l b
elow
L
ess t
han 0.75% r
ms d
i
stor
tion a
t 4
00 c
yc
les w
ith 18 db
l
imi
ting le
vel) 6
0 db
g
a
in reduc
tion -
1-3
0 d
bm
L
ess t
han 0
.
4% r
ms d
i
stor
tion a
t 4
00 c
yc
les w
ith n
o g
a
in N
oise L
eve
l: b
elow +30 d
bm o
utpu
t —85 d
b
b
elow +10 d
bm o
utpu
t _ -77 d
b
r
educ
tion -
1-
10 d
hm
O
utpu
t R
ange (
a
t v
erge o
f l
imi
ting
) +10 d
bm t
o +30 d
bm

T
ime C on
stan ts
S
econds f or complete act
ion of ga
in r educ
tion_ 001
S
econd s for 90% r ecovery of g
ain after si
gnal d
rop
s b e
low
l
imi
ting l evel (when connected as f
urnished) 20
Note: m ay be var
ied f rom .
26 sec
. to 5.
2 sec
. b
y changing
o
ne r es
istor.
P
ower I
npu
t (
105
-125 v
ol
ts, 5
0
-60 c
yc
les
) 7
0 w
atts

D
imens
ion
s W
idth 1
6"
, d
epth 1
3"
, h
eigh
t 71
/2"

We
igh
t (
unpacked
) 3
0 l
bs
.

S
tock Ident
ifi
cat
ion: Umber Gray MI
.11216
.1)
C
omp le
te with o
ne s
et o
f tubes a
nd p
ane
l a
nd she
lf

Accessor
ies
T
ube K
it I
comp
lete t
ube c
omp
lemen
t) M
I-11286
-B
2 RCA
-6K7
, 1 RCA
-6N7
, 2 RCA
-1621
, 1 RCA
-6R7
,
1 RCA
-5R4GY
T
he 8
6
-B, a
s s
hipped
, in
clud
es the s
pec
ial
d
oor p
anel s
hown above •R
eference l
eve
l o
ne m
ill
iwa
tt.

5
9
M EM
IC ED

1
5- Wa
tt Mon
itor
ing Amp
lif
ier
, T
ype 1
5W-
1

F
eatures

• L
ow d
i
stor
tion—
les
s t
han 1%
.

• C
ont
inuous s
i
ngle f
r
equency r
a
ting o
f 1
5 %
v
an-
RMS
, 3
0 w
atts p
eak
.

• Sma
ll s
i
ze a
nd w
eigh
t.

• L
ow n
oise l
e
vel
.

• L
ow p
hase s
h
ift d
i
stor
tion
.

• I
l
igh
-qua
lity c
omponen
ts a
nd s
imp
lif
ied s
e
rvic
ing
.

U
ses

T
he Mc
Into
sh 1
5
-wa
tt a
mpl
ifier i
sde
signed f
or b
roadca
st a
ppl
i-
o
utpu
t, d
r
iver
, r
ec
tif
ier
, i
nve
rter amp
lif
ier a
nd p
reamp
lif
ier
c
a
tion
s w
here f
r
equenc
ies o
f 2
0 t
o 2
0
,000 c
yc
les a
re u
sefu
l, a
nd
s
t
age
s. Two t
ype 1
5W-
1 a
mpl
ifier
s c
onta
ining p
ower s
upp
lie
s
w
here h
igh e
f
fic
iency a
nd l
ow d
i
stor
tion f
e
ature
s a
re r
equ
ired
.
w
il
l moun
t i
n as
t
andard r
ack p
ane
l 7
" x1
9"
. U
nit
s m
ay a
l
so
T
he t
ype 1
5W-1 i
suse
ful a
s ab
roadcas
t mon
itor
ing o
r r
ecord
-
b
e a
rranged a
s as
i
ngle u
ni
t f
o
r p
ortab
le u
se b
y means o
f
i
ng a
mpl
ifier
, o
r a
s ag
ener
al p
urpose amp
lif
ier
.
a
n a
s
semb
ly k
i
t a
vai
lab
le.

Descr
ipt
ion S
pec
ificat
ions

T
he T
ype 1
5W-
1 Mc
Into
sh Amp
lif
ier i
s d
iv
ided i
n
to l
og
ica
l, D
istor
tion _
. 1
% o
r l
e
ss 2
0
-20
,000 c
yc
les

s
mal
l, "
plug
-in" u
nit
s w
hich f
a
cil
ita
te m
ain
tenance a
nd c
i
rcu
it I
n
termodu
lat
ion D
istor
tion__
_1 % RMS or l
e
ss (i
f peak p
ower
d
oes n
ot e
xceed 30 w
atts
)
c
heck
ing
. T
he a
mpl
ifier c
i
rcu
it o
pera
tes "
Clas
s B
" w
ith r
e
la-
Ef
ic
iency 5
0% @ 1
5 w
att
s
t
i
vely s
mal
l c
urren
t f
l
owing i
n t
he f
i
nal t
ube
s (
wi
thou
t i
npu
t
G
ain 4
0 d
b m
in.
; 1
00 d
b max
.; (with 1 p
reamp.
s
i
gna
l). W
ide f
r
equency r
ange
, l
ow d
i
stor
tion a
nd l
ow g
en-
a
nd inpu
t tran
sformer
)
e
ra
tor i
mpedance a
re f
e
ature
s p
rov
ided
. T
he a
mpl
ifie
r i
nc
lude
s
I
npu
t I
mpedance 2
00
,000 o
hms w
ithou
t i
npu
t t
r
ans
former

W
ith U
niver
sal I
npu
t T
ran
sformer 3
0 to 2
50 o
hms
6
00 o
hms a
nd br
idg
ing input w
ith s
e
rie
s r
e
sis
tor
s

O
utp
ut I
mpedance _600 o
hms b
a
lanced; 4,8,1
6, o
r 32 ohms,
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40)

ba
lanced o
r unbalanced
200, 0 02, 0
0.4

N
oise a
nd I
nver
ter I
npu
t _90 db b
elow r
a
ted o
utpu
t-80 dh
s
o 000
2
2
10 022. 0w
5
G
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b
elow r
a
ted o
utpu
t w
ith p
reamp. i
npu
t

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ube
s:
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i
ze (
Amp
lifier a
nd P
ower S
upply Uni
t) _Each 8h" x 63
4 "x
/
2
0
F KO . r C
1 42

43/"h
4 igh (
p
lug-
in un
its e
xtend 3
" above a
mpl
ifier
)
20052 S
1021 V
•S 2
12
.20UC NCY O UP K TE
lar
We
igh
t (
app
rox
.) 2
5 l
b
s.
•2
er--- T —2
-
0
4•52
2
1
•02
F
inish __Umber g
ray
z
s s
o m
om S 5 0 0 00
M
I-11235
2 02000
2
0,2 0
. 40
4Cv 00
-025 S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion

6
0
A
MPL
IFIERS

50
- Wat
t Mon
itor
ing Amp
lif
ier
,Type 50 W
-1

F
eatures

• L
ow d
i
stor
tion— l
e
ss t
han 1
%.

• C
ont
inuous s
i
ngle f
r
equency r
a
ting o
f 5
0 w
atts
RMS
, 1
00 w
atts p
eak
.

• Sma
ll s
i
ze a
nd w
eigh
t.

• L
ow n
oise l
e
vel
.

• L
ow p
hase s
h
ift d
i
stor
tion
.

• H
igh
-qua
lity c
omponen
ts a
nd s
imp
lif
ied s
e
rvic
ing
.

U
ses
5
0W-
1 a
mpl
ifier a
nd o
ne p
ower s
upp
ly w
il
l moun
t i
n as
t
andard
T
he Mc
Into
sh 5
0
-wa
tt a
mpl
ifier i
s d
esigned f
o
r b
roadca
st r
a
ck p
ane
l 7
" x1
9"
. U
nits m
ay a
l
so b
e a
rranged a
s as
i
ngle
a
ppl
ica
tion
s w
here f
r
equenc
ies o
f 2
0 t
o 2
0
,000 c
yc
les a
re u
sefu
l. u
n
li
t f
o
r p
ortab
le u
se b
y means o
f a
n a
s
semb
ly k
i
t a
vai
lab
le.
a
nd w
here h
igh e
fic
iency a
nd l
ow d
i
stor
tion f
e
ature
s a
re r
e
-
q
uired
. T
he t
ype 5
0W-
1 i
s u
sefu
l a
s ab
roadca
st n
ion
itor
ing
o
r r
ecord
ing a
mpl
ifier
, o
r a
s ag
enera
l p
urpo
se amp
lif
ier
.
S
pec
ifica
tions

Descr
ipt
ion D
istor
tion 1
% o
r l
e
ss 2
0
-20
,000 c
yc
les

T
he T
ype 1
5W-
1 Mc
Into
sh Amp
lif
ier i
s d
iv
ided i
n
to l
og
ica
l, I
n
termodu
lat
ion D
istor
tion__
_1 % RMS or l
es
s (if p
eak p
ower
doe
s no
t exceed 1
00 w
att
s)
s
mal
l, "
plug
-in" u
nit
s w
hich f
a
cil
ita
te ma
intenance a
nd c
i
rcu
it
c
heck
ing
. T
he a
mpl
ifier c
i
rcu
it o
pera
tes "
Clas
s B
" w
ith r
e
la- Ef
ic
iency 6
0% @ 5
0 w
atts
, 6
7% @ 6
0 w
att
s
t
i
vely s
mal
l c
urren
t f
l
owing i
n t
he f
i
nal t
ube
s (
wi
thou
t i
npu
t
G
ain _ 4
0 d
b m
in.
; 1
00 d
b max
.; (with 1 p
reamp.
s
i
gna
l). Wide f
r
equency r
ange
, l
ow d
i
stor
tion a
nd l
ow g
en- a
nd inpu
t tran
sformer
)
e
ra
tor i
mpedance a
re f
e
ature
s p
rov
ided
. T
he T
ype 5
0W-1 amp
li-
I
npu
t I
mpedance 2
00
,000 o
hms w
ithou
t i
npu
t t
r
ans
former
f
i
er c
ons
ist
s o
f o
ne p
ower s
upp
ly u
nit a
nd o
ne amp
lif
ier u
ni
t
p
lus p
ower c
onnec
tor c
ord
. T
he a
mpl
ifier i
nc
lude
s o
utpu
t, W
ith U
niver
sal I
npu
t T
ran
sformer 3
0 to 2
50 o
hms
d
r
iver
, r
ec
tif
ier
, i
nver
ter a
mpl
ifier a
nd p
reamp
lif
ier s
t
age
s. O
ne 6
00 o
hms a
nd br
idg
ing input w
ith s
e
rie
s r
e
sis
tor
s

GA N - FRE QUE NCY CHARACTER


IST
ICS 0
1 CNA
. OuTPut * M ON O
O
utpu
t I
mpedance _600 o
hms b
alanced; 4
,8 , 1
6
, or 32 ohm s
,
ba
lanced or unbalanced
.
2
.
t
os
si
rs
2 ; N
oise a
nd I
nver
ter I
npu
t _90 db b
elow r
a
ted o
utpu
t-80 db
.D
-9O 2 5
0 1
0 5 2 5 M
5000
FREOuENCY CYCLES b
elow r
a
ted o
utpu
t w
ith p
reamp. i
npu
t

T
ube
s:
PHASE SwF, 0
.5 FREQUE NCY CHARACTER
IST
/CS 26
L6-G Output 11
2AX7 I
nver
ter Amp l
ifie
r
26
J5 Dr
iver 11
2AX7 P
reamplif
ier

S
1
000 0 5 M OO 2 5 1
4
:0 X
,0 1 5 $
00:000
15U4 R
ect
ifier
FREQuENCY C
YCLES
S
i
ze l
Amp
lif
ier and P
ower S
upply Uni
t) _Each 81.
4"x 6
3 /
34" x

434
" high (p
lug
-in un
its e
xtend 3
" above amp
lif
ier
)

We
igh
t (
approx
.) (
each u
ni
t) 2
5 l
b
s.
S
IN GLE FREQUE NCY HAR MON
IC D
ISTORT
ION

r
. : 7 7 _ Cu .
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5 ••y
lACAL 1
6
.
1 ,5 .1.0fn
i 7! S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-11236

6
1
R
CA
R
emo
te Amp
lif
ier
T
ype B
N2A

•2

*
;
,

2
0 6
00 COO 1
0000 20
.000
F
REODENCY I
N C
YCLES P
ER S
ECOND

F
REQUENCY R
ESPONSE O
F A T
YPICAL ST
E-24 RE MOTE AMPL
IFIER

/04
-71
aWip tëê
oz
-30 t
o 1
5,000 c
ps!

H
ERE IS ONE o f the f i
nes t high-quali
ty (
inpu
ts 3 a
nd 4 are sw
itchable t
o mixer 3
). And you can
ampl
ifiers y et d es
igned f or remote r
un the BN2A from a b at
tery simply by r
emov ing the
s
ervices . Distort
ion i sl ess t han 1p er c
ent p
ower li
ne connector—and plugging in t
he b
attery c
ord.
o
ver t he c omp lete frequency r ange o f t
he
We
igh ing o n
ly 2 9 pounds
, and comp lete
ly self
-contained
i
nstrumen t
. H igh-levelm ix ing r educes gen-
f
ora-
co pera
tion,this s
turdy r
emote amplif
ier c
arriesa
sl i
gh t
ly
e
ral n oise l eve
l b y at l east 1 5 t o 20 d b
.
a
s abr
ie fcase. More aboutthe BN2A f r
om y our RCA B road-
S
tabilized f eedback h olds p rogram q ual
ity c
ast S
ales Engineer
. O r drop u
s acard. Dept
. 1 9 HA.
s
teady o ver aw ide r ange o fo pera t
ing con-
d
i
tions
. Each o
ft he t hree amp lif
ier c hanne ls p rovides an
o
ver
-al
l gain of 9 2
.5 d b —enough t o h elp h igh -qual
ity S
PEC
IFICAT
IONS
m
icrophones t
hrough n early any situation . M
ining Channe
ls T
hree P
owe
r S
ource
M
icrophone I
npu
t 1
03-
125 v
. a
. c
.(o
r b
atte
ry)
The BN2A i splenty f
l
exib le
, too. You can f
eed t he pro- Co mb
ina
tions F
our
S
ize 1
412 "
/ L.
, 91
2 "
/ D., W M
.
g
ram t o the output c
hanne l and the publ
ic address system .
req
. R
esponse
We
igh
t....29 l
bs
. (
comple
te wi
th a-c
(±1.0 d
b) 3
0-15000 c
ycles
s
imultaneously
. You c an isolate the remote amp lif
ier a nd No
ise L
eve
l.. -
70 d
b b
elo w +13 db m
c
able a
nd s
pare t
ubes)
C
abin. .Deep umber
-g ray nu
sta
lust
ro
f
eed the cue circu
it in
to the PA d irec
t. You can mon itor D
istor
tion L
oss t
han I% rms
wr
inkle. Removab le alumi-
b
oth circuits. You can s w
itch in a s many as four micro - R
ated Ou
tpu
t l
eve
l +18 d
bm num fron
t cover
.

p
hones— through t he four m icrophone i nputs p rovided

6
2
R
EMOTE

R
emo
te Amp
lif
ier
, T
ype BN-2A
F
eatures
• H
igh l
e
vel m
ixing -15 t
o 2
0 d
b r
educ
tion i
n n
oise l
e
vel
.
• P
ortable
, compac
t a
nd c
omp
lete
ly s
e
lf-con
tained f
or a
-
c
o
perat
ion.
• E
xce
llen
t f
r
equency r
e
sponse +1 d
b 3
0 t
o 1
5
,000 c
yc
les
.
• L
ow d
i
stor
tion —
les
s t
han 1% f
or c
omp
lete r
ange
.
• C
omple
te range f
ac
ilit
ies f
or f
eed
ing PA a
mpl
ifier a
nd p
ro-
g
ram channe
l simul
taneous
ly.
• B
at
tery C
over P
ack M
I-11279 a
vai
lab
le.
• C
an a
l
so b
e o
pera
ted w
i
th t
he M
I-11211 b
a
tte
ry b
ox.

U
ses
The B MA i sal i
ghtweight. three c
hanne l a mp
lif
ier designed
e
specially f o
r r emo te broadeast use
. I t has capac
ity f o
r f our
m
icrophone i nputs, the th
ird a nd fourth switchable to C han-
n
el 3. A n OP -7 c an be used %WIt h
is u nit to p
rovide 6 c han-
n
els. Program m ay be fed t o t
he ou
tpu t channel and t o a PA
ampli
fier simu ltaneously. Also the r
ue c i
rcuit may b e sw
itched
t
o iso
late t he r omete a mpl
i f
ier and feed the PA d irec
t. Mon i-
t
oring f a
cil
ities i n both circui
ts are provided.
The i
nput c
ircui
ts are iso
lated in th
e same manner as acon-
s
ole
tte
, so that no special precau
tions a
re neces
sary in the T
he st
eel c
ase i
s ruggedly constructed wi
th t
he fr
ont c
over
g
rounding o
f microphones. Microphones w
i
th inpu
t impedances e
as
ily r
emoved f
o
r q u
ick operation. Accommoda
tion fo
r c
arry
-
f
rom 3 0 t
o 2 50 ohms c an b e accommodated by the same i
ng s
pare t
ube
s and fuse
s isp rovided wi
thin t
he e
ase.
amp
lif
ier
. Ex
ternal c
onnec t
ions located in the re
ar o f the c
hass
is i
nclude
f
our, Cannon 3 -
connector m icrophone r eceptac
les and t
he 1 2
-
T
he u ni
t i s comp lete
ly s el
f-conta
ined f or a-
c o perations. B y c
onnector p
lug f or ei
ther a-c or bat
tery o perat
ion. The power
a
dding Battery C over K it
, M I-
11279, the u n
it can b e o perated s
upply isbui
lt into t
he amp l
ifier and e mp
loy s one RCA 6X5GT
o
n a-c or battery by t he fl
ip o f as w
itch, the batteries b e
ing
f
ul
l-wave rectif
ier tube.
c
arr
ied i n
side t he u n
it. T he a mplif
ier c an also b e o pera
ted
o
n e x
ternal b a
tterie
s b y us
ing t he battery box MI -11214 . I
fa n emergency b a
ttery s upply i sd e
s ired , the top of the c a
se
c
an b e removed b y loosening f our q uick -disconnec t s
crew s and
t
he MI -11279 k it added i n its place. T he b a
ttery u ni
t p lug s
i
nto the a mpl
ifier in the usual pl ace a nd a s t
andard e xtension
D
escr
ipt
ion c
ord c an b e u
sed f or the a-
c. A s w
itch a llows q uick switching
The BN -2A c onsis ts o f a t hree s t
age , r es
istance -capac itance t
o batter
ie s i
ft he a-
c fail
s. For l ong o pera t
ion o n ba
tteries the
c
oup led amp lifier c omb ined w ith t h ree i ndividua l i npu t c han- b
attery b ox, MI-11214, can b e u sed.
n
els f or e ach m ix ing s tage. E ach i npu t c hanne l u se s ah igh
q
ua lity b alanced t ran sformer w ith e l ectro stat
ic s hield ing , o per-
a
t
ing i nto a n on -m icrophon ic RCA 1 620 t ube. T he se t ube s a re
Spec
ificat
ions
c
onnec ted w ith e ach m ixer i n p ara lle l t o feed t he f i
rst s tage
o
f t he ma in amp lifier. T his s tage e mp loy s a nother RCA 1 620 S
ource I
mped
avce 3
0/150/250 o
ho.
p
en tode c onnec ted w ith f eedback f r om t he ma s
ter g ain c on-
L
oad I
mpedance 1
50/600 o
hms
t
rol, w hich i s ah igh g rade s tep -by -step p oten t
iome ter. T he
u
nique d e sign o f t his a rrangemen t p roduce s m ax imum f eed- N
orma
l O
utpu
t L
eve
l +8 VU
b
ack w ith m in imum g ain, a f eature w hich r educe s a ny i n
-
D
is
tor
tion (+18 d
b o
utpu
t 5
0 t
o 1
5
,000 c
yc
les)
a
dver ten t o verload ing o f the f i
r st s tage b y a nnouncer s " bla st
- Le
ss th
an 1% r
ms
i
ng" t he m icrophone o r b y e xce s sive b ackground n oise . T he
s
econd a nd t h
ird s tages e ach u til ize a 6 J7 p en tode c onnec ted M
aximum O
utpu
t L
eve
l (
l
ess t
han 1% r
ms d
i
stor
tion)
t
o t he o utpu t t ran sformer . F urther f eedback i st aken f rom t he +18 d
bm
p
late o f t he l a
st s tage t o the s e cond s tage c athode , r esu l
ting Max
imum G
ain (
150 o
hm s
ource t
o 6
00 o
hm l
o
ad) _92
.5 d
b
i
n a n e xce llen t f requency r espon se w i th e xcep tiona lly l ow
d
istor t
ion . E ach c hanne l o fers a n o vera ll g ain o f 9 2.5 d b; F
requency R
espon
se_ _ -
4
-1 d
b 3
0 t
o 1
5
,000 c
yc
les
more t han a dequa te f or any a pp lica tion . T he h igh l evel m ix ing N
oise L
eve
l (
f
or +18 d
bm o
utpu
t m
ax. g
a
in) —70 d
b
r
educe s m icrophon ic s a nd g ene ra l n oise l e
ve l b y a t l east 1 5
t
o2 0 d b
. H igh l evel m ixing a lso mean s u nloaded i npu t c ircu its
, A
-c P
ower I
npu
t_ 1
05
-125 v
ol
ts, 5
0/60 c
yc
les
, 2
5 w
att
s
s
o t hat m icrophone r espon se i sb ette r
. B
attery Opera
tion:
A line sw
itch a
llows the o pera
tor to tu
rn o f the fe
ed f ront "A" S
upply _6.3 v
ol
ts (
nom
ina
l) 2
.
1 amps
. (inc
l. VU l
amp)
t
he a mpl
ifier t
o the program l i
ne. Another s uit
ch c onnects "B" S
upply 2
70 v
ol
ts (nomina
l) 10 MA
t
he PA f eed t
o the ampl
ifier, or to t
he cue line wi
th a t hird D
imen s
ions
:
p
osit
ion for "Of
f"
. The volume t o the PA feed ison as eparate L
ength 1
5"
c
ontrol
. D
epth (with c
over
) 9%"
H
eight 1
0"
The front panel is a
ttract
ive ly styled a nd arranged t
o give
c
entral
ized control o
f al
l circuits
. T he standard si
ze VU meter We
igh
t 2
9 l
b
s. (
comp
lete w
ith a
-
c c
able a
nd s
pare t
ube
s)
i
sp rovided fo
r measuring t ube voltages in the ca
thode c
i
rcuit F
ini
sh Umber g
ray w
rink
le
a
nd o utput leve
l. A s w
itch p o
sit
ion f o
r f e
eding +8 VU t o
l
i
ne w hen the meter i
sr eading 0 i sa l
so provided. S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion (
l
ess t
ube
s) MI
-11230

6
3
R
EMOTE •

R
e mote Amp
lif
ier
, T
ype BN-2A (
cont
inued)

A
ccessor
ies
T
ube K
it (
comp
lete t
ube c
omp
lemen
t) MI
-11269
K
it o
f B
atter
ies (
for a
bove) MI
-112
111
4 RCA
-1620
, 2 RCA
-6J7
, 1 RCA
-6X5GT

Wa
terproo
f C
over f
or B MA MI
-11277 B
attery B
ox C
omp
lete w
ith C
ord C
onnec
tor
s M
I-11214

BN
-2A B
attery C
over MI
-11279 K
it o
f B
atter
ies (
for a
bove
) _ _MI
-11255

•2 •= I-

• .
5
• o

2 O O
S.
1
00 1
000 1
0000 1
5000
2
0 00 000 0000 2
0000
FREQUE NCY I
N CYCLES PER SECOND
P
ECKANCy I
N C
YCLES P
ER SECOND
D
ISTORTION CHARACTERISTICS OF A TYP
ICAL TYPE
F
REQuENCy R
ESPONSE OF A T
YPICAL 55-2A RE MOTE AMPL
IFIER
BN- 2A RE MOTE A MPLIFIE R WI T H OUT PUT OF I
SDB M

B
attery C
onta
iner a over f
nd C or BN-2A
F
eatures

• P
rovides c
omplete b
attery o
pera
ti , f
or BN
-2A
P
ortable Amp
lif
ier (
11/ t
4 o 2hours
).

• E
asi
ly a
t
tached t
o BN
-2A w
ithou
t a
l
tera
tions
.

• Emp
loys s
t
andard "
A" a
nd "W
' b
at
ter
ies
.

• B
uil
t-in s
witch s
e
lec
ts a
-
c o
r b
attery o
pera
tion
.

Descr
ipt
ion

T
he B
atter
) (
.
0‘er
, M
I-11279
, i
sdes
igned f
or moun
ting o
n t
he p
ack 0
%i
l s
upp
ly p
ower t
o t
he BN
-2A P
ortab
le Amp
lif
ier (
re
-
BN
-2A P
ortab
le Amp
lif
ier i
n p
lace o
f t
he u
sua
l t
op c
over s
up- q
uir
ing 6 v
ol
ts a
t 2
.
1 amp
. a
nd 2
70 v
olts a
t 1
0 ma) f
or 1% t
o
p
l
ied
. The c
over u
nit c
onta
ins a
n a
-
c r
ecep
tac
le, as
witch t
o 2h
ours o
f c
ont
inuous o
pera
tion
. Wi
th i
n
terva
l o
pera
tion o
f
s
e
lec
t a
-
c o
r b
at
tery o
pera
tion
, a
nd a c
l
amp f
or h
old
ing t
wo 1
5 m
in. o
n, 1
5 m
in. o
f, t
he b
at
ter
ies w
ill p
rov
ide a
pprox
i-
6 v
olt "
A" b
at
ter
ies (
RCA #V5009
, E
veready #A
-509 o
r ma
tely 2 t
o 21
/
4 h
our
s s
erv
ice
.
B
urge
ss #F4P1 a
nd f
our 6
71/
2 v
olt "
B" b
atter
ies (
RCA

#VS016
, E
veready #467 o
r B
urge
ss XX45). The b
at
tery
S
pec
ificat
ions

We
igh
t B
attery C
over
) 61
/
2 l
bs
.

We
igh
t (
Bat
ter
ies) 5l
bs
.

S
ize
, o
vera
ll (
adds o
nly 5
43" t
o o
vera
ll h
eigh
t o
f BN
-2A)
1
4 3/
4 " x 61
2 " x 31
/ 2 "
/

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion:

B
attery C
over (
l
ess b
at
ter
ies
, w
ith
t
wis
t-lock c
onnec
tor
) MI
-11279

K
it o
f B
atter
ies (
two 6 v
. "
A" a
nd
R
ear v
iew o
f Ba
ttery Cover show
ing b
atter
ies
mounted in p
lace f
our 6
7% v
. "
B") MI
-11255

6
4
R
EMOTE

R
emo
te P
i
ckup Amp
lif
ier
, T
ype OP
-6
F
eatures
• E
xce
llen
t fr
equency re
sponse.
• H
igh maximum outpu
t leve
l w i
th l
ow d
i
stor
tion
.
• L
ow noi
se and h
um leveL
• H
igh overal
l gain permits use wi
th h
igh q
ual
ity m
icro
-
p
hones under a
dverse c
ondition
s.
• Sma
ll s
i
ze a nd l
igh
t weight
.
• A
.c p
ower s
upply bu
ilt i
n. No ex
ternal s
upp
ly r
equ
ired
.
• Two i
npu
t p
osi
tions and t
ran
sfer key
.
• T
apped inpu
t tr
ansformer a
ccommoda
tes a
ny type o
f m
icro
-
p
hone.
• Rugged
ly bui
lt wi
th high qual
ity c
omponen
ts.

D
escr
ipt
ion
The OP -6 i s at hree s t
age r esistance c oup led a mplif
ier u sing
RCA 1 620 l ow n oise, n on m icrophon ic tube s. T he t hree s t
age s
a
ford a g ain o f 8 8 d b w hich i s more t han a mp le f or a ny r e
-
q
u ired a pplica tion . O ne RCA 6 X5GT/G i su bed i n the r e
c t
ifier.
S
ince o nly t wo t ube t ypes a re u sed , t he s tock ing o f s pares i s
s
imp l
ified . T he amp l if
ier c i
rcu it i s u n
ique i n t ha
t i t uti
lize s
t
wo f eedback l oop s. O ne l oop i sa round t h e f irst s t
age a nd i s
v
ar ied w i
th t he ma in g a in c on trol t hus m ainta in ing a m ax imum
f
eedback c ons istent w ith r equ ired g ain. T his a r rangemen t p re-
v
en ts o verload ing t he f i
rst t ube b y h igh o utpu t m icrophone s
.
The g ain c on tro l isl oca ted b etween t he f i
rst a nd s econd s tage •2
a
nd i s ah igh q ua lity s tep b y s t
ep d ev
ice e qu ipped w ith a OP 0 F
RE QUENCY R
ESP ONSE

l
arge k nob . T he s econd f eedback l oop i s f i
xed a nd i s c on- •
I
n
ec ted a round t he s econd a nd t hird s t
age s. Two i nput s a re
p
rov ided a nd e ither m ay b e s elec ted b y m eans o f at urn k ey
s
wi tch. O ne i npu t i s b rough t t o s hielded s crew t e
rm ina ls a nd
t
he o ther t o as t
andard C annon m icrophone r eceptac le. T he
o
utpu t t e
rm ina tes o n i nsulated b ind ing p osts w h ich a re l ocated 3
0 0
0 1
000 a m 1
5
,000
F
RE QUENCY I
N CYCLES P
ER S
EC OND
o
n t he f ron t p anel f or g rea ter a cce ssibil
ity. T he p ower i npu t
r
ecep tac le h as an umber o f c ontac ts w hich a re u sed f or altering
t
he c i
rcu it f or a -
c o r b attery o pera tion. A n a -c p ower c ord i s
f
urn ished w ith t he a mplifier a nd t he d -c b attery c ord i s sup-
p
lied w ith t he M I-11214 B attery B ox. L oca ted o n t he f ron t
p
ane l a re t he- p ower s witch, f u
se a nd mon i
tor ing h ead set j ack.
The comp le te a mplifier and p ower s upply i s e nc
lo sed i n a
s
t
ee l c
ase w hich has removab le c over
, rubber f eet, and s teel re
-
i
nforced h andle. T he h andle l i
es f i
at w hen n ot i n u se. A
l
eather shou lder strap f ac
ilitates t r
ansporting t he u nit a nd
l
eaves the h ands free t o carry m icrophone s, etc. T he c hass
is
a
nd f ront p anel m ay b e ea
s i
ly s l
ipped f rom t he c ase b y re
-
moving f our t humb -screws
. T he u nit is furnished l e
ss me ter
,
t
hereby a voiding a dd it
ional e xpense f o
r t hose a pplications
where a me ter is u nnecessary.

S
pec
ificat
ions
S
our ce I mpedance 3
0/250 o hms
L
oad I mpedance _ 1
50/600 o hms
Norma l O u
tput L evel +8 dbm
D
istortion ( 8d b• o u
tput
,5 0
-7500 c
ycles
) _Le ss t
han 0.
5% r m
s
Maximum Ou tpu t Level (l
ess t
han 1% r ms d
is
tort
ion b etween
5
0 and 7500 c yc
les) +18 d b
F
requency R espon se ±2 d b 3
0 to 15
,000 cyc
les
-
11 d b 4
0 to 10
,000 cyc
les
O
vera ll Gain 8 db
N
o i
se L evel ( +18 d bm ou
tput, 68 d
b gain —70 db IL Me
ter a
nd A
ttenua
tor K
it MI
-1125
1
D
imens ions, overall
Height 9%" VU Meter a nd Attenuator Kit ( MI
•11251 above) i va i
s a lab
le
Width I
2 %"
Depth 714. a
s acce
ssory e quipmen t for ind
icating a udio vo
lume l eve
ls
when i
nsta
lled in the OP-6 Por
table Amp lif
ier. VU m
eter sca
le
F
inish G
rey w r
inkle
r
eads i
n p ercen
t voltage and in "vu'
s.?'
Weigh
t ( unpacked bu
t inc
luding 8'power c
ord) 2
0% l bs
.
A
-c Power I npu
t, 1
05
-125 vol
ts, 5
0 t
o 60 c
yc
les 1
8 wa
tts
S
tock Identif
ica
tion (sh
ipped le
ss tube
s) MI
-11202
•A VU Me ter and Attenua
tor Kit __ MI
-11251
Weatherproo f F
abr ic Cover MI
•11256
A
ccessor
ies B
attery B ox MI
-I1214
Tube Kit (comple
te tube complement) K
it of B atter
ies MI
-11255
Three RCA 1620 and one RCA 6 X5GT/G _MI-
11253
Emergency Tube Kit (comple
te tube comp
lemen
t) C
annon Microphone P
lug MI
-4630-B
Three RCA 6J7 and one RCA 6 X5GT/G —MI
•11253
•A M
ixer Amplif
ier
, Type OP
•7 MI
-11213

6
5
R
EMOTE

M
ixer P
rea mp
lif
ier ype OP
, T -7
F
eatures
• E
xce
llen
t f
r
equency r
e
spon
se t
o 1
5
,000 c
yc
les
.
• H
igh l e
vel m ix
ing r educes noi
se to am inimum.
• P
rovides unloaded t r
ansformer input and high le
vel mixing
f
or one to four microphone s
.
• S
elf c
ontained a-c power supply or may b e b
at
tery opera
ted.
• May be used with a ly program a mpl
ifier hav
ing a gain of
8
0 db.

Descript ion
The OP -7 is ahigh fidel
ity, c
ompact a nd l
igh
tweight p or
table
uni
t. It provide
s u nloaded t r
ansformer input and high l e
vel
mixing for a
s m any as four microphones. I
tm ay be used with
t
he OP-6 P or
table Amp l
ifier o
r with any o
ther p
rogram a mpli
-
f
i
er w hich has ag a
in o f at l
e
ast 80 db
.
The front p anel c ontains t he power r e
cep tacle, " on-off" p owe r
s
witch, a -c fuse, f our m ixe r knob s and s hielded o u
tput t e
r-
m
ina ls. A f ron t p ane l c over h eld b y t wo s nap t ype c l
asp s
p
rotects t he equipmen t a nd p rovides space f o
r c arrying c ables.
F
our C annon T ype " P" M icrophone R ecep tacles a re assemb led
o
n t he r ear of t he a mplifier chassis
. A f ith r ecep tacle, with
male c ontacts
, p rov ides ac able output c onnec t
ion . T his type
o
f r eceptacle s afeguard s t he battery f r
om s hort-circuits t hat
m
igh t occur u sing am ale p lug
.
The OP -7 ise qu ipped w i
th l ong li
fe c arbon t ype m ixing c on-
t
rols
. I n a ddi
tion , the M I-11276 Mod ificat
ion K it containing
f
our D aven s tep-by-s
tep a ttenua tors w ith t he n eces
sary a cce s
-
s
ory e quipmen t f or mod ification, i s ava i
lab le f or mod ifying
t
he M I-
11213 . T he OP -7 iscomp le
te w ith b uilt-in powe r supp ly
o
r itm ay b e operated f r
om t he M I
- 11214 B a
ttery B ox withou t
c
ircuit changes. As uitable OP -6 in
terconnec tion c able, equ
ipped OP
-7 with fron
t p anel cover
w
ith C annon P lugs, i sfu
rn i
shed w ith t he OP -7. r
emoved.C overs of OP-7 and
OP
-6 p
rovide space for ca
rry-
i
ng interconnecting c able
s.
Spec ificat ions
S
ource I mpedance 3
0/250 o hms M1
- 11257 Fabric C over
Load I mpedance 3
0/250 o hms f
or OP -7. S
im ilar c ov-
Norma l Ou tpu t Leve l —55 dbm e
rs
, l i
sted a s a cce s
-
D
istortion (-55 d bm o utput,50-7500 c
ycle
s). Jesst han 0.
5% r ms s
ories, a re a vailabl e
Maximum Ou tpu t Level (less th
an 1% r ms di
stortion mea sured f
or OP -6 a nd f o
r t he
a
t any f r
equency b e
tween 5 0 and 7500 cycle
s) _ —24 d bm l
in
- 11214 Battery B ox.
Gain ( max imum , 250 o hm s ource to 250 ohm l o
ad ) _ _8 db
F
requency R esponse +2 d b 30 to 1 5
,000 cyc
les
+1 d b 40 to 1 0
,000 cyc
les
Noise L evel (-24 d bm o utput for 8db gain) -8 d b
D
imen sion s
Heigh t 9% ' OP-7 c ha
ssis
,rear v
iew.
Width 1
2 34
" Four m icrophone re-
D
epth 9
" c
ep tacles a nd output
F
inish Gray w r
inkle r
ecep tacle a
re p
rc-
Weigh t ( unpacked b u
t w i
th c ab
le s
) 2
3 lbs. v
ided .
A
-c P ower I npu t
, 105-125 v o
lts
, 50 to 6
0 cycle. 2
0 watt
s
S
tock I den t
ifica
tion MI
-11213

Accessor ies
Tube K i
t l complete tube complement
)
4 RCA 1 620
, 1 RCA 6 X5GT/G M
I-11254
Al
ternate T ube K i
t (comp lete c
omplemen
t)
4 RCA 6 J7, 1 RCA 6 X5GT/G M
I-11254-A
Weatherproo f Fabr ic Cover" MI
-11257
Bat
tery B ox MI
-11214
Ki
t of B atteries MI
-11255
Cannon M icrophone P lugs MI4630-B
OP-6 Amp lif
ier s hipped less t
ubes
) M
I-11202-A

•2
OP
-7 F
RIOUINCY R
ESPONSE
•1

-
-2
3
0 1
00 ICOO 1
0000 1
5000
HIC
ILIINCY I
N C
YC I
S P ER S
ECOND
R
EMOTE

R
emo
te P
ickup E
quipmen
t, OP
-6/0P
-7

U
ses
The OP -6/0P -7 is ah igh q uali
ty, li
gh t weight p ortab le pickup s
c
rip
tion a
s we
ll as f
eature
s a nd s
pecif
ica
tions wil
l b
e f
ound
e
quipmen t p roviding f our m icrophone i nputs w ith h igh l evel o
n t
he OP-7 Mixer P
reamp l
ifier c
a
talogue shee
t.
mix
ing a nd s eparate p reamp lif
iers, b ui
lt in a -
c p ower s upp ly
a
nd f u
ll s ized v u me ter. Sma ll sized c ases f urn ished w i
th The OP-6, companion uni
t to the OP-7, is ahigh quali
ty, h
igh
s
houlder s t
rap s p rovide a m aximum o f conven ience i n c arry- g
ain, three stage resi
stance c oupled amp lif
ier using t h
ree
i
ng t hese u ni ts
. B attery o peration m ay be u sed a t any t ime RCA 1620 P en
tode-Connected tubes. A more c omplete de
scrip-
b
y plugg ing i n the c ord o f the MI-11214 B attery B ox. N o c ir
- t
ion a
s w e
ll as f
ea
tures and specif
icat
ion s w
il
l b e f
ound o n the
c
uit change s a re r equired. T he m ixer a nd amp lif
ier u n
its m ay c
ata
logue s hee
t for the OP-6 Amp l
ifier
.
b
e u sed s i
de b y s i
de o r the amp lifier m ay b e moun ted o n S
tock I
den t
ifi
ca tion OP -6 and OP -7:
t
op of t he m ixer. A n o uts
tand ing value a tan e conom ical price, Wi
th C arbon C ontrols M
I-11202-A/11213
t
he OP -6/0P -7 c omb ination p rovides t he b roadca ster w ith a Comp lete a s shown i n p hotograph b u
t l es
s t ube
s, vu
f
i
eld p ickup e quipmen t having s tudio q uali
ty p er formance . me
ter a nd m icrophone plug. C omplete li
st
ing f or a
cces
-
s
ories w il
l b e found under t he ca
talogue li
sting for t
he
i
ndividua l OP -6 /0P-7 u
nits.
Descr
ipt
ion
T
he OP -7 M ixer Preamp lif
ier c omprises f
our unloaded t rans
- F
RE QUENCY R
ESP ONS or
.e/or?
OP
-7 A
T UN
ITY GA
IN
f
ormer i nput c i
rcuits each w orking i n
to an RCA -1620 t r
iode
c
onnected t ube. Its source i mpedance i s f
or 30 or 2 50 o hm
m
icrophone s and the load i mpedance i s250 ohms. Wh ile pri
.
m
ad ly d es
igned f or u
se w i
th t he OP
-6 Amp lif
ier
, the OP -7 may
b
e o perated with a ny a mpl
ifier having a 250 ohm s ource i m
-
3
0 1
00 1000 1
0
.000 3
,003
p
edance a nd a gain of 8 0 db o r more. A more c omple te de
- F
RE QUENCY I
N CYCLES PER S
EC OND

B
attery B
ox, M
I-1
1214
The MI -
11214 B a
ttery B ox h as b een d e
signed e special
ly f or Spec
ificat
ions
u
se with the OP -6 and OP -7 R emote Amp lifier
s. Iti se quipped
w
ith t wo i nterconnection c ords so that it m ay b e u sed w i
th
F
inish (
matche
s OP
-6/0P
-7) G
rey w
rink
le
b
oth a mplifiers simultaneous ly
. The b ox isc onstructed o f s
teel
w
ith durab le g ray wrinkle f i
nish and ise quipped w i
th a l a
rge D
imen s
ion s
s
t
eel reinforced h and le and r ubber feet
. T he cable s are st
ored
Height 1
212 "
/
i
n the cover w hen n ot in use.
Width 1
312 "
/
Depth 83
4 "
/
Approxima
te Ba
ttery L
ife in h
our
s f
or a
verage a
mpl
ifier o
per
a-
t
i
on o f s
ix h
ours per day
. Weight ( unpacked) _15 1
/
2 l
b
s.
Weight ( including ba
tterie
s )
RCA B
urgess OP-6 OP-6 4 l b
s.
Type Quan- Type OP-6 1RCA 1620 OP
-7 a
nd
No. t
i
ty No. 3RCA 1620 2RCA 6W7G S
tock I dentifica
tion _MI-11214
OP-7
VS 04 ( 15) 4
F" A" 3
4 5
0 2
6 7
.
5
VS 04 ( 10) 4
F"A" 1
6 2
4 1
2 3
.
5 A
ccessor
ies
VS 012 (
6) B
-30 "B" 270 2
70 2
40 9
5 Wea
ther P
roo
f C
over
, M
I-11258

6
7
A
tbo
th Na
tional p
oli
tical c
onv
ent
ion
s, t
he BTP
-1A b
roke a
l
l r
ec
ord
sfor g
ett
ing f
ir
st-new
sFIRST/

THE RCA RAD


IO M
IKE ...
i
d
eala
s aR
ovi
ng M
icr
oph
one
P rH IS IS I T
, the p er
fect por
table i
ng t
he25-28 Mcb
and c
an b
eused f
or
SPE CIFI C ATI O N S
m
icrophone f or r emote
s —fires
, r
ecep
tion
.
P
o wer o
utpu
t 0
.2 wa
tt, a
pprox
.
a
cc
iden ts, sport
ing e vent
s, conven- I
n the BTP -1A , t
he radio transmit-
F
requency r
ange 2
5 t
o 2
8 Mc
t
i
on s
, t r
ick b
roadca s
ts —any o c
casion t
e
r i sc r
y s
tal
-con trol
led f or h
igh fre
-
a
nd a ny place whe re m ic
rophone q
uency s t
abil
i ty
. Au toma tic a-
f g a
in
F
requency s
tab
ili
ty +0
.01 %
c
able connections are difi
cult or i
m- c
ontrol e liminates o verloading a nd
Modu
lat
ion c
apab
ili
ty 8
5 %
p
racticaltoinstal
l. d
istort
ion .T he crys
talm ic rophone . .
A
-F r
esponse (
ove
ral
l)
+4 d
b 8
0-6000 c
ps
u
sing t hree crysta
l u n
its i n s
er
ies. .
C
omb
ining a0
.
2-wa
tt AM t
r
ansm
it- p
rov ides e x
tra g a
in w i th excellent
A
-F d
isto
rtion (
90 % mod
).Less t
han 8 %
t
e
r (25
-28 Mc)
, ac
ry
stal m
icrophone
, q
ua l
ity.
B
atte
ry l
i
fe .8 h
ours
, i
n
term
itten
t s
erv
ice
a20" an
tenna
, a
nd ba
tte
ries —a
ll i
n Your BTP-1A isr eady fo
r d e
livery
We
igh
t (
t
ota
l) 6 b
e.
o
ne c
ompa
ct u
nit
, h
ere i
s ac
omp
lete —comp le
te wi
th o ne setoft ubes
,o ne
Ove
ral
l s
i
ze . . II
f
lH 4½
tt W 3½
ttD
a
nnounce
r's u
nit weighing o
nly 6 c
rys
tal
, and a b attery. Specify your
X X

p
oundsthatc
an t
ran
sm i
tu ptos
evera
l f
requency and o rde r it f
r om y our
N OTE: L
b
i
cense a
e made s
imp
ly b
pp
y i
n
l
ica
tion f
forma
l l
e
t
or t
te
r t
he B
o t
TP
he F
- I
CC.
A C
an
hundred y
ard
su nderidealcond
ition
s. RCA B roadcas
t S a
les E ngineer, or
Any commun ica
tion
s rece
iver cove
r- f
rom Depa r
tmen t 19IA.

6
8
R
EMOTE

R
adio
-Microphone
, T
ype B
TP-
1A
F
eatures
• L
ight, compact a nd completely se
lf c ontained.
• Exce
llent f
requency response —low distortion.
• Crys
tal con
trolled tr
ansmitter for st
ability.
• Automatic ga
in c on
trol to prevent overloading a nd d
istor
-
t
ion.
• Permit
s broadcast
ing from l oca
tions otherw ise in
acce
ssible
.

U
ses
T
he BTP-1A Rad
io-Microphone is acrys
tal control
led portable
UHF tr
ansmit
ter and m icrophone. It is especial
ly a dapted
t
o b
roadcas
ts by announcers m ingl
ing w i
th c rowds o n the
s
t
ree
t, a
t c
onvention
s, la
rge st
ore
s, g
o
lf matches o
r other lo
ca-
t
i
ons
, where wire connect
ions a
re d
ifi
cul
t o r imprac
tica
l.

T
he max
imum s
at
isfactory r
ange o
f t
he BTP
-1A i sde
termined
l
a
rge
ly by t
he in
terference le
vel a
t the re
ceiver lo
cat
ion.
Under i
deal cond
itions
, s
everal hundred yards may be cov
-
e
red; however
, build
ing s
truc
tures or other med
ia po
sses
sing
ahigh si
gna
l at
tenuat
ion w
ill l
imi
t the w
orking r
ange. O
vera
ll
t
r
an smi
tted qua
lity i
s c
omparab
le to anetwork l
ine
.

D
escr
ipt
ion
T
he BTP
-1A R
adio
-Microphone w
i
th i
t
s b
a
ttery p
owe
r p
ack i
s
h
oused in a
n a t
trac
tive
ly s t
yled al
uminum c a
se measur
ing
1 x 41
/2 x3/
12 i
nche
s. Tota
l w e
igh
t of t
he u
nit wi
th b
at
terie
s
i
s 6p
ound
s. A 2
0 i
nch r
emovab
le w
hip a
ntenna p
rojec
ts f
r
om
t
he t
op o
f t
he c
ase d
uring o
pera
tion
.

The tran smi


tter portion of the R ad
io-M icrophone i s crys
tal
c
ontrolled and isdesigned t
o opera
te ata ny specif
ied fr
equenc y
b
etween 2 5 and 28 m c
. Maximum p ower o u
tput from t he r-
f
ampl
ifier i sapproximately 0
.2 watt
. T he carrier is Amplitude
Modula ted by aC lass A aud
io s t
age to ensure low distort
ion.

A
utomat
ic g a
in c
ontrol is i
n
corpora
ted i
n the aud
io a mp
li-
f
i
er modula
tion a
nd preven
t ove
rload
ing o
ver a w
ide r
ange of
s
ound i
n
tens
ity
.
T
he microphone c
ons
ists of t
hree c
rys
tal uni
ts o pera
ted i
n
s
e
rie
s to efect ah
igh o u
tput with e
xcel
len
t q ua
lity.

P
ower for o pera
ting t he t
ransm i
tter i s s
upplied b
y ab a
ttery
p
ack which will provide 8 hours of serv
ice under normal o per
-
a
t
ing cond i
tions. A " high
-low" b attery s w
itch is prov
ided t o
i
nsure un
iform q ua
lity and p ower o utput th
roughou t the li
fe B
attery li
fe (approx .) :
o
f t
he b
at
tery
. Cont
inuou s Service 4h
ours
I
ntermitten
t S ervice 8hours
T
he BTP
-1A i
ssh
ipped c
omp
lete w
ith a
ntenna
, b
a
ttery
, c
rys
tal
D
imen sions H
eight 1"; Wid
th 412 "
/ ; Dep
th 312 "
/
a
nd o
ne s
e
t o
f t
ube
s. (No
t in
clud
ing hand
les or a
ntenna)
A
ppl
ica
tion f
or a c
hanne
l a
l
loca
tion m
ay b
e m
ade b
y i
n
forma
l T
ube C
omp
lemen
t:
a
ppl
ica
tion t
o F
.C.C
. AF 1RCA-1L4 Voltage Amplif
ier
AF 1 RCA-3A4 Modu lator
RF 1 RCA
-3A5 Osci
llator a
nd T r
ipler
S
pec
ifi
cat
ions RF 1 RCA-3A4 RF Amp lif
ier
F
requency R
ange 2
5 to 2
8 mc
. Weight (
to
tal) 6lbs
.
P
ower Outpu
t — A
pprox
. 0.
2 wa
tt S
tock Ident
ifi
cat
ion M
I-28923
C
arrier Frequency St
abil
ity 0
1% d ev
-4
-iation
Modulat
ion C apabi
lity 8
5%
Aud
io F
requency Response (i
nclud
ing m
icrophone) A
ccessor
ies
d
b 80 to 6000 cyc
les S
pare Cry
stal
s Type RC
-2A (
spec
ify V
s o
pera
ting
Aud
io D
istor
tion (
90% modu lat
ion) Ies
s than 8% f
requency) M
I-28293
C
rys
tal Frequency (s
pec
ify o
pera
ting f
requency R
eplacemen
t B a
ttery M
I-28291
when order
ing) 1
/3 tr
ansm
itter ou
tpu
t f
r
equency S
pare Se
t Tubes__ M
I-28292

6
9
S
tandard C
abine
t R
acks
, B
R-84 S
eries

BR
-84A BR
-84B BR
-84C

F
eatures D
escr
ipt
ion
• C
abinets w
ith s
ame s
t
yling a
nd h
eigh
t a
s RCA FM t
r
ans
- The f i
ve c ombina
tions of cab
inets a nd acces
sories o fer a
m
itter
s. v
ersat
ile s y
stem for accommodating the user
's immed ia
te r e-
q
uiremen ts wi
th m ax
imum a cce
ssibi
lity fo
r any future growth
o
f the ins
tal
lat
ion. Each ra
ck may be mounted sing
ly or, w he
re
• T
ota
l p
ane
l s
pace 7"
.
d
es
ired
, t
andem t oge
ther to fac
ili
tate t
he grouping o
f any
n
umber o
f c
abine
ts. T he c
abine
t is of s
t
urdy m e
tal c
ons
truc
-
• A
vailable i
n m
any c
omb
ina
tions t
o s
u
it a
l
l s
t
udio a
ppl
i- t
i
on , we
lded a nd b ol
ted i n one standard h eight a
nd w idth.
c
a
tions.
The ven
tilated t op with sl
otted edges provides complete v en-
t
i
lation hut p rotects the equipment from f a
lling ar
ticles a nd
• D
ril
led a
nd t
apped f
or s
t
andard 1
9" p
ane
ls. d
u s
t. Vertica
l p anel mount ing angles have t apped h o
le s at
RMA s t
andard l oca
tions to prov
ide 7" o f standard 19" p anel
• A
ttrac
tive
ly s
t
yled t
o b
lend w
ith a
l
l c
ontro
l r
oom i
n
sta
lla
- mount
ing space. T
hese a
ngles m ay be i
n
sta
lled t o mount e
quip-
t
i
ons. ment wi
thin the c
abine
t, w here doors a
re used, or fl
ush with
t
he front. When t he la
tter me thod is desired, tr
im strips
• S
uitable f
o
r f
i
t
ting i
n af
l
ush p
osi
tion t
o as
i
de o
r r
ear o
f nea t design f or p anel moun ting a nd c l
ip f i
tt
ing p rov ide
w
all. t
he fin
ished a ppearance. T he f ront a nd re ar doors a re of t he
u
niversal t ype and may b e h inged o n the r i
ght o r l e
ft s ide,
t
o rotate in a n arc o f 180°. E lectrical side s h
ields a re a vai l
-
• A
ccommodate
s t
he h
eav
ies
t e
quipmen
t e
ncoun
tered i
n
s
t
udio u
se
. a
ble i n two s i
zes -21" f or the cen ter sect
ion , and 2 8" f or t he
t
op a nd b ottom s ect
ions . If f ound n ecessary a f
ter a ssemb ly,
t
hey m ay b e f i
t
ted b etween r ack s o f e qu
ipmen t
. T erm ina l
• P
rov
ide
s f
l
exib
ili
ty f
o
r f
u
ture e
xpans
ion
. h
oard moun t
ing a ngles f ac
ilitate t he moun t
ing o f p ower a nd
a
udio b lock s in av ert
ical o r h orizontal p osi
tion. A ddit
iona l
t
ermina l board moun ting a ngles ( M1-30527-G29 ) are a vai
lab le
a
s a
cce
ssor
ies
.
U
ses U
nits p
laced ad
jacent
ly m ay be r
ig
idly bo
lted t
ogether t
o pro
-
T
he BR-84 se
rie
s c
abine
t rack program isano
ther of the n
ew d
uce a secure a
ssembly. Lock
s m ay be fi
t
ted la
ter b y v
ir
tue
f
e
ature l
ine
s of RCA
. T he c
abinet program i
spresented af
ter o
f the "
knock o u
ts" prov
ided. The cab
inets a
re fi
nished in a
y
ears o
f prac
tica
l e
xperience in fi
nally d
eve
lop
ing a f
l
exib
le t
wo-
tone umber g
r ay
, with d
imens
ional c
haracter
ist
ics a
r
tis
-
s
cheme fo
r accommodat
ing b roadcast equ
ipmen
t. t
i
cal
ly blend
ing w
ith al
l RCA FM tran
smit
ters
.

7
0
B
LANK P
ANELS
M
1-4590 S
ERIES
S
IDE P
ANEL
M
I-30541- 08A

S
HELF M
I-11599
S
IN GLE T
RIM S
TRIP
m
I-30566
- 084

E
LECTR
ICAL S
IDE
S
HIELD m
I-30546
- 02 I

T
ER M
INAL BOARD
MOUNT
IN G AN G
LE
M
I-30527
- 029

PO WER S
TRIP
M
I-4568

J
DIO B
L OCK
4
569
M OUNT
IN G B
RACKET
M
I-4570
-A

BR
-811
)
BR
-84E w
ith A
cce
ssor
ies
Spec
ificat
ion s
P
ane
l Wid
th 1
9"
P
ane
l Mount
ing S
pare h
e
igh
t) 7" O
ne e l
ectr
ica l shield (for mid
-sect
ion o f r
ack)
C
learance f
o
r D
oor S
wing 2
3" one per s i
de MI
-30546
-G21
We
ight (
BR-84A) 9
25 lbs
. O
ne o n
ly single trim st
rip for o
ne cabinet w
here
F
inish Two
-tone umber g
ray e
namel e
xcep
t fo
r the p
ane ls are f i
t
ted without door MI
-30566
-G84
b
ase wh
ich i
sblack
One only doub le t r
im s t
rip u
sed w here t
wo or
D
imen s
ions
: more cab inets are p
laced t
ogether MI
-30568
-G84
H
eight 8
4"
One t
ermina
l b
oard moun
ting b
racke
t__ MI-4570
-A
W
idth —BR-84A
, -
B (w
ith s
i
de p
ane
ls) 2
8" B
lank panel
s MI
-4590 Ser
ies
BR
-84C
, -
D, 2"
One a
udio t
erm
inal b
lock MI-4569
W
idth o
f Frame 2"
One p
ower t
ermina
l st
rip MI-4568
D
epth o
f Frame 1
8"
One p
anel a
nd she
lf a
ssemb
ly _ _M
I-11598/11599'
D
epth (
i
ncluding d
oor
s a
nd h
and
les
) 2
4 14
"

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
t• : •When o
rder
ing f
o
r c
abine
t w
ith d
oor
, o
rder M
I-11599 s
he
lf

T
ype BR
-84A c
ons
ist
ing o
f o
ne f
r
ame
, o
ne b
ase
, o
ne o
nly
.
t
op cover
, one f ront door (non-ven
tila
ted), one
r
ear door (vent
ilated), one pa
ir o f si
de pane
ls,
o
ne set of te
rm inal board moun t
ing a ng
les a
nd
o
ne se
t o
f p
ane
l moun
ting a
ngle
s a
nd i
n
struc
tion
b
ook MI
-30951
-A84
T
ype BR
-84B, s
ame a
s BR-84A
,
l
e
ss f
ron
t door o
nly MI
-30951
-B84
T
ype BR
-84C, s
an
te as BR-84A
,
l
e
ss s
ide p
anels o
nly MI
-30951
-C84
T
ype BR
-84D, s
ame as BR
-84A,
l
e
ss s
ide p
anels a
nd f
ront door M
I-30951
-D84
T
ype BR
-84E, s
ame as BR-84A
,
l
e
ss s
ide p
anels
, fr
ont and r
ear d
oor
s M!
-30951
-E84

A
ccessor
ies
O
ne f
r
ont d
oor (
non
-ven
tila
ted) M
I-30531
-G84
O
ne s
i
de p
anel M
I-30541
-G84
O
ne e
lec
trica
l shie
ld (
f
or t
op a
nd b
ottom s
ec
tion
s)
two per si
de _ M
I-30546
-G28 L
ayou
t a
nd d
in
ien
sion
s o
f c
abine
t b
ase
.

7
1
R
ACK !
QUIP
.

C
abine
t R
ack
, T
ype 9
-AX
U
ses
The Type 9 -AX i s ah eavy-duty B roadcast A udio Cabinet Rack a
re u sed with t he 9 -AX C ab ine t R ack s to give t hem a f i
nished
which i
sw ide ly u sed in control r oom a nd transmit
ter inAalla- a
ppearance w hen t he e quipmen t i s assemb led o n the r ack s.
l
ions. I
t provide s 7" o f pane l space for moun t
ing a mplif
iers, These s t
rips, w h
ich moun t a l ong t he side o f t he c abine t a nd
j
ack panels
, s wi
tch p anels
, o s
cilla
tor s, measuring equipment o r c
over t he pane l s l
ots a nd moun ting s c
rew s
, are e as i
ly i nstalled
o
ther panel -moun ted e quipmen t o f st
andard 1 9" w idth
. T he b
y mean s of c lips a nd s crews w hich a re s upp l
ied w ith t h e
9
-AX c omp letely s hields a nd p rotects all the equipmen t o n s
tr
ip s. "U" S trips a re u sed t o d ress u p a n assemb ly o f c abine t
t
he rack
, w hi
le a t the same t ime, large
ly d i
spensing with indi- r
acks w hen t hey a re moun ted s i
de b y s ide. A ngle s trips 8 "
v
idual sh
ie ld c overs. l
ong a re moun ted i n side c abine t ( see dimens ion d rawing) a s a
s
uppor t for t he t e
rm ina l block moun ting b racke t.
Descr
ipt
ion
The b racket w i
ll a ccommoda te a s m any a s t hree A ud io T er-
r
ari. Is o f s heet me tal construction w ith a n o pen f r
on t minal B locks ( RCA S tock I den t
ification , M I-4569 ) a nd t wo
a
nd a h inged v ent i
lated d oor on the r e
ar. A me tal plate placed A
-C T erminal S tr
ip s ( RCA S tock I den t
ification, M I-4568 ). T he
a
pprox ima tely o ne i nch b elow a r ec
tangu lar o pening i n t he c
able s uppor ts p rov ide c
onven ien t means f or h olding t he
c
abine t top p rov ide s comp lete ventilat
ion, b ut protects equ ip- c
abling i n place . T hey a re moun ted b y m ean s o f t he s ame
ment from f a
lling a r
tic
le s and dust. The p late m ay b e removed s
crew s w hich h old t h e fron t p ane ls.
c
omp letely, ifd es ired. The r ack i
sd ril
led a nd t apped , as s
hown
I
ncluded w ith e ach 9 -AX C ab inet R ack i s aq uantity o f 9 0
on t
he D imens ion D rawing , for s
tandard 1 9" p ane ls and has a n
1
2 -24 x %" r ound h ead m ach ine s c
rews f o
r moun ting t he
o
verall h eight o f 6 ' 10 %". It is sh
ipped w ith s uppor ting rods
p
ane ls.
t
o insure a ccura te a l
ignmen t
.
Acce
s sories f or t he T ype 9 -AX R ack i nc
lude " J" S trips
, " U" a
t
L
i
%
S
trips
, T erm ina l B lock Moun t
ing B racke ts, A -C T ermina l .
. -
i

B
lock s, Aud io T erm inal Blocks a nd C able S upports. "J" Str
ip s
i i

5
4 -
..

m
i
\
88 HOLES . 1
5-24
TAR SPACED AS
SHO WN

1
7i -
.
IM O
A
i
I
D

1
34
R
EAR DOOR OPEN
ING
I 7
7 •
16
,
I
• V
.
I
.-
,

NOTE
M
INI MUMo
r 70 n
um
REAR OF RACK TO
1
1- 1.
1
3 1
WALL.

_
.
. • _
T-1
1

.
.
,
- :
,
.
,
2
0g
. L---141 7
- - -
1

FRONT V
IE W S
IDE V
IEW

V
IE W O
F BASE SHOW
ING
MOUNTING HOLES

T
i

O
UTL
INE D
IMENS
IONS O
F 9
AX C
ABINET R
ACK
F
ron
t View Type 9-AX R
ear View Type 9
-AX
C
abine
t Rack Cabine
t Rack O
utl
ine D
imen
sions o
f 9
-AX C
abine
t R
ack

7
2
S
pec
ificat
ions
D
imen sion s, o
veral
l
Height 8
27/ 8"
Width 2
0
-118"
Depth 1
4 138"
P
ane l Si ze 1
9"
Moun t
ing S pace 7"
Weight ( unpacked) 1
90 lbs.
S
tock I dentif
icat
ion
B
lack M
I4519
-C
L
igh t Umber G rey M
14519
-E

A
ccessor
ies
"
J" Strip
B
lack MI
-4537
-A A
udio T
erm
ina
l B
lock MI4569
Dark Umber G rey MI4537
-D
"U" S
B
t
lack
rip
MI-
4524 -A i m
illi
i mi r -
5
Dark Umber G rey M14524 -D
T
erm ina l Block Mounting B
racket MI4570
T
erm inal B lock (4 rows o
f 20 eich
) MI4569
A
-C T erm inal St
rip (12 t
e
rminals
) MI-4568 C
able S
uppo
rt MI457
1
C
able S upport MI-4571

B
lank P
ane
ls
A c omp lete line o f 19" b lank p anels are c arried i n st
ock for
f
i
lling s paces o n racks a nd c abinets n o
t o ccup ied b y e qu
ipmen t
p
ane ls. T he
se b lanks a re a l
so s uitable f or a pplications w here
e
qua lizers, tr
an sformer s, switche s or other i tems mu st be panel
moun ted b y the u ser
. T he s tock o f panels include s a l
l standard
T
erm
ina
l B
lock Moun
ting B
racke
t 11
-4570 w
id ths f rom 134 " to 13 3 1/32" . T hey a re A " s heet s t
eel and
a
re f i
nished a nd d ri
lled t o m atch the standard e quipmen tpanels
.
The 3 -A a nd 3 -B J ack P ane l h eights a re n ot standard mu l
-
t
ip
le s o f 134". T herefore w hen t hese j a
ck p anels a re moun ted
i
nt he T ype BR -84 series Cab inet R acks o r the T ype 9 -AX R ack
i
ti so ften n ecessary t o use e ither a 21 /
8" or 2%" b lank panel
s
o t hat the summa tion o f all p anel h e
igh ts w il
l e qua l 7".

T
erm
ina
l B
lock Moun
ting B
racke
t w
ith T
erm
ina
l B
lock
s
i
n Po
sit
ion

P
anel Wid
th
12
3/32" B
lank P
ane
l, Umber G
rey M
I-4590
.A
l
[ t
_
L 1
1 21 2
21
/8" o Umber G
rey M
I4598
-A
,
kg L
a
i 1
ii . W
A. 23
/8" o 6
6 Umber G
rey MI
-4599
.A

33
/32" 4
6 6
4 Umber G
rey MI
-4589
-A

31
5/32" *
6 6
6 Umber G
rey M
I-4591
.B
57
/32" 6
4 6
4 Umber G
rey M
I-4592
.B


(
!
. 63
1/32" " 6
4
Umber G
rey MI
-4593
-A
32
3/32" o o Umber G
rey _
__
_MI4594
-B

I 1
5/32" .
. o Umber G
rey MI4595
-B
1
27/32" 6
4 4
4 Umber G
rey I
-
4596
-A

P
ower T
erm
ina
l B
lock 1
14568 1
331/32" I
t 6
4
1 Umber G
rey _ MI4597
-A

7
3
R
A
CK I
Q
UI
P.

Wa
ll Moun
ting C
abine
t, M
I-1
1500
F
eatures
• P
rov
ide
s moun
ting s
pace f
or e
qua
lizer a
nd j
ack p
ane
ls.

• May b
e moun
ted a
t a
ny c
onven
ien
t w
all l
oca
tion
.

• S
turdy s
t
eel c
ons
truc
tion
.

• H
inged d
oor p
erm
its e
asy a
cce
ss f
o
r s
e
rvic
ing
.

• D
ril
led a
nd t
apped f
or s
t
andard 1
9" p
ane
ls.

• A
t
trac
tive a
ppear
ance
.

1.a
l
l Moun ting Cabinet
,
.
11
-11500, s hown w ith
equa
lizer and ja
ck
p
anels mounted
i
n p
lace S
pec
ifi
cat
ions
D
imen
sion
s O
ver
all 2
1" w
ide
, 1
914 "h
/ igh
, 1
0 %" d
eep

We
igh
t (
unpacked
, l
e
ss p
ane
ls) 3
6 l
b
s.

U
ses F
ini
sh D
ark Umber
-Grey
The MI-11500 C abinet h
as b een des
igned e special
ly t o moun t
acomb ination o f line equa
lizers ( Type 56-D o r 5 6
-E) a nd P
ane
l Moun
ting S
pace 1
9" w
ide
, 1
214 "h
/ igh
j
ack panels (Type 3 -A or 3 -B). Itw i
ll be found p ar
ticularly
u
sefu
l f or terminating remote line
s i n in
stal
lations using t he T
erm
ina
l Moun
ting Space Maximum-f
ive S
t
andard W .E.
7
6 Series C onsolette
s. Sample c ombinations f or th
is c abinet Ca
t. No
. 1
00-B
, 8
0 te
rmina
l (4rows o
f2 0 e
ach)
b
locks which a
re 2H" w ide by 6-&" long
a
re given b e
low :

1
. 1-56
-E Equa
lizer a
nd 4-33-A J
ack St
rip
s. S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion
2
. 1-56
-E E
qualizer
, 3-33
-A J
ack S
tr
ips
, 1—M I
-4590 (PA")
b
lank p
ane
l a
nd 1—MI
-11503 (
7") J
ack Ma
t.
3
. 1-56
-E E
qua
lizer
, 2
--33
-A J
ack S
t
rip
s, 1—MI
-459
1 (
314 "
/ )
b
lank p
ane
l a
nd 1M
I-11502 (
514 "
/ ) J
ack Ma
t.
4
. 1-56
-E E
qua
lizer
, 1-33
-A J
ack S
t
rip
s, 2—MI
-4598 (
2%")
b
lank p
ane
ls a
nd 1—MI4599 (
2%") b
lank p
ane
l.
5.
1-56
-E Equal
izer
, I-33
-A J
ack S
tr
ip, 1—MI
-11501 (
3 %")
J
ack Ma
t a nd 1-
-MI-
4592 (
51/"
4 ) b
lank p
anel
.
6
.2-56-E Equalizers, 2-33
-A J
ack S
tr
ips a
nd 1—MI
-11502
(
5/ "4
1) J
ack Ma t.
7
.1-56-D Equalizer, 1-33
-A J
ack S
t
rip a
nd 1—MI
-1150
1
(
3 1/
2"
) J
ack Ma
t.

%I A S
LOTS rOsi
t h
iOurrn

D
escr
ipt
ion o I
IIONT V
I M

The cabinet i s constructed o f s t


eel a nd i s equipped w i
th a i k..
.
.

h
inged d oor o n w h
ich t he p anels may b e moun ted. Dri
lling 5T
fI N
I MAL R OCK ir T :

a
nd tapping h as b een prov ided f or s t
andard 1 9" p anels which
a
re at
tached b y mean s of the m ach ine s crews supp l
ied. A l e
ft
-
i1
h
and a nd a r ight-hand " J" str
ip a re f urnished t o cover the
mount
ing s crew s
. F ive k nockou t
s a re p rov
ided i n the bo
ttom
o
f the cabinet, and f i
ve i n the t op, f or condu i
t c onnect
ion s
.
F
ive termina l blocks m ay b e moun ted i n
side t he cabinet on 3 a5 37 3— . .
"- 37 3— ^ 0

t
he brackets p rovided . Ma ts are a va i
lab le for i mproving the
a
ppearance o f the j ack s t
rips.

7
4
R
ACK AQU
IP.

P
ane
l a
nd S
hel
f, T
ype B
R-2A

F
eatures
• H
igh q
ual
ity p
ane
l moun
ting f
o
r c
has
sis t
ype u
ni
ts
• Q
uick a
cce
ss t
o t
ube
s.

• E
asy i
n
ser
tion a
nd r
emova
l o
f u
ni
ts.

• P
rov
ision f
or c
ontro
l s
haf
ts o
n f
r
ont p
ane
l.
• U
nits i
n
sta
lled f
r
om f
r
ont o
f r
ack
.

U
ses
The BR-2A P ane
l a nd Shelf was de
signed f o
r use in abroad
-
c
ast
ing s t
ation audio s y
stem p rimari
ly t o ho
ld t h
e new RCA
p
lug-in units. It m ay also be used, howeve r, for amp
lif
ier
s
w
ith t e
rm inal b oard c onnec
tions. T he shelf is capab
le o f
mounting t he fo
llow ing quant
itie
s o f spec
ific equipmen
ts.
6—BA
-11 S
eries Pre
-anip
lif
iers. The o pening i n the fr ont o f th
e s helf iscovered b y am atch-
2
--
-BA
-13 S
eries Program a mpl
ifie
rs. i
ng p ane l
. T his p anel i sh inged a cross the cen
ter s o t
hat the
2—BA
-2 S
eries Booster amplif
iers
. t
op h alf m ay b e o pened t o g
ain a ccess to the vacuum t i
thes
o
f the a mplif
iers. T he b ottom h alf has fi
ve shaft holes t
o pro-
2—BX
-I S
eries Power supplies
.
v
ide fo r any contro l
s w hich the a mplif
iers may h ave
. When n ot
I
--BA
-14 S
er
ies Moni
tor a mplif
ier p
lus i
n use, t hese h oles are c overed b y small removab le bu
tton s
.
2
— BA
-HA Pre-ampl
ifi
.-rs
. The b ottom o f the she lf h as several round h oles for v
enti
la-
t
ion
, a nd a l
so a n umber o f square h oles in
to w hich f
it the
amplif
ier i nsertion l ever s
.
Descr
ipt
ion
T
he s he
lf m ay be o b
tained separate
ly, ifdesired
, or t he s
hel
f
[
In s s he l
f ‘ sil moun t i n e ither t he 9 AX o r t he BR -84 s eries a
nd p anel together, as appropriate
. It is supplied c omple
te
o
f r ack s
, o r i n a ny o ther s t
andard n ineteen -inch r a ck. I t w
ith moun t
ing b rackets
, guide bars, a
nd receptac
le c over. T
he
o
ccup ie s e igh t a nd t h ree-quar ter s i nche s of p ane l s pace. S ince r
ecep
tacles t hemselves are supplied with the a mpl
ifiers, a
nd
t
he RCA p lug -in amp l
ifiers h ave a s tandard d imen s
ion i n t
here
fore n eed n o
t a ccompany t he she
lf.
d
ep th, t hey a ll f i
t p er fectly i n t his s helf. T hey a re s l
id i nto
t
he s he l f from t he f ron t and t he c onnec tion p lug s p ushed i nto
t
he r e cep tac les a t t he r ear. G uide b ars f i
tting b etween t he
amplif ier s a ssist i n g uid ing t hem i nto p osition . A l
l t he p lug -in
amp lifier s a re e quipped w ith l ever s w hich s erve e i
ther t o S
pec
ificat
ions
f
orce t hem i n
to p osition o r t o e ject t he p lug s w hen d ismoun t
-
D
imension
s, o
vera
ll:
i
ng t hem . T he r eceptac les a re moun ted o n ind iv idua l U -shaped
W
idth 1
9"
b
racke t s, se cured t o t he c hassis o f the s helf
. T hey f i
t in s uch H
eigh
t 83
4 "
/
am anner t hat as ma ll a moun t o f f ree movemen t isp erm it
ted
i
n a ll d irec tions . T his e ases t he a l
ignmen t o f t he p lug s a nd D
epth 1
23/"
4

r
ecep tac les w hen t he a mp lif
ier s a re p ushed i n
to p o
s i
tion . T he I
ns
ide Wid
th 16 7
/8"
b
racke ts a re c onstruc ted w ith a s mall p rotrud ing s top o n t he
l
ower , f ron t e dge , p reven ting t he a mplifier f rom b eing f o
rced We
ight, u
npacked:
t
o t he p oin t w here i tw ould e xer t u ndue p re ssure o n t he r e
- She
lf 1
2 l
b
s.
c
eptac le . P rov ision i sm ade f or h olding s ix of t he se r ecep tacle s
. Panel 3l
b
s.
The h o les i n the c ha ssis w hich a re p rov ided f or f a
sten ing t he
b
racke ts a re s l
igh tly o ver size t o p erm it p er fect a l
ignmen t S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion
:
d
ur ing i nitia l i nsta
l lat ion . T he w iring i n b ack o f t he r ecep- S
helf
:
t
acles i sp ro tected b y a s t
eel c over w hich i sf astened i n p lace Umber Gray M
I-11599
b
y t wo mach ine s crew s
. P
anel:
Umber Gray MI
-11598

P
ane
l r
emoved s
how
ing g
uide b
ars a
nd r
ecep
tac
les P
ane
l o
pen s
how
ing t
wo BA
-13
.4 amp
lif
ier
s

7
5
J
ack P
ane
ls, T
ypes 3
3-A a
nd 3
3-B

00 10 0
10 0 10 o
io o
io o
io 0
10 0
10 o
ic 0
10 °
I go
e
-• r
) I0 0
10 0 10 0
10010010010 o
lo o
io 0
10 o
io Q s
RCA 3
.3-.
..
10CN PA WL

3
-A J
ack P
ane
l

A R
ear V
iew o
f t
he 3
- 1J
ack P
on,
'

J
ack P anels, w ith their assoc
ia ted patch c ord s, are used w ith Spec
ificat
ions
b
roadcast s peech i nput system s to improve t he o veral
l o pera t
-
i
ng fl
exibility. I n addit
ion t o providing a c onven ient term ina- N
umber o
f J
ack P
air
s
t
i
on f or p rogram a nd order w ire telephone c ircuits
, c losed- 2
4
3
-A
c
ircu
it jacks may b e connected t o p
rov ide " patch c ord" a ccess 3
-B 1
2
t
o the i npu t a nd o utput circuits of i ndividua l u ni
ts o f t he
s
peech assemb ly. When c onnec ted for this p urpose, the regu lar T
ype o
f J
ack
s _Doub
le j
ack
s o
f s
t
andard c
lo
sed c
i
rcu
it t
ype
c
ircu
its are c ontinuou s through t he j
a cks un ti
l ap atch cord i s
i
nser
ted t o m ake a n external c onnection. Wi th p roperly c on- D
imension
s
n
ected jack s, patch c ords may b e freely used i n emergenc ies 3-A 91
2 "x 1
/ 9" 3
-B 11
2 "x 1
/ 9"
o
r for te
st p urpo ses to in
terchange o r t rans
fer t e
lephone l i
ne s
.
ampl
ifiers
, m ixers, microphone s, or other e quipmen t item s. We
igh
t (
unpacked
)
3-A 51
2 l
/ b
s. 3
-B 3l
b
s.
The 3-A c on
sist
s o f t
wo rows o
f twelve d
oub
le j a
ck s moun
ted
on t
hick black b akel
ite and fu
rnished wi
th d e
signation ca
rd S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion
ho
lders. The 3-B i ssimi
lar to t
he 3 -A b
ut has only one r
ow 3
-A (
RCA S
t
andard ) M
I-4645
-A
o
f twelve double jacks
. The j
ack sleeve
s o
f the 3 -A and 3-B
3
-B (
RCA S
tandard) M
I-4646
-A
a
re chromium p lated

34
7 J
ack P
ane
l

J
ack Mats P
atch C
ords
J
ack Ma
ts are ava
ilab
le f
or c
over
ing 1
, 2
, 3
, o
r 4t
ype 3
-A RCA m ainta
ins astock of patch cords for the convenience o f
Doub
le J
ack St
rips
. b
roadcast
ing sta
tion
s. T he W.E. Cord isthe standard telephone
t
ype us
ing t wo W.E
. 2 4
1-A D ouble Plugs. The A udio D evelop-
men
t C o. Cord is sh
ielded a nd uses two o f the
ir T ype P J-
1
Spec
ificat
ions P
lugs w hich are i
nterchangeable w i
th t he W .E. T ype 241-A
S
ingle 3
-A Jack S
t
rip Ma
t, o
vera
ll s
i
ze_ 1
9" x 3 1
5/32" P
lug. Three si
zes o
f p a
tch cords are ava
ilable as li
sted below:
Umber G
ray M
I-11501
-A
D
oub le 3
-A Jack S
t
rip Ma
t, o
vera
ll s
i
ze 1
9" x 5 7
/32" Western A
udio
Umber Gray M
I-11502-A E
lec
tric Co. D
eve
lopment C
o.
T
riple 3-A Jack S
t
rip Ma
t, o
vera
ll s
i
ze 1
9" x 6 3
1/32" Two F
oot C
ord Length - -MI-4652
-2A M
I-4652
-2B
Umber Gray M
I-11503 F
our Foo
t C ord L
ength_
____MI
-4652
-4A M
146524B
S
ix F
oot C
ord L
eng
th MI
-4652
-6A MI
-4652
-6B
Q
uadruple 3-A J
ack S
t
rip Ma
t, o
vera
ll s
i
ze _
19" x 1
0 15/32"
Umber G
ray MI-11504

mem N
NW law* l
i
nta b
o
ssism' Jr
ika J
e
tta jrX11
1.1
1/1
1.11 0 a. 01.4.
40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 00 00 00
\00 00 00
1 10 0t0 0100 i0 010 0 100 00 00 00 ,

0
•41
1
CC
1 0 0 ,00
10 0:0 0
10 0 100 100 100 100 100
.0 '
"t
7'
1 0f•
tf7
)0t0 0 0 0
.0 0
10 010 010 010 0 10 Audio D
evelopment C o
.
T
ype P
atch C
ord S
hie
lded Type P
atch C
ord

7
6
Me
ter P
ane
l, T
ype B
I
-1B

D
escr
ipt
ion
F
eatures The BI-1A consis
ts es
sential
ly of am eter and s witch mounted
• P
rov
ides meter and s
witch f
o
r mea
sur
ing c
a
thode v
ol
tage o
n a s tandard 3%" , lag" th
ick st
eel p anel
. T he me ter is a
o
f amp
lif
ier tube
s. 3
.0 vol
t d -
c voltmeter having a r
esis
tance o f 20,000 o hms per
v
olt. The double sec
tion s w
itch h
as eleven p osi
tion s in
clud
ing
• G
ives pl
ate curren
t i
nd
ica
tion o
f o
pera
ting c
ond
ition o
f
t
he " of" p os
ition w i
th t he swi
tch a rm s c onnected t o the
t
ube
s and ci
rcuit
s. meter te
rm ina
ls. Al
l connections t
o the panel are m ade t
o the
• Up t
o 1
0 c
i
rcu
its m
ay b
e me
tered b
y r
o
tary s
e
lec
tor s
wi
tch
. swi
tch contact
s.
• D
esigned f
or c
abine
t r
ack moun
ting
.
S
pec
ificat
ions
U
ses D
-c V oltme ter 0
-
3 0vol
ts, 2
0,000 o
hm per v
ol
t
T
he BMA Me
ter P
ane
l p
rov
ide
s ac
onven
ien
t m
ean
s f
or c
heck
- Metering S witch 1
0 p
osi
tion and "of
," d
oub
le po
le
i
ng the c
athode bias v
ol
tage
s of ampl
ifier t
ubes and thereby Dimen sions ( overa
ll)
Heigh t 31
5/32'
f
urn
ishes an i
ndica
tion o
f t
he o
pera
ting cond
itions o
f amplif
ier
Width 1
9"
t
ubes and circu
its
. Metering t
erminals are prov
ided on t he Depth 21
/"
2

BA-
1, BA-2 and BA-3 S
er
ies Amplif
ier
s f o
r use w
ith th
is pane
l. Weigh t ( unpacked ) 4% lbs
.
The mounting isfor a BR84 S
eries St
andard cabine
t rack or S
tock I den
tificat
ion
L
igh t Umber G ray M
I-11388
a9
AX R
ack
.

Me
ter P
ane
l, T
ype B
I-2A

D
escr
ipt
ion
F
eatures
A h
igh g r
ade r o
tary s w
itch w ith 17 p o
sitions and f our banks
• P
rov
ides me
ter
ing f
or 3
4 c
i
rcu
its b
y o
pera
tion o
f r
o
tary o
f contac ts isu sed in c onjunction w ith a t hree position s w
itch
s
witche
s. t
o e fect t he me tering o f 34 circui
ts. T he preci
sion b uil
t 0t o
3vol t me ter p ossessing a n internal r esis
tance o f 20,000 o hms
• P
rec
ision 0
-
3 v
ol
t v
ol
tme
ter -20
,000 o
hms p
er v
ol
t.
p
er v o
lt i s moun ted o n a 31 /2" s
teel p ane l of s t
andard 1 9"
• May b
e moun
ted i
n a
ny s
t
andard 1
9" r
ack
. w
idth . T he h inged p ortion o f the me ter p anel enclose s acard
i
ndex p rov iding a c onvenient means o f l o
gging m aintenance
• C
ard i
ndex t
o l
og m
ain
tenance r
out
ine c
hecks
. r
outine t e
s ts
. T he moun t
ing i s f
or a BR -84 Series S tandard
C
abine t R ack o r a9 -AX R ack.
• H
igh g
rade r
o
tary s
witche
s.

S
pec
ificat
ions
1
)
-C V
ol
tme
ter 0
-3 vo
lts
, 20,000 ohm
s per vol
t
U
ses O
ne 1 7 po
sit
ion , o
ne 3 p
osi
tion
,
Me
ter
ing S
witche
s
T
he B
I-2A Me
ter P
ane
l h
as b
een d
eve
loped a
f
ter n
umerou
s g
iv
ing a t o
tal of 3
4 pos
ition
s
r
eques
ts fr
om broadcaster
s t o s
upply a l
arger v er
sion of t
he D
imens ions (overa
ll) :
31/
2"
BMA Me ter P
anel
. T he s w
itch
ing sys
tem p rovides for a
n in
- Heigh
t
1
9"
Width
s
tan
taneous c
heck of tubes and ci
rcuit c
onditions for 34 c
ir
- Depth (behind p ane
l) 3%"
c
ui
ts and is i
deal f
or u se where a l
arge number o
f ci
rcui
ts Weight (unpacked) 6lbs
.
a
re r
equired t
o b e metered f
rom a centra
l poin
t. The me
ter S
tock I den
tif
icat
ion:
Umber G ray MI
-11275
i
ssui
table f
or use wi
th a l
l RCA standard equ
ipment
.

7
R
ACK I
P
.

V
. U
. Me
ter P
ane
l, T
ype B
I
-5A

F
eatures
• h
leasures a
udio v o
lume l e
vels fr
om + 4 to + 40 di
,
. The me ter and at
tenua tor a re cal
ibra ted for use with a6 00 o hm
• T
en p oint s
e
lector s w
itch permits r
apid c onnect
ion to a
ny l
ine, however, ac alibrat
ion c orrect
ion c urve f u
rni shed w ith t he
n
umber o f ci
rcui
ts u p to ten
. i
nstrumen t p ermits i t
s u se w ith l oads other t han 6 00 o hm s.
• C
alibrat
ion curve supplied for lo
ads other than 600 ohms
. The t en point s e
lector s wi
tch m ay b e c onnected t o a ny t e
n
• L
arge v u me
ter lessens eye st
rain a
nd f a
tigue. l
ines ( or ci
rcuits). If o ne o r more s w
itch p osi
tion s a re c on-
n
ected t o aj ack s t
rip, t he n umber o f circuits that m ay b e
monitored isu nlimited. T he m e
ter i sprovided w ith the 6 .3 vol
t
U
ses l
amp f o
r ilum inating the me ter scale. Ifthe 6.3 v ol
t s ource i s
The BI-5A e mploys t h
e i ndustry s t
andardized We s
ton T ype n
ot a vai
lable, M I
-11606 f i
l amen t tr
an sformer w ill be n ece ssary.
3
0 VU Me ter w hich embod ies close
ly controlled e l
ectrical and
d
ynam ic characteris
tics comb ined w i
th deliberate pointer act
ion,
moderate pointer s peed, and s mall poin
ter o verswing. I tisi n
-
t
ended a s an audio l evel indica
tor f or b
roadca sting, recording Spec
ificat
ions
o
r w herever it i s des
ired t o read t he level of o ne o r more I
npu
t I
mpedance (
excep
t o
n 1m
ill
iwa
tt s
t
ep) 7
500 o
hms
a
udio circuits with a r ack moun ting type of i n
strumen t.
A
ttenua
tor st
eps _l m
ill
iwatt po
sit
ion
, +
4 to +40 d
b in 2db
s
t
eps a
nd of pos
ition
D
escr
ipt
ion N
o. of l
ine
s t
hat m
ay b
e m ea
sured 1to 1
0 i
nc
lusive
The vo
lume i ndicator panel as
semb ly i
nclude s t he vu m eter, Mount
ing S
t
andard C
abine
t R
ack
atwo circu
it t en point se
lector swi
tch, av ariable s t
ep-by-step D
imen s
ions
a
t
tenuator ( 4 t o 40 d b at
tenuation), and a v ernier c ontrol H
eight 514 "
/
f
or mak ing a f ine a d
justment o f the le
ve l r eading o ver a W
idth 1
9"
r
ange of -1
-0.5 d b. The at
tenuator has a 1 m il
liwa tt re
ference D
epth 334"
p
osi
tion w h
ich e nable
s al evel re
ading of zero v u.
F
ini
sh L
igh
t Umber G
rey
T
he v u me
ter sca
le is ar
ranged with p ercent vo
lts in black
f
i
gure
s from "0" to "
100" a
s the p
rincipa
l s ca
le above the arc
, We
igh
t (
unpacked
) VA l
b
s.
a
nd "vu" l
e
vels f
rom "-20" t o "
0" to "-
I-3" a s s
upplementary S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion
f
i
gure
s in red be
low t he a
rc
.
Umbe
r Gray M
I-11265
-B

Sw
itch a
nd F
use P
ane
l, T
ype 5
7-D
F
eatures Spec
ificat
ions
• Prov
ide
s m
aster s
wi
tch a
nd f
use
s f
o
r r
ack
-moun
ted e
quip
- S
witch D PS T
.
, 250 v
ol
ts, 3
0 a mperes
ment
.
F
uses —
Screw -p
lug type (r
ating d
epends u
pon equipmen t
• P
i
lot l
amp g
low
s w
hen e
quipmen
t i
s o
n. t
o be p
rotec
ted)
D
imensions
, o vera
ll (panel t
hickness A")
• R
emovable d
oor p
erm
its f
r
ont p
ane
l a
cce
ss t
o f
u
ses a
nd H
eight 57/32"
p
i
lot l
amp. W
idth 1
9"
D
epth 3
I/
2"
U
ses We
igh
t (
unpacked
) 81/
2 l
b
s.
S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion
The Type 57-C Switch and Fu
se Pane
l i
sd e
signed for u
se as a
master inpu
t con
tro l of t
he a-c p
ower s
upply
. O rd
inari
ly one L
igh
t Umber G ray M
I-4395
-E
s
uch p anel i
sused w i
th each rack o
r c
hannel of s
peech i
nput
u
nits. The mount ing is fo
r a BR84 Ser
ies Standard cab
inet
r
ack or a9 AX R ack.
6
D
escr
ipt
ion
O
r
d
n t
ed c
oub
h
i

le
s p
ap, t
-po
ane

le s
l a
wo s
i
re moun
i
ng
ng
le f
le
-
u
ted a
se b
throw p
nd w
lock
owe
ired a
s o
r s
f t
w
i
n i
he s
tch
c
nd
rew
. A r
ica
-p
tor l
lug t
emovab
amp w
ype a
le d
ith
nd a
oor p
er-
C
L
J
m
its fron
t p anel access t
o fu
ses and pi
lot lamp. F
ron
t V
iew

7
8
Var
iab
le L
i
ne E
qua
lizer
, T
ype B
E-1B

UN
ITS E
.
OUAs ak T
ENS

F
eatures
•l'
rovide
s al
i
ne r
e
sponse ±1 d
b 3
0 t
o 1
5
,000 c
yc
les f
or FM
. Equalization Range_.
..
.
.
..
__i S
ee a
t
tenuat
ion charac
teris
tic c
urvesI
Moun ting BR-84 s
e
ries and 9AX rack s
• F
requency boost circuit permits up to 14 db boo
st a
t 1
5
.000
c
ycle
s. D
imens ions
• Togg
le swi
tch p erm its 10 kc o r 15 ke c u
t-of
. Heigh t 5134"
• 2
1 step a
t
tenua tor afords v ar
iab le output con
tro
l. Wid th 1
9 "
• L
ine and Isola
tion t rans
former s buil
t i n
. Depth b ehind panel 8
"
• Rack mounting p anel —easy i n
stal
lation. Overal
l inc
luding k nobs 914"
Weigh t ( unpacked) 7lbs.
U
ses S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion
T
he BE -
1B i s a n i d
eal u n
it f o r e qualizing u nloaded t e
le- L
igh
t Umber G rey M
I4196
-B
p
hone l i
nes u p to ten m iles in leng th to af requency r esponse
w
ithin +1 d b
, 3 0 to 15,000 c ycles. I n a ddition t o the con-
v
entional p
aralle l re
sonan t ci
rcu it
s t his equa l
izer h as addi
tional
A
TTENUAT
ION V S
. FREQUENCY C URVES
t
uned network s p roviding av ariab le frequency b oost of 2to 14
OR M
I-4196 LINE EQUAL
IZER
d
ecibels (2 db s teps) at 15,000 c ycles. Th is feature aids ma te
- Maximum Boos
t
r
ia
lly in obta
in ing a n overall flat frequency r espon se to 15
,000 1
0

c
ycles
. More t han 1 ,000 d iferen t a ttenua tion v s f requency
c
urves are a vailable t hrough a djus tment o f the f ront panel
c
ontrols
.

D
escr
ipt
ion R
- 1
0A
3
0
The BE -1B c on sis
ts o f at uned e qua liz ing c i
rcu i t
, i s
loating
t
r
an sformer , a t
tenua ting p ad, 1 5,000 c yc le b ooster c ircu it a nd 3
8ft
a
no ther i solating t ran sformer i n t he o utpu t. e
i 4
0
A t wo-po sition i npu t s wi tch s elects a n i mpedance o f 1 50 o r .
E
4A
E
qualixafon: 15 K
C.
6
00 o hms f or term ina t
ing l ines o fering 1 50 o r 6 00 o hm s i m
- A
ttenuator
:
1
p
edance . At hree-po sition s witch p repare s t he c i
rcu it f or e qua l
- 5
0
3A
B
oo s
t: 1
4
6
00 S
ource
i
zation u p t o 10,000 c ycles o r 15,000 c ycle s. T he c enter p osi
tion II 6
00 L
oad
o
f t he t ogg le s w
itch r emove s the a t
tenua tor f rom t he c i
rcu it
, 0n
l
eav ing l ine s c onnec ted w ith a l os s o f 1 .5 d b a t 1 ,000 c ycle s
. 6
0
1
00 1
000 1
0000 2
0000
2
0
A 2 0 s t
ep ( 3 d b p er s tep , l as
t s tep i nfin ity) a ttenua tor i s i n
-
F
REQUENCY I
N C
YCLES P
ER S
ECOND
s
erted i n the c ircuit t o p erm it c ontro l o f t he o u
tpu t l evel. T he
1
5,000 c ycle b ooster c i
rcu it i s con tro lled b y a n 8p osi
tion
s
witch w h
ich w ill v ary t he b oo st from 0t o 1 4 db i n 2d b step s
.
A
ttenua tion v s F requency c urve s are s hown f or e xtreme b oo s
t
A
TTENUAT
ION V S
. FREQUENCY C URVES
c
on trol s ettings o f " Boo st o ut" a nd " 14 d b b oo st ." I nter- FOR M
I.4
196 LINE EQUAL
IZER
med iate a ttenua t
ion v alue s w il
l b e o btained f or i ntermed iate B
oos
t Out .
.
.
..
s
e
t ting s of t he b oo st c on tro l. T he o utpu t t ransformer h as v ari
- 1
0
R
-
110 A
a
ble t aps f or al o
ad i mpedance o f 1 50 , 2 50 a nd 6 00 o hm s
. ,
..
..

The BE -1B i sb uilt o n as tandard 1 9" p ane l a nd iss upp lied w ith 3
8A
ad ust cover . A h inged d oor o n t he f ron t p anel p erm i
ts e asy 2
0

a
cce ss f or c leaning o r s ervicing t he e qu ipmen t. A t erm inal
1
4A
s
trip , moun ted o n t he r ear o f t he u nit, h as f ive s crew -
type
3
0
t
erm inals f o r inpu t, o utpu t a rd g round c onnec tion s.
3A

S
pec
ifi
cat
ions OA
d
i 4
0
S
ource I mpedance ( balanced o r unbalanced) _ 150 /600 ohms E
qua
Iixofon: 15 KC
.
L
oad I mpedance 1
50 /
250 /
600 o hms A
t
tenuator
, 0d b
.
E
qua l
ization F requency L imit 1
5.000 cyc
les B
oos
t: O
ut
6
00 S
ource
I
nsert
ion L o
ss ( attenua tor at ze
ro ) 6
00 L
oud
For 15 kc equalization M
in 6 .
5 db; Max . 5
9 db
For 10 kc equalization Min. 3
.5 db; Max. 42
.5 db 6
0 1
0000
2
0 1
00 1
000
Note: W i
th e qualization and boo s
t o u
t the minimum l o
ss
F
REQUENCY I
N C
YCLES P
ER S
ECOND
at 1
000 c yc
le s is1 .
5 db.

7
9
*
RACK E
QUIP
.
i.

D
ualL
ineEqua
lizer
,Type56
-E E
qua
lizer
, T
ype 5
6-C
The 56
-C E qual
izer i s as emi-f
ixed u nit w h
ich i s part
icular ly
u
seful in connection w ith p ermanen t lines
. It
s a ppl
ications a re
/ s
imilar t
o t hose o f t
he T ype 5 6-E described e l
sewhere o n t his
p
age. I
ti s asingle u n
it with reactor, capaci
tor a nd al
l necessary
r
esi
stors moun ted i n am etal case to r
educe s pace requiremen ts.
The re
sistance t erminals are b rought o ut to so
ldering l ug
s o n
t
he top of the c
a se w here connec t
ions m ay be nut
tle for ob
ta in.
F
eatures
i
ng any res
istance v a
lue b etween 1a nd 11 o hms i n 1ohm s tep s
.
• P
rovides li
ne equalizat
ion t o 1
0
,000 cycle
s or t
o 1
5
,000 c
yc
les
w
hen u sed with MI4925 -A C ompensator. Spec
ificat
ions
• E
qualizat
ion variable in steps of 3d b
.
S
ource I mpedance 6
00 o hms
• F
aci
litie
s for equa l
izing t wo li
nes
.
E
qua liza tion F requency Lim i
t 1
0,000 cyc
les
• R
ack moun ting p anel —easy ins
tal
lat
ion .
w
i th M I4925 -A Compensator 1
5
,000 cyc
les
Uses I
nsertion L o ss ( min
imum at 1 000 c
yc
les
) 1 5dl
,
The 56-E h as b een d esigned t o e qualize the non-l
inear f r e
- Equa lization
q
uency c haracteristics of either o ne o r two n on
-loaded t e
le- Range ( see
p
hone l ines up tot e n mi
le s i
n l e
ngth. Itc on
sis
ts oftwo separa te a
ttenua tion
a
nd c omp lete var iable e qualizers moun ted o n as i
ngle p anel. charac ter i
stic
The 56-E i s suitable f or 15,000 c ycle FM a pp
licat
ions w hen curve s)
u
sed w ith t he RCA MI -4925.A H igh F requency C ompensa tor. 1
.
5t o4 0 ( I
.
Without this compensa tor the c u
t-of frequency is10,000 cycle s
. D
imen sion s
Wid th _3%"
Descr
ipt
ion Heigh t_ 33 /"
4
P
aralle
l resonan t c
ircuits are used i n t
he two e qualizers
. E ach Dep th _2 1/2"
u
nit cons
ists of ac apacitor, ar e
actor, as er
ies of resis
tor s and Weigh t ( un-
aro
tary selector sw
itch f or se
lecting diferent res
istance v a
lue s
. p
acked) 7l bs.
V
arying amoun ts of equalization m ay be o b
tained i n steps of S
tock I den tifies.
3d b by r o
tation of t he s e
lector s w
itch t o the proper p osi
- t
ion _M14168
t
i
on. T he 5 6
-E d oes n ot include line transformer s or ma ster
Acces sory
a
t
tenuators. XT-
1314A
High F requency
Spec
ificat
ions Compensa tor
(
one o nly r equired i
f5 6
-C i sto b
e c
onver ted for 15
,000
S
our ce I mpedance 6
00 o hm s
c
yc le u se ) MI
-4925-A
Equa lization F requency Limit 1
0
,000 c ycles
w
ith M I
-4925.A C ompensator 1
5
,000 c ycles 0
T
YP
.
ICAL A
TTENUAT
. . . . ...
ION V
S. F
REQUENCY CURVES'
I
nser tion L os
s ( m
inimum at 1000 cyc
les
) 7db 2
FOR 5
6.0 AND S
6-E I
NE EQUAL
IZERS

Equa lization R ange ( s


ee at
tenuation charac
teris
tic curve) 4

1.
5 t o 40 db 6
,_
.
.,
. _.
.....
.
...
...
,
Moun ting S
tandard 1 9" panel
D
imens ion s 1
0
.

W idth 1
9"
I
N D

1
2 i
m
. R2
.
.
...
,
I

H eight 31/
2" I
A
1
. .
.
..
..
..
..
ION

D epth 43A
" 1
6
ENUAT

Weigh t (unpacked) 7l bs
. I I

S
tock I dentif
ication R3
-AP

2
0

Black MI4162 2
2

Umber G ray MI-4


162 .A 2
4

Acce ssory 2
6 i
.
...
.
R4

Accessor
ies 2
4
I
t$
3
0
H
igh Frequency Compensa
tor (2 un
its r
equ
ired i
f 56
-E is 3
2
o
.

t
o b
e conver
ted f
or 1
5
,000 c
yc
le u
se) M14925
-A l
a* ••

L
ine Trans
former F
REQUENCY I
N CYCLES P
ER S
ECOND

H
igh F
requency C , M
ompensator I-4925-A
T
he M I4925-A is aconstan t impedance b r
idged " T" t ype com- F
REQUENCY RESPONSE OF M
I..
1925
.
.A
p
ensator network t o ex
tend t he r ange of th e 56-C o r 56-E 1
5000 C
YCLE COMPENSATOR
2
E
qualizers to 15
,000 cycles. T he n eces
sary reactors a nd con-
d
ensers are moun ted inside a r ound me tal can, o n the side
4
o
f w h
ich is mounted a t erminal b oard and t wo group s o
f r e
- 2D
B E
qua
liza
tion
s
i
stors
. C ompensation c an b e varied b y shi
fting t he res
istor
I
B
OSS D.

6
c
onnections which a re c onnected b y means o f s older type I
4D
B. E
qua
liza
tion
t
e
rm inals
.
ION L

I
Spec
ificat
ions 6D
B. E
qua
liza
tion
1
0
S
ource I mpedance 6
00 o hm s
NSERT

I
8D
B. E
qua
liza
tion
Equalization Frequency L
imit 1
5,000 cycles 1
2
I

I I
I
nsertion L oss ( m
inimum at 1
000 c
yc
les) 48 db 1
0 D
B. E
qua
liza
tion , .
.
.... .
Equalization R ange (s
ee c
urves
) 1
7 to 17.4 d b 1
4
I I
Moun ting F
our
-ho
le f
l
ange moun t
ing 1
2 D
B. E
qua
liza
tion
D
imens ions 1
6
I I
Width 434 "
/ 1
4 D
B. E
qua
liza
tion
Heigh t 43/4" 1
8

Depth 334 "


/
Weigh t ( unpacked ) 2% l b
s. 1
00 1
.030 "AOC 1
0X0

S
tock I dentif
icat
ion MI
-4925-A F
REQUENCY I
N C
YCLES P
ER S
ECOND

8
0
R
AOK E
QUIP
.

Var
iab
le S
ound E
f
fec
ts F
i
lter
, T
ype B
E-2
1A

L
OW FREQUENCY N
IGH FREQUENCY
CUT-Of F CUT-
43F,

I
KC 2
5C
500 2
KC I
KC 3
KC

2
50 3
KC 3
00 .
44w /
KC
4
IP
1
00 4
KC 2
50 5
KC

O
FF 5
KC O
FF

O
UT

1
. I
N
' .

F
eatures
• P
ermits con
trol of a
udio bandwidth t
o p
erm
it av
arie
ty of c
haracter
ist
ics and i n
sert it in the ci
rcu
it i ns
tantly w hen
s
ound efect
s. r
equired.
The 600 ohm i npu
t a nd ou
tput impedance
s o f the fi
l
ter e n
-
• Two fr
ont p ane
l se
lector sw
itche
s permi
t e
asy a
nd q u
ick
a
bles itto be c
onnec ted in any 6
00 ohm ci
rcu i
t or itm ay be
c
hange to de
sired s
ound efect.
u
sed in a250 ohm circuit w
ith on
ly a s
l
ight change in r
esponse
U
ses c
haracter
ist
ics
.
The RE -21A f u
rnishe s a d esirable m eans f or p roduc ing a
v
ariety of specia
l o r u nusual s ound e fec
ts t h
rough c ontrol of S
pec
ificat
ions
t
he a ud
io b andw idth o f the t r
ansm i
tted p rogram . It is e spe
- SOUr ye I mpedance u nbalanced) 6
00 o hm s
c
ial
ly use fu
l i n the p roduc t
ion o f drama tic plays for m aking Load I mpedance 6
00 o hm s
p
rogram s sound " bassy" or " t
inny" o r for simulat
ing t he s ound I
npu t L evel -60 t
o +23 d b•
o
f te
lephone c onve rsa
tion s
, s hort wave radio commun icat
ion s o
r Outpu t L evel ( maximum) +23 d b*
m
idge t radios. F
requency R esponse s
ee curve s
I
n sertion L os
s _ l db or le
ss a
tf r
equenc
ies r
emo te f
r
om c ut-of
D
escr
ipt
ion D
imens ions, o veral
l
51
/ "
l
'I
n• Itl
.-
2I i onsisth of high a nd l ow p a.
s f i
hers a .
semb led Heigh t 4

o
n ap anel w i
th t wo s e
lec
tor p anel switches. The s w
itches have Width 1
9"
n
ine posi
tions e ach a nd are ca
librated f o
r high a nd low cut
-of Depth 5
"
f
requencies o f 100, 250, 500
, 1 ,
000, 2000, 3000
, 4 000, and 5000 We igh t ( unpacked ) 1
5 lb,.
c
ycles
. T here i sa l
so a n "of" p os
ition o n each s wi
tch. A k ey S
tock I dentif
ication—L ight Umber G ray MI-1917-A
s
witch is p rovided f or remov ing t he f i
l
ter f r
om t he ci
rcuit
t
hus m aking i t p oss
ible t o preset the f i
l
ter f or the des
ired •R
eference l
e
vel o
ne m
ill
iwa
tt.

B
E IABLE SOUND E
-21 A VAR FFECTS F
ILTER (
600 OH MS
)

'A
ti r
t r ar
ii
irear
e"
---
0

A
der 0
*BOY
-4

-8

Fr
-
12 , \r
) 'v
p A A N \
t
O s
o VS
A r
s
-
16
o
s
i rr
i 0 o \
N o k
\i
1
\
‘1
.
.q
a\
z .3
- 20 S \ .er \ \ N,
\ \ \

,
0 \ 0
• 0 o I 0 t
-- -\
----
\
- '
-24

A
l
• 0 \
*
7 .
. r
ti 0 \
\ 0 0 ‘ % \ \ \
-28 A 4
1 0 k-
--A r— \-- \- -
\
-32
IGH FREQUENCY CUT-OFF
- -H
„ LO
.A1 F
REQUENCY CUT-OFF
-36
30 1
00 1
000 0
0

FREQUENCY I
N CYCLES PER SECOND
g
L
ine
, M
ixing a
nd B
r
idg
ing T
rans
formers

T
he f
o
llow
ing s
t
andard RCA t
r
ans
forme
rs a
re s
t
ocked
a
s a c
onven
ience t
o b
roadca
sting s
t
ation
s. T
hese
t
r
ansformer
s a
re of t
he highes
t q ua
lity d
esign hav
ing
e
xce
llent f
r
equency r
esponse. They are p
rovided wi
th
e
l
ectro
sta
tic s
h
ield
s b
etween p
r
imary a
nd s
e
condary
a
nd a
re f
urni
shed w
ith h
eav
ily sh
ielded ca
ses. Core
s
a
re o
f spec
ial h
igh permeab
ili
ty s t
eel
. T erminal
s
a
re at o
ne end a
nd di
agrams o
f the c
onnect
ions a
re
s
tenc
iled o
n the s
ide of t
he c
ase
. Broadca
sting s
t
a-
t
i
on s may emp
loy the RCA t
rans
formers between
u
nits w
ith a
s
surance t
ha
t t
he o
vera
ll f
ide
lity o
f the
s
y
stem w
il b
e m
ain
tained
.

L
ine T
ransfor mer
, MI-
117
13
T
he core structure, fr
equency charac
terist
ics and s h
ielding of P
r
imary Impedance
s S
econdary I
mpedance
s
t
h
is tr
ansformer m akes itan idea
l u n
it f o
r is
olating l i
ne cir
- o
hms o
hms
c
ui
ts. It
s tap s provide se
vera
l c ombinat• so f a va
ilable i m
-
1
50 1
50
p
edances
. O ne to t wo o
f these tr
ansformer s are very u se
ful
i
t
em s to have a round any broadcast star .T he i mpedance 6
00 6
00
c
omb
ina
tion
s a
re:
F
requency R
esponse d
b 2
0 t
o 2
0
,000 c
ps
. S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion _ ‘
1
1-H7
13

B
ridg
ing T
ransfor mer
, MI-117
12
T
his t
i
anAor
iner m
ay b
e u
sed a
s a
n i
npu
t t
r
ans
former f
o
r a P
rimary I
mpedance
s S
econdary I
mpedance
s
b
ridg
ing l
i
ne a
mpl
ifier o
r a mon
itor
ing a
mpl
ifier
. I
t m
ay a
l
so o
hms o
hms
b
e s
a
tis
fac
tor
ily u
sed w
here i
tisd
esired t
o b
r
idge a p
rogram
2
0
,000 1
50
l
ine to fe
ed p rograms to other mix
ing o r outgo
ing c i
rcu
its
s
uch as n ormally employed i n a master c
ontrol room line 6
00
d
istr
ibut
ion s y
stem. The i mpedance combina
tions are: .
F
requency R
espon
se d
b 2
0 t
o 2
0
,000 c
ps
. S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tio
n M
I-11712

Mix
ing T
ransfor mer
, MI-4902
T
hose c
ontemp
lat
ing t
he d
es
ign o
f t
he
ir o
wn, o
r s
pec
ial m
icro
. P
r
imary I
mpedance
s S
econdary I
mpedance
s
p
hone m
ixing c
i
rcu
its
, w
il
l f
i
nd t
h
is t
r
ans
former i
dea
l f
o
r a o
hms o
hm s
7
6
.5 1
53 250
l
a
rge n
umber o
f m
ixer c
omb
ina
tion
s. T
he i
mpedance c
omb
ina
- 9
0 1
87 600
t
i
ons a
re: 1
09 2
37
1
34 3
20
F
requency R
esponse _ 4
-
1 d
b 3
0 t
o 1
5
,000 c
ps
. S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I4902

Genera
l S
pec
ificat
ions f
or M
I-117
13, MI-
11712 and MI-4902
D
imen
sion
s, o
‘era
ll f
o
r c
ase
s: Moun
ting F
our h
ole
s w
ith c
enter l
i
nes 23
4 "x 2
/ 4 "
/
3

H
eigh
t 4341"
We
igh
t 2l
b
s. 1
4 o
zs
.
D
iameter 3
"
B
asep
late 33
4 " x 3
/ /"
4
3 F
inish A
lum
inum g
ray

8
2
R
ACK E
QUIP
.

P
ads - F
ixed
, B
r
idg
ing
, Ne
twork
RCA o fers a c omprehen s
ive s elect
ion o f a ttenuator p ads
,
b
ridging p ad s and d iv
id ing n etwork s. T he p ads a nd n etworks
a
re w e
ll c onstructed a nd i n sula
ted w ith p recision w ound r e
-
s
i
sters
, assuring n o internal r ef
lection. T he term inals are access
-
i
ble and s ecurely moun ted w ith t he c onnections s tenciled in
a
n appropr iate place. T he fixed b alanced " H" t ype i sa vai
lable
i
n two type s
, o ne introduc ing a l oss of 6d b, the o ther 10 d b
.
The dividing n e
twork s a re a lso a vailable i n t wo t ypes, un-
b
alanced a nd b alanced " H" t ype, a s tabula
ted b elow .

F
IXED PADS —BALANCED "
H" TYPE
I
nput Impedance 6
00 ohms
Output Impedance 6
00 ohms
I
nsert
ion Loss 6db
S
tock Ident
ifica
tion M
I-4
171
-29
F
IXED PADS —BALANCED "
H" TYPE
I
nput Impedance 6
00 o hms
Ou
tput I mpedance 6
00 o hms
I
nser
tion Loss 1
0 db
S
tock Ident
ifi
cation MI-4171
-30

MI
-11704
-A

DIVID ING NET WORKS


Ba
lanced Two -way , 6 00 o hms
I
nsert
ion L oss 6d b
S
tock Iden tification M
I-11704
Ba
lanced T hree-way , 6 00 o hms
I
nsert
ion L os s 95 db
S
tock Iden tification M
I-11704
-A
Ba
lanced F our-way , 6 00 o hms
I
nsert
ion L os s_ 1
2 db
S
tock I dentification M
I-11704-B
Ba
lanced S ix-way , 6 00 o hms
I
nsert
ion L oss 1
5 6d b
S
tock Iden tification M
I-11704
-D
Ba
lanced E igh t-way , 600 o hms
I
nsert
ion L os s_ 1
8 1d b
S
tock I dentification MI
-11704
-E
Unbalanced Two -way, 6 00 o hms
Unbalanced T hree-way , 6 00 ohms
Unbalanced F our-way , 6 00 ohms
I
nsert
ion L oss 1
2 db
S
tock I dentification MI
-11704
-
.1
Unbalanced S ix-way , 6 00 o hms
I
nsert
ion L oss 1
5 6d b
S
tock Iden tification MI
-11704
-L
Unbalanced E igh t-way, 6 00 ohms
I
nsert
ion L oss 18 1db
S
tock Iden tif
ica t
ion M
I-11704
-M

BRIDGING PAD
I
nput I
mpedance 6
00 o
hms t
o two 6
00 ohm li
nes—isola
-
t
i
on b
etween l
ines a
bout 45 db
I
nser
tion Los
s 1
0 db
S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion MI
-11705

F
i
la ment T
ransfor mer
, M
I-1
1606
The MI
-11606 F
i
lament Transformer f
urnishes f
i
lamen t v
ol
tage
t
o am aximum of t
hree BA-1A P re
-amplif
iers
. I
t h a
s primary
t
aps f
or 10 and 1
20 vol
ts a-
c 50/60 cyc
le s
. A var
iable poten
-
t
i
ome ter i
sconnected acro
ss the s
econdary a
nd i
ss c
rew dr ive
r
o
pera
ted for o b
taining m in
imum h um . Th
is tr
ansformer i s
a
l
so used t
o prov
ide v o
ltage for t
he MI-
11265 VU Meter Panel
.

Spec
ificat
ions

O
utpu
t 63 v
ol
ts, a
-
c, 1
.
8 a
mpere
s m
ax.
Moun
ting F
our .
1
99" moun
ting h
oles a
re l
ocated o n
D
imensions
, o
ver
all ig" x P
2
-
/ A" center line
H
eight 4
" Weigh
t (unpacked) 2lbs
.
B
ase 2
1}" x 2%" S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion MI-11606

8
3
P
OWER P
PLIES

P
rea mp
lif
ier P
ower S
upp
ly ype BX
, T -1E
F
eatures
• E
xceptional
ly l ow h um level
.
• P
lugs into BR -2A S he
lf A s
semb ly.
• H
igh c apac
i ty fi
l
ler.
• F
i
lamen t supp ly hum b a
lancing p oten
tiome
ter
.
• Vo
ltage variable 180 t
o 250 v o
lts
.

U
ses
The T ype BX -1E P reamplif
ier Power S upply is des
igned to
p
rovide d -c plate and a-c hea
ter p ower for preamplif
iers in
which the h um l e
vel mus t be kept to am inimum . It is i
n-
t
ended e spec
ially for use a
s ap ower supply for preamplif
ier
s
a
nd i s
olation amp l
ifiers s
uch as the BA-11A.

Descr
ipt
ion
The 1X -lE is ap lug-in u n
it d es
igned p r
imari
ly f o
r moun ting
i
n t he RCA S helf A s
semb l T ype BR -2A . Two of these i -
r
s
upp lies can be instal
led p
lug-in units i
n the 13R-2A S he
lf
Assemb ly
. C onnec t
ion t o t h
e t erminals is m ade through a
q
u ickly removab le, mu lt
i-contact c onnector I
i I
i fas
tens to
t
he p lug at t
he r ear o f t
he c hassis
.
The power s upply c i
rcuit i s aful
l-wave, high-vacuum t ube r ec
-
t
if
ier with a choke -
inpu t fil
ter. With a total of 260 micro farads
o
f fi
lter capacitance, the d -c output is exceptionally free from P
ower Ou
tpu
t
hum. The v ol
tage i s variable, b y means o f a s c
rew d river 1
80 t
o 285 v
ol
ts, u
p t
o 50 ma
ad
justmen t
, b e
tween 1 80 a nd 2 50 vo
lts. The v o
ltage o utput i s A
-c 63 v
olts
, up t
o 4
.2 ampere
s
v
ery s t
able w i
th a ny lo ad u p t o f
if
ty m i
lliamperes . A h unt Ou
tpu
t Hum L
eve
l A
pprox
ima
tely —134 d
b (
below 50 ma
ba
lancing p otentiome ter
. l i
kewise a s crew d river a d
jus tmen t
, d
-c l
oad a
t 2
50 vo
lts t
l
-c)
i
s connected a cross the f i
lamen t supply c i
rcuit.
Dimensions a nd Weight:
T
he BLIE i s des
igned f or o pera ' o n a ny a-c li
ne vol
tage L
ength _
12 V; W idth 8iV; He
igh
t 7
"
b
etween 1 00 and 1 30 vol
ts, 5 0 to 60 cycles. A one ampere. Weight 1
5% l bs
.
g
las
s-enclosed
, time -delay fuse is mounted o n the fr
ont of t
he
S
tock Ident
ificat
ion (less t
ube) M
I-11305
.l)
c
hassis
. This fu
se i su naf
fected b y h
igh transien
t curren
ts.

S
pec
ificat
ions A
ccessor
ies
P
ower S
upp
ly R
equ
ired 1
00 t
o 1
30 vo
lts, 50 t
o 60 cyc
les, T
ube C omplemen
t, 1 RCA -5Y3GT/G MI
-11262
6
5 watts P
anel and She
lf Type BR
-2A:
F
use I ampere, Type MDL Umber G
ray MI
-11598/11599

R
elay P
ower S
upp
ly, -
AI M
T
ype BX
-4A
F
eatures
• S
upp lies two amperes f i
l
tered ( b
e at 21 %
t
ilt.
• T
rans former t ap for increasing outpu
t vol
tage.
• F
u l
l w ave selenium r ectif
ier.
• Rack moun ting e asy insta
lla1
• P
lug -
in c apacitors
.

U
ses
The MI
-11309 R
elay P
ower Supp
ly is c
apable o
f supp
lying up
t
o 2 amperes f
i
l
tered d
-c a
t 24 vo
lts t
o re
lay and pi
lot l
igh
t S
pec
ifica
tions
c
i
rcui
ts.
Output, Max imum 2 amperes at 24 v
olts
, d-c
R
ipp le Vo l
tage a t Fu
ll Load 035 v o
lt
D
esc
rip
tion A
-c P ower I nput 1
24 w
atts
, 10 -
125 v.
, 50
-60 c ps
.
The p ower s upply isc onstructed o n ap anel suitable for moun t- Transformer T apped a
t 10, 15
, 1 20 a
nd 1
25 v o
lts
i
ng o n t he BR -84 series ( 19") c abinet r acks. The e lectrical Dimens ions:
c
ircuit consists of ap ower t ransformer, selenium r ec
tif
ier , plug- Length 1
9"
i
n e lectrolytic c apac
itor s, c hoke, bleeder r e
sistor, f use a nd Height 6 3
1/32"
p
ower s w
itch . T he pr
imary o f the transformer i s tapped f or Depth 71
/4"
l
ine v ol
tage a d
jus tmen ts and t he secondary i s tapped f or i n
- Weight 41 lbs
. (unpacked)
c
rea-ing t he o utput vol tage t o compensate f or c hanges i n t he Moun t
ing BR
-84 se
ries (19") rack
i
n
terna l r es
istance o f the selenium r ectif
ier. All e l
ectrical c on- F
inish L
ight umber g ray
n
ections a re made t o ab arrier type term inal b oard. S
tock I dent
ifica
tion MI
-11309

8
4
P
OWE U
PPL
IES

R
elay P
o wer S
upp
ly, M
I-1
1303
F
eatures Spec
ificat
ions
• S
upp
lie
s 1
2 v
ol
ts f
i
l
tered d
-
c a
t 1 ampe
re. O
utpu
t (
adju
stab
le f
or l
o
ads f
r
om 0
.
2 t o 1
.
0 a
mpere)
• Rotary swi
tch permits vary
ing o u
tpu
t voltage i
n 1 /2 v
ol
t m
aximum 12 vo
lts 1amp
.
s
teps. R
ipp
le V
oltage (
a
t m
aximum o
utpu
t o
f 1a
mp.
) _0
.4 v
ol
ts r
ms
• Long li
fe f
ull w
ave copper su
lphide m
agnesium rec
tif
ier.
• Housed in an a
t
trac
tive wall mount
ing c
abinet w
ith hinged A
c P
ower I
npu
t, 1
05 t
o 1
25 v
ol
ts, 6
0 c
yc
les
d
oor (
max
imum a
t r
a
ted o
utpu
t) 3
4 w
att
s
R
ect
ifier C
opper
-Su
lph
ide m
agne
sium f
u
ll w
ave t
ype
Uses
D
imens
ion
s
T
he M I-11303 Re
lay Power Supply i
s ac
omplete un
it capable
o
f supplying f
i
l
tered d
-c power to an
umber o
f re
lays and pi
lot H
eigh
t 9
"
l
i
ghts i f t
he t
otal l
oad curren
t at 1
2 vo
lts does no
t e xceed W
idth 9k"
o
ne a mpere.
D
epth 6
"

Descr
ipt
ion Moun
ting Wa
ll moun
ted b
y f
our moun
ting s
l
ots
T
he p
ower supp
ly isbui
lt in a
n a
t
trac
tive wal
l-mounting box
. F
inish Two t
one umber g
rey
T
he e
l
ectr
ica
l circu
it c
onsi
sts o
f apower t
ransformer
, copper
. We
igh
t (
unpacked) 1
45 l
b
s.
s
u
lfide magne sium f ull wave re ct
ifier, and a resistance-
capac i
ty S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI41303
f
i
l
ter sys
tem w ith three 1000 m fd. eletrolytic p
lug-in capacitors.
T
he power t ransformer p rimary i stapped a t 1
05, 15 , and 1 25
v
ol
ts to provide l ine vo
ltage a djustmen t
. T he secondary o f the
p
ower transformer i stapped a nd c onnec ted to as i
x p os
ition
r
o
tary s w
itch w hich perm its a v aria
t ion i n ou
tpu t voltage o f
a
pproximately 1 /2 vo
lt per s t
ep.

The chass
is is b o
lted in the enclo
sure wi
th a snap
-off c
over.
The c
hassis
, ins
ide o f t
he mounting box a
nd the t
erm
inal board
c
over are fin
ished i n si
lver grey. The ou
tside of t
he box is
f
i
nished in light umber g rey with a 4 i
nch dark umber grey
s
t
ripe through t he middle of t
he cover
.

Heavy D
uty R
elay P
o wer S
upp
ly, M
I-1
1304
F
eatures
• S
upplies 12 vol
ts fi
l
tered d-c a
t 5a mperes
. Moun
tin
g Wa
ll moun
ted b
y f
our moun
ting s
l
ots
• Ou
tpu t vo
ltage substant
ial
ly cons
tant from n
o-
load t
o f
u
ll.
l
oad output.
F
ini
sh l
i
ght umber g
rey
• Fu
ll wave Selenium T ype Rec
tif
ier
.
• Housed in an atrac
tive wal
l-mounting box
.
We
igh
t (
unpacked) 8
0 l
b
s.
Uses S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-11304
The MI- 11304 Relay Power S
upp ly i
s acomple
te un
it capable
o
f supp ly ing f
i
ltered d-
c power t o a n
umber of re
lays a nd
p
ilo
t ligh ts ift
he to
tal l
oad c
urrent a
t 1
2 vo
lts d
oes n
ot exceed
5a mpere s.
Descr iption
The p ower s upply is buil
t i n
to a n at
tractive cabinet for w all
mounting. T he e l
ectr
ical c i
rcuit c ons
ists o f a p ower t ran s
-
f
ormer, l i
ne a nd load v o
ltage r egula
ting a nd shun t reactor s
.
f
ull w ave s elenium r ectif
ier
, f i
lter r eactor
s a nd c apacitor s
.
v
ariable resis
tor s
, and terminal b oard and f u
ses. Regulation o f
t
he d-c o u
tpu t v o
ltage is accomp lished b y use of as aturab le
r
eactor w hich m a
intains the o u
tpu t voltage substant
ially c on-
s
tant from n o-load to fu
ll-
load o utput.
Spec ificat ions
Output s ub s
tan
tia
lly cons
tant from no
-load to f
ul
l-load
o
utput) m
aximum , 12 vo
lts 5a mp s
.
R
ipp le V o
ltage (a
t fu
ll lo
ad ) 01 v o
lt rms
Ac P ower I nput
, 105 to 1
25 v o
lts
, 6
0 cycle
s
max
imum a t ra
ted ou
tput) 1 65 w
a t
ts
Rectif
ier f
ull wave S
elenium t ype
Dimens ions
H
eigh t 1
6 %"
Width 1
5 1/
4"
Depth 8%"

8
5
T
URNTABLES

T
ranscr
ipt
ion T
urn
tab
le, T
ype 70
-D
F
eatures

• H
igh f
i
del
ity r
eproduc
tion o
f v
er
tica
l a
nd l
a
ter
al r
ecord
ing
s.

• Un
iver
sal l
i
ghtwe
igh
t p
ickup w
ith l
ong w
ear d
iam
p
oin
t s
t
ylu
s.

• H
eavy du
ty c
ons
tant speed s
ynchronous mo
tor w
i
th a
mple
d
r
iving p
ower f
or r
ecording o
r reproduc
ing
.

• P
rov
ision f
or RCA R
ecord
ing A
ttachmen
t.

• Qu
iet opera
tion
. C
ush
ion
-moun
ted mo
tor w
ith s
i
len
t o
n-o
ll
s
wi
tch.

• S
peed c
hange l
e
ver in r
im o
f t
u
rntab
le p
erm
its c
hange %
i
lls
.
o
ut r
emoving r
ecord
.

• R
ugged
ly b
ui
lt t
o g
i
ve y
ear
s o
f s
a
tis
fac
tory s
e
rvice
.

Uses

The Type 7 0
-D T ranscription T urntable h as been d eve
loped
t
o meet the c
on t
inued d emand for higher a nd higher qual
ity i
n
t
he reproduction o f b roadcast t
ranscriptions. It is the la
tes
t
e
dit
ion t o t
he p opular 70 S ERIES of transcription equipments
,
o
f w h
ich more t han 3000 a re now i n use. T he 70
-D p rovide
s
h
igh fide
lity reproduction o f a
ll ver
tical or la
teral cut re
cords
.

Descr
ipt
ion

The comp lete equipmen t ish oused i n a metal c abine t of mod -


e
rn design . The cab inet isfi
nished i n t wo tone s of umber g rey
Two vacant p
osi
tion
s are a
vai
lab
le o
n the s
wi
tch t
o p
ermi
t a
ddi
-
a
nd trimmed i n chrom ium . A l a
rge h inged d oor i sl ocated o n
t
iona
l f i
l
ters o
r compensa
tors t
o b
e added ifr
equ
ired
.
t
he front o f the c abinet so as t o p erm it ready a ccess to t he
motor and f i
l
ter circuits
. Ah eat r es
istan t, "Micarta" t op i sused. T
he m otor i s ahigh t orque synehronou s type , cushion -moun ted
A
ll fi
lter s are s e
cure ly moun ted w ith in the c ab ine t and a r
- o
n t he b o
ttom s helf o f !
h e equipmen t, t hus i s
ti
la i
iiig io
r
r
anged f or m inimum h um p ickup . T here i s a l
so s uficient n
oise from t he cabinet. In order to i n
sure i h
e f aithful repro-
s
pace with in the c abinet for ab ooster amp l if
ier ( such a s the d
uction of h igh fideli
ty records, the turntab le platter has a .,s
o
-
RCA BA -2 S er
ies) w here addi t
iona l o utput l e
ve l i s required. c
i
ated w ith i t as eparate specia
lly d e
signed f l
ywhee l. This fly
-
I
f the u ser d es
ire s to r a
ise t he h eight o f the c abine t from w
hee l isa pproxima tely 12" i n di
ame ter a nd i sl ocated w ithin
2
8 to 3 0 i nches
, t he MI -11803 moun ting b ase c omp lete w ith t
he cabinet i t
sel
f. T he turntable plat
ter a nd f l
ywhee l assemb ly
h
ardware i s avai
lab le f o
r t he p urpo se. i
s comp letely i so
lated f rom t he mo tor t hrough a s erie
s o f
m
echan ical f i
l
ters a nd a sp r
ing c l
utch a rrangemen t.
Term inal b oard s a re p rovided f or a -
c and t he audio c onnec-
t
ions a nd are a ccessible f rom t he front o
f the cabinet. Moun ted
o
n t op o f the 7 0
-D c abinet a re t he tone arm , tone a rm r e
st
a
nd f i
lter s elector s witch. T he t one arm i s o f the c ounter Spec
ificat
ions
weigh t balance t ype a nd p rov is
ions a re m ade f or a ccurately
P
ickup I
mpedance 0 5
0 o hmQ
s
etting the st ylus for o ne o unce w eight on ar ecord. T he pickup
h
ead i su nexce lled a nd d esigned t o impart high fidelity char- L
oad I mpedance Output o f c ompensa tor s hould h e c on
-
a
cteristics fo r b o
th v ertical a nd lateral recordings. I t is of a nec
ted to the unloaded i npu t t r
an s
former o f an a mplif
ier
mov ing c onduc tor t ype i n wh ich t wo ribbons are free t o move des
igned to opera
te from a2 50 o hm source s uch as BA -
11A
i
n av ertical o r la
tera l magne tic fi
e ld
. or BA-2C.
O
utput LeyeL_ _ —63 d bm L l p osition at 1 ,
000 cycles T-2485
T
he pickup a nd f i
l
ter r eproduce t he v
arious types o f records. t
e
st record
O
rthacoustic
, RCA -Victor, C olumbia. Wor ld a nd others, w i
th —68 d bm ( .
00 1 watt reference ) VI position
aresponse characteris
tic t ha
t p roduces an i d
ea l pl
ayback r e- a
t 1.000 c ycles —TRV -
101 t e
at record
s
ponse. The fi
lter unit isd esigned so tha
t this m ay b e accom - No
ise Level (be
low 1 m i
lliwat t reference l evel) -120 clhn
i
p
l
ished b y mere ly turning a s wi
tch to o ne of t he fol
low ing F
requency R e
spon se (see cu rve
s )c
ycles 5
0-
10.000
s
ix pos
itions:
T
ran
smi
ssion L
oss o
f F
i
lter 2
4 d
b at 1.
000 cycle
s at each
LATERAL : I .Transcrip
tions —NAB L ateral. 2
. Home records o
f the 6 sw
itch pos
ition.
w
ith 500 c
ycle c
rossover frequency (Victor). 3. Home r
ecord. S
ty
lus Pol
ished d iamond
w
ith 300 c
yc
le crossover fr
equency. 4.Te s
t records a
nd s
pecial T
urntab
le D iameter 1
6"
r
ecord
ings ( w
ide o pen at h
igh frequenc
ie s). (W
ill handle r
ecords u
p t
o 1
8" in diameter)
T
urntab
le Speed 31/-
2 7
8 r pm
VERTICAL: 1 . Tran
scrip
tion
s — NAB S
t
andard V
ert
ica
l. S
peed Regu
la t
ion ( wow
s) 02% r ms at 31/ r
2 pm
2
. T
ransc
rip
tions (
worn). 0
.09% r ms at 7
8 r pm

8
6
T
URNTABLES

Dimensions, o veral
l
+5
Heigh
t ( overall) 28 %" 1
.
•4
Heigh
t ( overa l
l w i
th MI -11803) 30 %" .
.
.... — •
••-
• -
.
.. .
..
..
..

Width 251A"
LI L
•2, 6 L
•4 .
., L3
Depth 9414" -
5
\
F
inish Two tone umber g rey w
ith chromium t r
im
\
Weight ( unpacked) 1
55 l bs
. -
10

,
,
Power Supp ly 1
05-125 v
olts
, 5
0 or 6
0 cycles u
a
% L
.
I
0 -
15
Power C onsump tion 3
5 wilts •
1
4
S
tock Identificat
ion 1
.2 %,
-2
0
Umber G rey , 60 Cycles MI-
11801 T
YPICAL L
ATERAL R
ESPONSE
6
,\

-2
5 OF AN M
I 4
875 G
+5 P
ICK UP AND F
I
LTER
-3
0
5
0 1
00 1
000 1
0000

F
RE QUENCY I
N C
YCLES P
ER S
EC OND
V
-1
5 L

1, T
RANSCR
IPT
I ONS N A 8 L
ATERAL

s
n HOME 5
00 c p s C
R OSS OVER F
RE QUE NCY
-1
0
V2 1
.3 HO ME 3
00 c
.p s
. C
R OSS OVER F
RE QUENCY
U 1
5
a F
LAT R
ESPONSE (
OPEN A
T H
I GHER F
RE QUENC
IES
)

-2
0
T
YPICAL V
ERT
ICAL R
ESPONSE l
imber G
rey
, 5 0 C
ycles MI
-11802
2
5 OF AN M
I-4875
.G B
lack
, 6
0 Cycles MI
-11802
-A
P
ICK UP AND F
ILTER
-3
0 Accessor
ies
5
0 1
00 1
000 1
0
,000
BA-2C Boos
ter Amp l
ifier MI
-11226-B
F
RE QUE NCY I
N CYCLES P
ER S
ECOND
7
2-D/72
-DX R ecording At
tachn
ten
t _MI
-11901 o
r MI-11900
V
-), N
.A.B. Standard Vertica
l Mount
ioa R ise MI
-11803
V
-2
. Transcr
iptions (worn) 1
5 rpn
t Conversion Kit MI
-11883

4
5 R
.P.M
. C
onvers
ion K
it, M
I-11883
F
eatures
• S
imp le t o add t o present t
urn
table-.
• Quick s peed c hanges
.
• Rugged c onstruct
ion f o
r long se
rvice.
• Quiet operation.
• Accessory f i
ne groove pickup and tone a
rm a
vai
lab
le.

Descr
ipt
ion
The 45 R .P.M. Conversion K it is made a vailable to broad-
c
aster
s f or play
ing the n ew RCA 4 5 R .P.M . records o n any
t
ype 7 0
-C o r 70
-D T ranscription T urntable. The mod if
icat
ion 4N
o ."
k
it iseasy to add to ex
ist
ing t urntable and r equires minimum
i
nvestmen t b
y elim
inating t he expense of add i
tiona l t
urntab
le s
.
The ki
t cons
ists of ab all
-type speed r educer which is in
sta
lled
be
tween the two f l
exible couplings i n the main d r
ive shaf
t o f
t
he 70-
14 t
urntable. In one pos
ition, the b a
ll reducer isinopera-
t
ive and the s haf
t i s driven s t
raight t hrough a t 78 R.P.M .
I
n t he o
ther p os
ition, the ball r educer d r
ives the shaft a nd
f
lywheel at 45 R.P.M . The o ver-riding s pr
ing c l
utch is b u
ilt
i
nto the new mechan ism a nd i s operative in both pos
itions.
Speed change i s a
ccomp lished b y t urning the mo tor control

k
nob o n t he turn
tab le d eck. I t may be s h
ifted in ei
ther d irec-
t
ion wh ile the turntab le is r unning. T hree p os
itions are p ro-
v
ided: ( 1) a n " Of
f " p os
ition wh ich c omp le
tely s huts d own
t
urntable b y turning o f mo tor, (2) a" 78-33 1/3" R
.P.M . p osi
-
t
ion wh ich p ermits either s peed b y use o f speed-change l ever
o
n t urn
tab le and ( 3) " 45" R .P.M . pos
ition wh ich p ermits t h
is
s
peed w i
th s peed-change l ever set at "78".
Mechanical in s
talla
tion i s simp le and t he o n
ly e l
ectrical work
n
ecessary i s the transfer of mo tor s w
itch l eads to t he micro.
s
witch incorpora ted in the k i
t. Sturdy c onstruction a nd care fu
l
I
nter
ior view o f the mechanical alignmen t assures t he same l ong, tr
ouble-free o pera
-
7
0
-D T urn table with t
ion that thousands o f 70-
ser ies turntables a re now g iv
ing i n
4
5 R.P.M . Kit t
he fi
eld. Also r equ
ired b ut n ot inc
luded i n t
his ki
t, is as e
cond
i
nstalled t
one arm f or fine groove p layback (MI -11884).

S
pec
ificat
ions
1pproxima
te We ight
, Unpacked 61/
2 lbs
.
S
tock Iden
tifica
tion MI
-11883
(K
it i
ncludes c l
utch assemb
ly (speed c
hanger), a
rm a s
sem -
b
ly (brake), s witch and cam shaft a
s
.emb ly, d
ial p la
te,
2couplings a nd a dap
ter hub
.)

Accessory
F
ine Groove P
ickup a
nd T
one A
rm MI
-11884

8
7
T
YPE 70
-D
RCA H
IGH-F
IDEL
ITY

T
R A NSCR
IPT
ICN TUR NT ABLE

T
h
e P
r
oof o
fPe
rf
orm
anc
e i
sini
t
sac
cep
tan
ce
Ove
r 4
,500 R
CA "
70-
type" T
urn
tab
les s
h
ipped t
o d
ate
TH
I
S modera
tely p
riced t
ranscr
ipt
ion p
ick
-up
, w
ith a d
iamond
-po
int s
t
ylus
, p
ro- m
odif
icat
ion k
i
t 1
/011
' a
vai
labl
e.
t
urntab
le h
as no s
uper
ior —e
ither i
n me
- v
ides t
rue r
erroduc
tion —for e
i
ther v
ert
ica
l
F
or the f
i
nest r
esponse f
rom y
our r
ecord-
c
han
ica
l s
imp
lic
ity o
r i
n h
igh
-fide
lity o
r l
a
tera
l r
ecord
ings
.
i
ng ...f or d
ependable tim
ing t
o t
he very
r
eproduc
tion
. Ahinged door o
nthe me
tal c
abine
t makes l
a
st second ..for e
ven r
unning a
nd smooth
One h
eavy
-du
ty s
ynchronous mo
tor p
ro- e
very
thing easy to g
et a
t. There i
s ample s
t
arts a
nd s
tops
, t
h
is s
tud
io t
urn
tab
le h
as i
t
!
v
ides the d
rive r
equired for p
layback and s
pace i
ns
ide t
o h
ouse b
oos
ter amp
lif
iers a
nd Ava
ilab
le in t
wo cab
inet-
top heigh
ts .. 28
r
ecord
ing. Mechanical fi
l
ters and s pr
ing- r
ecord
-cue
ing amp
lif
iers
. There i
s a
l
so a
c- i
nches and 30 i
nches. Equ
ipped with c
on-
c
lutch a
ssemb
ly c
omp
lete
ly i
so
late t
he p
lat
- c
ommodat
ion on t
op for a
n RCA 7
2-D (
or v
enience
-plug o
utle
ts f
or a
-c a
nd a
udio c
ir
-
t
er aid t
he f
l
y-whee
l from t
he motor —and 7
2-DX) R
ecord
ing At
tach men
t. c
uits
.
a
ssure e
ven r
unning a
nd smooth s
tar
ts and And .
y
ou c
an h
andl
e the n
ew r
ecord
sde
sign
- A
sk your RCA Broadcas
t S
ales E
ngineer
s
tops
. A h
igh
-qua
lity u
niversa
l l
i
ghtwe
igh
t e
d toplay a
t 4
5 rpm —by mean
s of as
impl
e f
or comple
te d
ata
.

T
YPICAL L
ATERAL R
ESP ONSE OF AN k
m 4
873 C
. P
ICK UP AND P L
IRE T
YPICA
L V
ERT
ICAL R
ESPONSE OF AN m .
4
1373 0
•5 P
ICK UP AND F
I
LTER

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-- L•1 T
RANSCR
IPT
IONS NMI LAT R
AT1
.2' ‘
-2
0 -2
0
--- L
.2 HO W 5
00 CPS C
ROSS
-OVER FRIOuENCY l
- - 1
.3 nOmE 3
00 CPS C
ROSS OVER F
REQUENCY •1 NAB S
V tanda
rd Vert
ica
l

25 2
5
—•- L
.4 F
IAT R
ESPONSE (
OPEN A
T “
IONER F
REQUENC
IES
) — V
.2 T
ranscr
ipt
ions (worn)

.3
0 -
30
1
000 P
0 000 3
0 1
00 1
000 1
0
.000
F
RE QUE NCY I
N CYCLES P
ER S
EC OND F
RE OUE NCY I
N CYCLES P
ER S
EC OND
'
T
URNTABLES 441

U
niversa
l P
ickup K
it
, M
I-4875-G
F
eatures
• H
igh f
i
del
ity r
eproduc
tion o
f v
er
tica
l a
nd l
a
tera
l r
ecord
ing
s.

• A
dju
stab
le w
eigh
t p
ickup h
ead
.

• L
ow mov
ing m
ass
.

• A
djus
tab
le v
er
tica
l a
nd l
a
tera
l s
t
ops
.

• N
o s
t
ylus b
reakage
s.

U
ses
T
he Un
iver
sal P
ickup K
it h
as b
een d
es
igned t
o g
i
ve a
n
i
dea
l p
layback r
e
spon
se f
o
r a
l
l v
er
tica
l a
nd l
a
tera
l r
e
cord
ing
s.

T
his u
nit h
as a v
ersa
tile moun
ting a
t
tachmen
t a
nd m
ay b
e
f
i
t
ted t
o mo
st t
urn
tab
les
.

d
ia
l p
la
te a
nd f
i
l
ter k
i
t %
t
ill c
able a
nd t
e
rmina
l b
oard
. A
ll
Descr
ipt
ion
t
he n
eces
sary a
cce
ssor
ies a
re p
rov
ided f
or u
se o
n t
he 7
0
-C
T
he p
ickup h
ead i
s ah
igh q
ual
ity mov
ing c
onduc
tor t
ype
, i
n
s
e
rie
s t
r
anscr
ipt
ion t
urn
tab
les
. F
or a more c
omp
lete d
esc
rip
-
w
hich t
wo r
i
bbons a
re f
r
ee t
o move i
n av
er
tica
l a
nd l
a
tera
l
t
i
on a
nd r
e
sponse c
urve
s, r
e
fer t
o t
he c
a
talog p
age w
hich
f
i
eld
. T
he h
ead u
sed i
n c
onjunc
tion w
ith a c
are
ful
ly d
es
igned
f
e
ature
s t
he 7
0
-D t
urn
tab
le. T
he p
ickup c
ompen
sator w
il
l o
p-
c
ompen
sator
, p
roduce
s i
dea
l c
urve
s f
or a
l
l t
he v
ar
iou
s t
ype
s
e
ra
te s
a
tis
fac
tor
ily i
n
to a BA
-1A p
re
-amp
lif
ier
, BA
-3C p
rogram
o
f r
ecord
s. T
he c
ompensa
tor u
ses a s
e
rie
s r
e
sonan
t c
i
rcu
it.
a
mpl
ifier o
r a
ny amp
lif
ier d
es
igned w
ith a
n u
nload
ing i
npu
t
v
ar
iab
ly t
uned a
nd s
hun
ted b
y m
ere
ly t
urn
ing a s
wi
tch t
o o
ne
t
r
ans
former f
o
r o
pera
tion f
r
om a 2
50 o
hm s
ource i
mpedance
.
o
f s
i
x p
osi
tion
s. E
ach k
i
t c
ons
ists o
f al
i
nker
-al P
ickup H
ead
w
ith a
n a
t
trac
tive
ly s
t
yled t
one
-arm c
omp
lete w
ith f
i
nger l
i
ft
, We
igh
t (
unpacked
) 1
2 l
b
s.
t
one
-arm r
e
st p
osi
tion
, s
i
x p
osi
tion c
ompen
sator s
wi
tch w
ith S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I4875
-G

R
eproduc
ing F
i
lter
, M
I-4975
T
he M
1-4975 F
i
lter i
s an
ewly d
es
igned u
nit a
nd i
san i
n
tegra
l
p
art o
f t
he 7
0
-C2 a
nd 7
0
-D T
urn
tab
les a
nd t
he M
I4875
-G
U
niver
sal P
ickup K
it
. T
his k
i
t i
smade a
vai
lab
le f
or t
he u
ser
w
ho w
ishe
s t
o c
onver
t t
he s
uper
seded 7
0
-C a
nd 7
0
-C1 T
urn
-
t
ab
les a
nd t
he M
I-4875
-C P
ickup a
nd t
ake a
dvan
tage o
f t
he
c
ons
iderab
le i
mprovemen
t i
n t
h
is f
i
l
ter d
esign
. T
he h
igh f
r
e-
q
uency r
e
spon
se f
or t
he A
ssoc
iated r
ecord
s i
svery much i
m-
p
roved a
nd t
he o
vera
ll r
e
sponse c
harac
ter
ist
ics f
or l
a
tera
l
r
ecord
s n
ow c
onform t
o a
n i
dea
l c
urve
. T
he k
i
t c
ons
ists o
f
c
ompensa
tor c
omp
lete w
ith c
able
, t
e
rmina
l b
oard a
nd a s
i
x-
p
osi
tion c
ompensa
tor s
wi
tch
.

T
he c
hange
s a
re e
fec
ted b
y mere
ly t
r
ans
ferr
ing f
i
ve w
ire
s o
n
t
he t
e
rmina
l b
oard
. F
or t
he n
ew r
e
sponse c
harac
ter
ist
ics p
ro-
d
uced
, r
e
ference i
smade t
o t
he 7
0
-D T
urn
tab
le c
a
talog p
age
.
w
here t
hese c
urve
s a
re s
hown
.

We
igh
t 5l
b
s.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-4975

8
9
R
ECORDERS

R
ECORD
ING I
NSTALLAT
IONS

4
vudio r
ecord
ing i n
stal
lation a
t KUT A,

s
al
t L ake C ty
, U tah, s howing t wo
b
ench-mounted RCA 7 3-B Profes
sional
Recorders
.

An i deal recording i ns
tallat
ion a t
KECA , L os Angeles, C al
if, s how ing
t
wo oft he f
our RCA 7 3
-B P rofessional
Recorders
. Note t he conven iently l o
-
c
ated overhead li
gh ting
, the large s i
ze
a
uction d uct
, a nd r elat
ively s hort
l
ength of hose f o
r c hip remova l.

L
v
s amm
oman• a

J
o
-
-
4
; J IL L
.
1
1
1
_
R
ECORDERS k

R
ecord
ing E
quip ment

RCA o
fer
s a c
omp
lete l
i
ne o
f h
igh f
i
del
ity r
ecord
ing e
quipmen
t f
e
atur
ing o
uts
tand
ing
p
erformance c
harac
ter
ist
ics
, s
imp
lic
ity o
f o
pera
tion a
nd m
any o
ther e
xc
lus
ive f
e
ature
s w
hich
a
re d
escr
ibed o
n t
he f
o
llow
ing p
age
s. F
or p
rofe
ssiona
l r
ecord
ing s
t
udio
s, b
roadca
sting s
t
a-
t
i
ons
, e
duca
tiona
l i
n
sti
tut
ion
s o
r w
herever h
igh q
ual
ity d
i
scs a
re t
o b
e c
u
t, t
hese r
ecorder
s
a
re u
nexce
lled
.

R
ecording P
itch
R
ecording Max. F
requency R
equired
L
ine
s per I
nch —
T
ype U
sage S
peed D
in. Response Audio
I
nside o
ut or
rpm B
lank c
ps Power
Outs
ide i
n

P
rofe
ssional
A
pprox.
AM-FM B road
- 31/
2 o
r C
on. Var
. 1
8 1/
4" +2 db
7
3
-B 1
0
c
as
t Studios 7
8 9
6 to 1
52 5
0
-10
,000
Wa
tt'
E
ducational

AM-FM B road
- W
ith 7 0 Ser. A
pprox.
+2 dh
7
2
-DX c
as
t Studio. T
urn table
s 9
6
,112
,136 1
8 1/
4"
5T
110
,000 10
E
ducational 31/ o
2 r 78 Wa
tt'

AM-FM B road
- W
ith 7 0 Ser
. A
pprox
.
+3 d b
7
2
-D c
as
t Studios T
urn table
s 9
6
,112
,136 1
8 %" 1
0
5
0
-7,500
E
ducational 31/ o
2 r 78 Wat
t"
1

•F
or 6
.
3 c
m/sec s
t
ylus v
e
loc
ity a
t 1
000 c
ps
.
'
• F
or 6
.
1 c
m/sec s
t
ylus v
e
loc
ity a
t 1
000 c
ps
.

T
he f
o
llow
ing d
iagram
s h
ave b
een d
es
igned t
o a
s
sis
t t
he u
ser H
ons
. F
or e
xamp
le, s
ome e
ngineer
s p
refer t
o i
n
troduce c
orn
r
n
i
nde
term
ining t
he e
quipmen
t r
equ
ired f
or ar
ecord
ing c
hanne
l. p
ensa
tion p
r
ior t
o t
he l
imi
ting a
mpl
ifier
, w
hile o
ther
s p
refer
S
ince t
here i
s c
ons
iderab
le d
iference i
n r
ecord
ing t
e
chn
ique
, t
o r
ecord "
f
lat" w
ith a
utoma
tic e
qua
liza
tion t
o c
ompen
sate f
o
r
t
hese i
lus
tra
tions mu
st o
nly b
e r
egarded a
s s
ugge
sted i
n
sta
lls
- t
he c
hange
s i
n c
u
tting d
iame
ter
.

i
NC• NG PE CORO
i NG N
ED
MARL I
iIE R AMP , tER
LIM
ITING RECORDING VU METER
AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER
.
4,16 -
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OR 1
.
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050- G OR

' ,TE R RE C O RD
I NG HE AD
M
I-11050 —
C OR
MI—H853
R
ECORD ING HEAD
F
ig. 3
.This a
r
rangement i
sin
cluded J
or re
cordi
sts w
ho choose
F
ig
. I
. T
his d
iag
ram i lu
stra
tes arecord
ing t
e
chn
ique u
s
ing t
o use b
oth "
automa
tic" a
nd NAB orthacous
tic c
ompensa
tion.
t
he o
r
thacoust
ic f
i
l
ter only
.

N
i
t CORD
. ,
l
IP D
I NG RECORDING V U METER AN , .El
e
AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER
M
I-11265

1p. 7.
HiCH)
OR 5
1-11101

AUTOMATIC M
i-111
150-C OR
RECORD
ING MI 1053
F
ILTER RECORD ING HEAD

T
his d
iagram i lu
stra
tes a r
ecording i
n
sta
llat
ion wh
ich w
il
l
F
ig
. 2
. Thi
s diag
ram i lus
trate
s a r
ecording t
e
chn ique u
s
ing
t
he au
tomatic r
ecording f
i
l
ter on
ly (or "f
ia
t"). h
and
le record
ing techn
ique
s s hown i
n Figure
s 1and 2
.

9
1
R
ECORDERS

R
ecord
ing A
ttach men
t, T
ype 7
2-D/72-DX
F
eatures
• P
roduce s h
igh quali
ty r ecording s on a ny 70-Serie s Turntable.
• R
ecords a t 31/
2 o
r 7 8 r pm a t 96, 12 a nd 1 36 lines p er
i
nch
. O u
tside
-in o r i nside-out r ecord ing i s a ccomp lished
w
ithout chang
ing f e
ed screw s or gear s
.
• T
iming s ca
les ind
ica te r emaining r ecording t ime .
• I
mproved l ower
ing d evice avoids s t
ylu s or r ecord d amage .
• C
onvenien t a
djustmen t of s t
ylus a ngle a nd d epth o f cut
.
• H
and c r
ank for sp
iral l
ing g roove s
.
• C
onvenien t a
djustmen t f or horizon tal alignmen t.
• L
ead screw protected b y cyl
indr ical t ube h ou sing.
• P
rovis
ion made f or install
ing a utoma tic e qualizer.

Uses
The 7 2-D R ecording A ttachmen t m ay b e e as
ily a nd q uickly
i
nstalled o n a ny o f t he RCA 7 0
-Ser ies T urntables to p rovide
T
ype 7
2
-D R
ecord
ing A
ttachmen
t
a
n u nusually h igh q uality instantaneou s r ecording e quipmen t
a
t a n econom ical price . It is an ewly d es
igned a nd much i m
- The 7 2
-D i sf urnished c omp lete w ith S tandard r ecorder h ead ,
p
roved v ersion o f t he w idely u sed T ype 7 2-C. Broadca st sta
- MI-11853 -A moun ting b ase a nd r e
st p ost. However , i f ah igh
t
i
ons w ill f i
nd m any u ses fo r this i t
em s uch a s r e
cord ing f
ideli
ty r esponse i sr equ ired ,t he t ype 7 2
-DX w ith the M I-11850 -C
r
ehear sals and c ontrover sial broadcas ts
, m aking r ecords fo r u
se r
ecorder h ead i s ava i
lab le . T his h igh q uali
ty h ead i s ma in-
b
y t he t ime s ale
smen a nd r ecord ing p rogram s f or d elayed t
ained a t a c onstan t t emper a
ture w hile o perat
ing b y s e
lf-
b
roadca sts. I t m ay a l
so b e s a
tisfactor
ily u sed f or m aking c
onta ined h eater a nd t h ermo stat. T he p ower f or the h eater o p-
masters f or p rocessing . e
ration i so b tained f rom a n MI -11855-A h eater and c ompensa tor
k
it a s a n a ccessory i tem . T he MI -11854 b ase a ttachmen t i s
Descr ipt ion
a
vailab le f or moun ting t he 7 2-D/72 -DX o n all 70 s er
ie s tu rn-
The 7 2-D i se quipped w ith a s turdy f rame c onta in ing a s crew t
ables. A ddi tional b ase a ttachmen t k i
ts a re a va
ilab le i f t he
mechan ism f or d riving t he c utter c arriage a cro s s a r e cord r
ecorder i st o b e used o n more t han o ne t urntah le.
b
lank . P ower c oup ling i sm ade t o the c enter o f t he t u rntab le An MI - 4910-A c onver sion k i
t, w hich c onsists o f ar eplacemen t
b
y means o f av ertica l s haft s piral g ear a nd l oo sely c oup led t
urntab le f e
lt , cemen t, s uppor t a ssemb ly a nd t emp la te, m ay b e
t
hree p in d riving f l
ange w h
ich e l
im ina tess l
ippage a nd " knock s."
o
rdered w hen t he 7 2-D a ttachmen t i sto b e used w ith a 7 0-A
P
rec ision l e veling a dju stmen ts a re m ade b y as wive l s uppor t
o
r 7 0
-B t urntab le.
w
ith a n accura te v ertica l a dju stmen t. T he mechan ism i sm ade
s
o t hat i t w ill s wing c l
ear w hen n o t i n u se o r i t m ay b e A s uct
ion n ozzle i s p rov ided t o f ac
ilitate t he u se o f RCA
e
asily r emoved f rom t he t r
an scr ip t
ion t urn tab le i fd esired . s
uction e quipmen t, MI -11857/ MI -11858 .
An i mproved l ower ing d evice p erm its t he o per ator t o g en tly
l
ower t he c utter o n t o t he r ecord , thu s a vo iding s tylu s b reak - Spec
ificat
ions
a
ge o r d eep c uts f rom s udden d ropp ing . T he a ngle o f t he
s
tylus a nd t he d epth o f c u t m ay b e c onven ien tly a dju sted I
npu t I mpedance t o Cutter 1
5 o hm s n om inal
e
ven d uring o peration . As pira ll
ing h and c rank p erm i
t s s pac ing F
requency R esponse :
b
etween mu sica l selec tion s w i
thou t break ing t he c on tinu ity o f T
ype 7 2
-D ±3 d b, 50-7500 c ps
t
he g roove . I t i su sefu l a lso f or c utt
ing s t
ar t
ing a nd f inish ing T
ype 7 2
-DX ±2 d b
, 3 0
-10,000 c ps
s
pira ls. T he 7 2-D w ill re cord a te ither 3 1 / o
2 r 7 8 r pm o utside -
in S
en sitiv i
ty:
o
r i nside-ou t a t 96, 12 a nd 1 36 l ine s p er i n ch . S elec tion o f T
ype 7 2-D [ groove v elocity 6 .1 c m/sec., . 00079" ( peak t o
d
irec t
ion a nd p itch i sm ade e asily a nd q uick ly w i thou t c hang ing peak ) a t 1 000 c ps
] +28 d bm
l
ead s crew s o r g ears. Two i n
terchangeab le s pring r elea sed h ex- T
ype 7 2
-DX [ groove v e
loc i
ty 6 .3 c m/sec., . 00079" ( peak t o
a
gon t iming s cales a re p rovided f or g iv ing a n a ccura te i ndi- peak ) a t 1 000 c ps
] +30 d bm
c
ation o f the r ema ining r ecord ing t ime . T he s cale s a re c a
li- Record ing D irec tion (ad justable) _
In s
ide -out a nd o utside-in
b
ra ted t o c over a l
l c omb ina tions o f turntab le s peed a nd g roove Record ing P i
tch ( adjustable ) _96 , 12 , and 1 36 l ines p er inch
s
pac ing . T he c u
tter c arriage d oe s n o
t r i de o n t he f eed screw , Drive Pla tter of a n RCA 7 0
-C s e
ries o r OR -1A T urn table
b
ut i s suppor ted o n am etal t ube i n w hich t he f eedscrew i s D
imens ion s, o vera l
l
e
nc lo sed a nd i s guided o n a nother t ube w hich i s d esigned t o Heigh t 53/
4"
h
ou se a n a utoma t
ic e qua lizer . T his f eature e l
im ina tes " group - L
eng th 1
5 [A
"
i
ng" o f groove s, i ncrea se s t he l ife o f t he f e
ed screw a nd p ro- D
ep th 6%"
t
ects t he feedscrew f rom d us t
. A l ip h as b een t urned o n t he Weigh t ( unpacked 8% l bs
.
d
riv ing s p
ind le t o catch t he t hread s and p reven t t heir c l
imb ing F
in ish Two t one umbe r-grey, w r
ink le
i
n
to t he gear s o r b ear ing. S
tock I dentif
i ca tion ( a
s n orma lly s h
ipped ) M 1-
1190 1
(
Inc ludes MI -11852 A ttachmen t, MI-11853 R ecorder H ead.
a
nd MI -11854 Moun ting B ase)
S
tock I dentif
ica tion ( Type 7 2-DX ) MT -
11900
(
Inc ludes MI -11852 A ttachmen t, MI-11850 -C H igh F idelity
R
ecorder H ead, MI -
11854 Moun ting B ase
, a nd MI -11855 -A
Heater a nd C ompensa tor K i
t)

Accessor ies
Automa tic E qual
izer M
I-1111
11A
F
ixed O r
thacoustic E qualizer M
1-4916-A
Heater a nd C ompensator A ccessory Ki
t M
T-11855-A
Record ing S uc
tion E quipmen t ( l
ess ho
se) M
I-11857
Chip R emover a nd Hose A ssemb ly
(
for suct
ion e qu
ipmen t) MI
-11858
BA-14A R ecording Amp li
fier MI
-11234
S
apph ire S ty
lus 9
0° M
I-14
171
1-BC
7
0° MI
-t842
T
ype 7
2
-1) R
ecorde
r Moun
ted o
n aT
ype 7
0
-1) T
urn
tab
le Add
itiona
l Moun
ting B
ase K
i M1-
11854

9
2
rk H
IGH
-FIDEL
ITY R
ECORDER
...

R
CA T
ype 7
3-

D device for cutting your high-fidelity


E
S
IGNED w
ith a
lmo
st e
very k
nown

r
eproduct
ions, th
is profe
ssional r
ecorder
h
as everyth
ing y ou need for v
ersatile
c
ontrol o
f c
utting to meet any r
ecard
ing
s
i
tuation
.

• F or instance, an ew i mproved c am- RCA 73 .


8 R EC OP
.0 E
R,
operated lowering device preven t
s st
ylus wi
th i
t
s ,s-
s
tiona
l cil net
t
ype M
I-I I
t27
d
amage a nd overcu
tting... b ecause i
ten-
a
bles y ou to l
ower t he f
lu
tter -proof cut
-
t
ing h ead g en
tly with decrea sing speed s
tylus cutt
ing a ngle a nd c ut
zing d epta.
a
s t he head a pproache s the s pinning Groove g roup ing i se l
im inated b ecaute
r
ecord. t
he head r ides s moothly along a t ubular
e
nclosure t hat p rotects the f e
ed s crew. ChECK T
HESE S
PEC
IFICAT
IONS
For i
ns
tance, start and fin
ish spiral
ling
i
scontro
lled by as eparate m. t .. p ush
- An automa t
ic e qualizer ...a vailable on F
relu
iray r
esponse
...30 t
o 1
0,000 c
ycles
, ± 2d
b

b
utton o perated. S pirall
ing p itch : ap
- s
pecial o
rder . .. c ompen sates for r
ecord- H
ead sansit
iv i
ty ( groove v
eloc
ity
4
.3 an/sec., 0.00079" peak to p
eak
p
roximately 6 line s per inch at 7 8 rpm i
ng-leve
l v ariat
ion s d ue t o change s in c
t 1000 c ps) +30 dbm (
1
.0) wa
tt
a
nd 2.5 l
ines per inch at331 /3 r
pm . s
urface speeds. T
urn
tab
le a
ccuracy + 1/
2% 3
3 1/
3 or 7
8 r
pm
S
peed r
egu
lat
ion (
wows
).0
. 4% r ms a
t 3
3 1/
3 r
pm
•F or instance, you can c hange c utt
ing For additional 0.07 % r
ms a
t 7
8 rpm
f
rom i ns
ide o ut t
o out
side i n by the sim- f
acts a
sk y
our RCA T
urn
tab
le d
r
ive
....2 h
yste
res
is type s
ynch
ronous
motors, using r im drive
p
le turn o f ad ia
l... w i
thou t a djust
ing Broadcast S ale
s t
hrough rubber id
ler ro
lle
rs
t
he l e
ad s crew o r driving g ears. The Engineer f or T
ype o
f s
ty
lus S
apph
ire o
r S
tee
l
p
itch isc ontinuously variable
, wh i
le r e
- Bulleti n M
icros
cope 3
6 p
owe
r S
pence
r
c
ording, from 9 6 to 152 l ine
s p er inch 2
J4784 ..or
t
o hand le p rogram o verruns . Dur ing wri
te Dept.
a
ctual running , t
oo, you c an a djust the 3
0-L .
R
ECORDERS

P
rofess
iona
l R
ecorder
, T
ype 7
3-B

F
eatures D
escr
ipt
ion
• C
omplete s
hock moun
ting a
nd s
pec
ial mo
tor
s r
educe v
ibra
-
t
i
on and r
umb le t
o aminimum
. The 73
-B R ecord ing E quipmen t con s
ists o f a h igh f i
delity
MI-
11850-C R ecord ing H ead w ith its a s
sociated c arriage a nd
• H
igh fi
deli
ty r
ecord
ing h
ead h
and
les f
u
ll p
ower w
ith l
ow l
ead sc
rew mechan ism, at urntable assemb ly w h
ich i ncludes a
d
i
stor
tion. d
ual motor with r im d rive m echanism , at urntab
le p latter with
• Two mo
tor drive
. Each motor h
as it
s o wn rubber id
let r
ubber m at, am icro scope a nd m icro
scope l amp a nd a s uction
whee
l p
rov
iding high t
orque a
nd exce
llen
t regula
tion
. n
ozzle (le
ss the s uct
ion g enera t
ing a nd h ose connec t
ing e quip-
ment) for remov ing a cetate shavings f rom t he record .
• C
an b e ad
jus
ted
, whi
le re
cord
ing, fo
r 96 to 152 l
ine
s p e
r
i
nch i
nside
-ou
t o
r o
uts
ide
-in c
ut w
ithout c
hanging l
ead sc
rew The M I- 11850 -C R ecording H ead i s ah igh q uality, p rec is
ion
o
r gears
. bu
ilt
, m agnet ic t ype u n
it with af r
equency r esponse w h ich d oes
• L
arge p
la
tter w
ith r
ubber m
at t
ake
sbl
ank
supt
o181
4 i
/ nche
s. no
t d epar t f r om a n ideal r e
spon se c urve b y more t han t wo
d
ecibels b etween 3 0 a nd 1 0
,000 c ycles p er s econd . A ny d is
-
• O
ne dr
iving pin enable
s any t
ype b
lank t
o be used
. Pin i
s c
repanc ie s crea ted b y tempera ture v aria tion a re e lim ina ted b y
h
eld u
p by spring and si
nks i
nto p
lat
ter i
frecord wi
thout t
he s e
lf- conta ined h eater a nd t hermo s tat. A v isua l i nd icator
d
riv
ing ho
les isused. c
ontrolled b y as w
itch o n the b ase i nd icates w hen t he h eater
• C
utter a
ngle a
nd d
epth o
f c
u
t c
an b
e e
as
ily a
dju
sted w
hile i
s in c ircuit. I ts fla
t t ype mechan ical c on s
truc t
ion e lim inates
r
ecord
ing
. f
lu
tter w ithou t t he u se o f special d amp ing m echan ism s. T he
r
ecorder h ead r ides o n as moo th m e
ta l t ube w h
ich e ncloses
• D
ropping mechan
ism c an be opera
ted w i
th o ne h
and; t
he feed s crew a nd i sg u
ided o n a nother t ube w hich i sd e signed
l
ower
s cut
ter on r
ecord sl
owly t
o preven
t s t
ylu
s damage
. t
o h ouse a n M I
-11100 a utoma tic e qua lizer. T his a rrangemen t
• L
athe t
ype c
ons
truc
tion ensure
s a
ccura
te a
l
ignmen
t a
nd p
er
- e
l
im inate s " group ing" of groove s, increase s t he life of t he f eed
m
its r
apid r
ecord chang
ing. s
crew a nd p ro tec ts the feed screw f rom d ust and d i
rt p ar tic
le s
.
• E
qu ipped wi
th h igh g
rade micro
scope a
nd ilumina
ting An improved c am-operated lowering dev ice p ermits the head
l
amp f or a
ccura
tely c
hecking g
roove
s on any p
ort
ion of t
o be lowered gently with decreasing a
cce lera
t ion as the head
r
ecord. a
pproaches the r e
cord. T h
is feature preven ts stylu
s b reakage
o
r deep cuts fr
om s udden d ropping of the recorder h ead. The
a
ngle of the sty
lus, the depth of the cut a nd t he number o f
U
ses
l
ines per i n
ch m ay b e c onvenient
ly a djusted e ven w h
ile
The 73-B R ecorder i s an outstand ing profe s
sional t ype u ni
t r
ecording
.
which ha
s b een d es
igned t o i
nclude a lmost every k nown d evice
f
or m aking h igh q uali
ty record ing s
. Record ing s tudios w il
l T
he turntab
le isr im driven t
hrough r ubber idler ro
llers f
rom
a
cclaim t he 7 3-B a s the ideal r ecorder for m aking m asters t
wo hystere
sis type synchronous mo tors. T he
se mo tors were
f
rom w h
ich a ny n umber o f p ress
ing s m ay b e m ade. B road- c
hosen because of their quie
t operation a nd a ccur
ate speed.
c
asting s
tation s wi
ll fi
nd i tunsurpas sed f
or r ecording program s T
he t wo mo tor
s a nd t urn
table dr
ive w heels a re both con-
f
or use on de layed broadcast
s, c ommerc ia
l a ccount s
, rehear sals
. t
r
oled b y one "on-off
" s wi
tch and both mechan isms are con-
a
ud i
tions o r t he reference fil
e. t
r
olled by one "speed-change" sw
itch
. When t he mo tor switch

9
4
R
ECORDERS

i
st urned " off" , t he d riving r oler s a re d isengaged a nd a b rake men
t. Al
so a va
ilable is t
he advance b
all k
i
t ( M
I-11851) f
or
i
sa pp l
ied t o t he r im o f t he t urntab le, b ring ing i tq u
ick ly t o a u
se wi
th t h
e M I-11850
-C Recording Head when making wax
s
top . T he mo tor s a re d oub ly r ubber s hock -moun ted f rom t he r
eco
rdings
.
mo tor b oard t o a vo id mo tor r umb le i n t he r e cord ing s.
The f e ed s crew i s d riven b y a p lane tary -dr ive mechan ism P
rov i
sion has been m ade f o
r c onven
ien t insta
llat
ion of the
u
sing ar ubber -tired r o
ller o n av er tica l s ha ft a nd af l
at d riving - MI-
11100 A u
tomatic E qual
izer
. T his was d e
signed t o c
ompen-
d
isc o n t he e nd o f t he h orizon ta lly moun ted f eed s crew . T he s
ate f or t
he varia
tions i n recording l evel
, r esu
lting f
rom
d
riv ing r oller m ay b e a d ju sted t o v ar iou s v ertica l p o sition s c
hange s i
n the s
urface speed of the r
e cord.
a
cro ss t he d riv ing d isc , t he s peed a nd d i rec tion o f r ota tion o f
The MI-11827 R ecorder B ase C abinet has b een s pecif
ica l
ly d e
-
t
he f eed s crew b e ing d eterm ined b y t he r oller 's p osition w ith
s
igned t o o fer a n attractive a nd p ractical b ase c ab inet t o
r
espec t t o t he c en ter o f t he d rive d i sc. T he r oller i s a uto -
a
ccommoda te the 7 3-B R ecorder. The r ecording c abine t iss ub-
mat ically d isengaged f rom t he d riv ing d i sc w henever t he c utter
s
tant
ially con s
truc ted w ith a r obust a djustable i nterior s he lf
h
ead c arriage i s r a
i sed t o t he r est p osition . T he n umber o f
f
or accommoda ting t r
anscr ipt
ion s
, r ecording s
, e t
c. T he t op i s
c
utt ing l i
ne s p er i nch i s i ndica ted b y a n i lum ina ted s c ale i n
c
ompo sed o f 1" s o
lid w ood w ith n o possibil
ity o f i n
troduc ing
t
he d r
ive h ous ing . F our s pring - released i nte rchangeab le t ime
r
umb le. The d oor a nd t op are f i
nished i n d ark umber g r ay
s
cale s a re p rov ided t o c over a ll c omb ina tion s o f t urn tab le
w
ith the s ides i n l i
ght umber g ray t o blend w ith a ll o ther
s
peed a nd g roove s pacing s.
RCA b roadca s
t e quipmen t.
As epara te mo tor , c on tro lled b y ap ush b utton o n t he r ecorde r
b
a se , isu sed f or mo tor d riven s pira lling , o verdr iv ing t he l ead
s
crew t o p rov ide s tart a nd f ini shing s pira l s
. T he s pira ll
ing p i
tch Spec
ificat
ions
i
s 6l ine s p er i nch w hen t he r e corder i s s e
t f o r 9 6 l i
nes p er
i
nch a nd t he t urn tab le s peed i s7 8 r pm . F or a t urn tab le s peed Recorder H ead I mpedance ( MI-11850-C H igh F idelity H ead)
o
f 31 / r
2 pm , t he s pira lling p itch w i
l l b e r educed i n p ropor tion 1
5 o hm s n om inal
t
o t he s peed c hange . F
requency R espon se ±2 d b, 3 0-10,000 c ps
Ah igh q uali ty , 3 6 p ower , S pencer m icro scope i sf urni shed f or S
ensitivity : ( Groove v e
loc ity 6 .3 c m/sec, . 00079"
observ ing t he g roove s
. T he m icro scope h as ac al
ibra ted e ye - (
peak t o peak ) at 1000 c ps) +30 d bm ( 1
.0 w att)
p
i ece h av ing 5 0 d iv ision s o f . 0
01 i nch a nd i s moun ted o n a n
S
tylus S
apph ire o r s t
eel
a
d ju stab le a rm w hich p erm its i tt o b e moved t o a ny p art o f
t
h e r ecord . On t he s ame a rm i s moun ted a s ma l l s hielded l amp Turntab le D iame ter ( hand le s blank s u p t o 1 8 %" d ia. a nd u p
wh ich i s i ndependen tly a dju s
tab le s o a s t o i lum ina te t he t
o %" t hick) 1
71 /
2"

g
roove s u nder o b serva tion . Turntab le D rive Rim d r
iven t hrough r ubber i dler r o
llers
P
layback p rov i sions a re made b y ar emovab le p late o n t he f
rom t wo h ysteres is s ynchronou s mo tors
r
ecorder b a se f o r moun ting a n MI -11871 Un iver sal p ickup Turntab le S peed ( accuracy 7 _
1
71 /2%) 31 / o
2 r 7 8 rpm
a
nd a rm . A r ecep tac le i n t he b a se i s a lready c onnec ted t o S
peed R egulation ( wows) 014% r ms a t 31 / r
4 pm
t
he t erm ina l b oard . T he e ntire r ecord ing mechan i sm i si solated 0
.07% r ms at 7 8 r pm
f
rom r oom v ibr ation b y r ubber moun ts. A r emovab le p late , Record ing D irect
ion ( adju stable )___ Inside -out a nd O utside-in
p
laced o ver t he p ulley s o n t he l eft s ide o f t he mach ine , p er-
mits r e ady a cce ss t o t he d river p u
l ley s a nd d r
iver mo tor s Record ing P itck _Con t inuou s
ly v ariab le 9 6 to 152 l ine s per
f
or s ervic ing . T erm ina l b oards a re p rov ided o n t he f ron t a nd i
nch w i
th d e
ten ts p rovided i n step s o f 8l i
ne s p er i nch
o
n t he r ear o f t he r ecorder b ase f or a -c a nd a ud io c onnec tion s D
imens ions , overall With C ab inet L
e ss Ap ron
r
espec tive ly. T he e ntire mechan ism i sf urn i shed w ith a n a ttrac - Heigh t 20" 2
0"
t
ive a nd s ub stan tia l w ooden a pron . Width 31 3/4" 3
0"
The 7 3-B i s s upp l ied w ith a djustab le s uction n ozz le a ttached Depth 2 %" 2
0 %"
t
o t he c ariage mechan ism . T he n ew ly d esigned s uc t
ion p ump Heigh t t o T op o f B ase 1
0 H" 1
0fi"
( MI -
11857) a
nd a ccompany ing c hip c ollec tor a nd h o se Weight ( unpacked ) 2
89 l bs
.
( MI-11858 ) a re a va ilab le a s a cce s sor ies . F or a c omp le te a nd F
inish___L igh t umber g rey w rink le w i
th d ark umber g rey t rim.
d
eta i
led d escr ip t ion , r efer t o t he c a
ta log p age f o r t h
i s e quip - Apron f i
nished w ith s moo th d ark umber g rey. A l
l c ontrol
k
nob s and l evers are p o
lished n icke l.
A
-c P ower S upply, 15 v ol
ts 5 0-60 c ycles—
Turntab le d rive mo tor s 80 w a
t t
s
P
ilot L igh t 5w a
t t
s
S
piralling Mo tor ( when o perating ) 1
45 w a
tts
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion 6
0 c
yc
les, M
I-11825/11850
-C
5
0 c
ycle
s, M
I-11826/11850
-C

SPECIF ICAT IONS FOR M


I-11827 BASE CABINET
D
imen s
ions:
Height (overa
ll) 8%"
Width 2
' 9"
Depth 1 %"
Thicknes
s o f Top 1
"
Weight 8
5 lbs
.
S
tock I dentif
ica
tion MI
-11827

Accessor
ies
A
utoma t
ic E qual
izer MI
-11100-A
O
thacoustic E qualizer MI4916-A
S
uct
ion E quipmen t MI
-11857
S
pare C h
ip C ol
lector and Ho
se A
ssemb
ly MI
-11858
S
apphire S t
yliv, 9
0° M14878-BC
7
0° M 14842
Amplif
ier (BA-14A) MI
-11234
Addi
tional High F
ideli
ty R ecord
ing H ead MI-
11850-C
S
tandard C ut
ter H ead MI
-11853
Advance Ba
ll Kit f
or MI-
11850.0 Recording H
ead MI
-11851
MI
-11827 R
ecorder B
ase C
abine
t w
ith 7
3
-B R
eco
rder

9
5
SM O OTH, VERSAT
ILE CO NTR OL
1
3
-B
, D
U
AL-MOT
OR R
I
M-DR
IVE P
R
OVI
DES H
I
GH MO
VE, E
X
CEL
LEN
T R
E
GULA
TION

S
PEED -CHANGE i ss
imp
ly accomp
lished b
y o
pera
ting t
he OFF-78 RP M-1n t
he "OFF" pos
it
ion a brake shoe i
sap-
c
ont
rol knob s
hown h
ere
. "UP" is33F3 R
PM—"DO WN" is p
l
ied to t
he tu
ritab
le rim
, a nd rubbe
r i d
ler
s are moved
7
8 RPM. away f
rom bo
th the d
r
ive w hee
l a nd tu
rntable r
im
.

ASINGLE "OFF-ON" le
ver c
ont
rols bo
th s
ynch
ronoust
u
rn- ON-78 RP M—In " ON" po
sit
ion, the Vake s ioe m oves
t
ab
le d
r
ive m o
tors. I
n"OFF" p
os
ition
, abrake br
ing
s t
u
rn- away f
r
om t u
rntable r
im a
nu r i
m a nd rubbe
r i d
lers are
t
ab
le t
oquick st
op. n
ow inact
ive con
tact w
ith d
rive wheel a
nd tu
rn tcb
le rim.

TWO SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS h y


steres
is type
, are A
T-33" 3 R P M— Wi
th s peed change knob " UP
,' rubber
c
oup
led t
o wheels w
hich ri
m-d
rive t
h
e t u
rntable th
rough i
d
ler
s a re moved ve
rtical
ly to l
ow-speed po
sit
ion of dr
ive
s
t
urdy
, r
ubbe
r-id
ler r
ol
lers
. w
heel (note d
rive w
hee l ha
s "l
o- and hi
-speed" shou
lde r
s
o
f d
iffe
ren t d
iamete
rs).

9
6
H
I G H- Q U ALITY REC OR DI N GS
R
ECORD
ING P
ROCEDURE I
S S
IMPLE A
ND E
ASY T
O P
ERFORM

R
ECORD -DRIVE P IN comes up i
n
to p
os
it
ion w hen th
is CARRIAGE L EVER i
sb e
ing pre
ssed to a
l
low m ovement
p
lunger-
releose b
utton i
spre
ssed
. P
i
n s
i
r
-ks i
nto p
lat
ter f
or o
f r e
corde
r-head h
or
izonta
lly o
ver t
he r
ecord t
o des
ired
r
e
co rd
s w i
thout d
r
iv/ng ho
les
. "
cut
ting" pos
it
ion
.

ANY TYPE BLANK m ay be u


sed w
ith th
e si
ngle d
riv
ing RA
ISING AND LO WER ING t he cut
ter head is ea
sily
p
in p
rov
ided
. He
re, t
e
cording b
lank i
s *Iced inpos
it
ion. d
one b
ythis l
e
verw h
ich p
ermi
ts ra
is
ing the "
to r
e
st" p
os
it
ion
o
r agent
le lowe
r.ng to t
he re
cording pos
it
ion.

w
oow°
';4
11

CALIBRATED T I ME S CALES fo
r 9 6
, 1
04, 12, 120
, '2E, ANGLE AND D EPTH OF CUT are c
onven
ien
tly and p
re-
1
36, 144 a
nd 1 52 ("
insice
-out," "
outs
ide
-in
," at 3
312 o
/ r 73 c
i
sely c
ont
rol
led b
' th
e two k
nobs a
top th
e car
riage
. (I
n
r
pm are p
rovided. H e
re, proper s
ca
le toagree w
i
th "p
itch' a
bove, a
ngle o
f c
ut i
sbe
ing ad
jus
ted
.)
s
et
ting i
sin
se r
red.

97
R
ECORDERS

R
S-1A R
ecord
ing S
uct
ion E
quipmen
t
F
eatures
• 1/
4 h
.p
. mo
tor —
insur
ing a
dequa
te s
uc
tion f
o
r t
wo r
e
corde
rs.
• R
educe
s f
i
re r
i
sk t
o am
inimum
.
• Motor main
tains constant t
empera
ture.
• Ch
ip col
lector el
im inating p
ump fai
lure.
• Mo
tor may b
e i
s
ola
ted f
r
om r
ecord
ing r
oom
.

D
escr
ipt
ion
This e quipmen t is an ew d evelopmen t by RCA a nd h as b een
d
esigned t o use t he mo st e f
icient me thod o f remov ing a cetate
s
hav ings f r
om t he r e
cord s urface d uring the cutting o f record-
i
ng s
. T he s uction a pparatus i s ah igh g rade, rotary v ane t ype
p
ump , d r
iven b y a1 / HP
4 . Repu ls
ion S tart
, Single P hase Mo tor.
The u nit isr ugged ly constructed a nd moun ted o n shock d amp -
e
ning r ubber c ushions . A 10 f oot l ength of tubing w i
th a
c
onnec tor p rovides t he suct
ion o utlet f or one or two r ecorder s
.
The c hip f iber a nd w a
ter j ar i nsure t hat all c h
ip s removed
a
re a bsorbed i n th e water a nd c anno t foul the s uction p ump .
This e quipmen t i s ac ombina tion o f the f o
llow ing :

M
I-11857
One S
uction E quipmen t
One 1
0' Leng th of Black R ubber T
ubing 1
" I
D
One "Y" B ranch C onnector
Two Couplings and C aps
One Reducer B ushing
M
I-11858
One Ch
ip Collec
tor and Hose As
sembly
Two 6
'L eng
ths of B
lack Rubber Tub
ing %" I
D

I
ft he user de
sire
s to place t he s
uc t
ion a ppara
tu s remote from
t
he recorder, 1" tub
ing w hich introduces an egl
igible los
s o f
s
uct
ion i s r
ecommended . A s the m ajor
ity of l o
ss occurs i n
t
he 3/(
1"diameter house
, t he leng
th o f t
hi
s link should be k ep
t
t
o am inimum . When the a pparatu s isused with two recorders
,
a
n a ddit
ional M I
-11858 c h
ip c ol
lec tor and h ose assembly i s Normal operating t
emperature 1
30
-160°F.
n
ecessary. Maximum v acuum f or c
ontinuous o
pera
tion 8
" m ercury
S
tock Iden
tificat
ion:
Spec
ificat
ions RS
-1A E quipment (complete fo
r u
se wi
th one recorder)
P
ower S upp
ly 15 v
ol
ts, 5
0/60 c
yc
les
, approx
. 4
50 wa
tts M
I-11857/11858
D
imens ions (overa
ll o
f s
uct
ion equ
ipment
):
L
eng th 1
5"
Width 1
6" A
ccessory
Height 1
0 %"
E
xtra Chip Col
lec
tor a
nd H ose A
ssemb
ly M
I-11858
Weight 7
5 lbs
.
(For u
se w
ith two r
ecorde
rs)

M
icroscope
, T
ype M
I-4928
The MI4928 i s ah igh q uality, 3 6 p ower S pencer M icro scope F
inish:
a
nd A rm A ttachmen t for r e
corder s. I tp erm its c lose e xam ina-
Microscope F
in ished in
strumen
t b
lack
t
i
on o f the cutting n eedle t o determ ine i ts c
ond ition and a llow s
Arm L
igh
t umber gray
i
nspection of i ndividua l record ing g roove s fo r d etermin ing t he Weight ( unpacked l
e
ss trans-
n
oise l e
vel, q uali
ty a nd d epth o f c u
t.
f
o
rmer ) 71
/2 l
bs.
T
he m icroscope h as a c al
ibra ted e yep iece h av ing 5 0 division s Transformer 1lb
o
f .0
0 1 inch a nd i s moun ted o n a n a dju s
table a rm w h
ich p er- S
tock I dentif
ica
tion MI4928 4 .
m
its itt o b e moved t o a ny p art o f t he re
cord . O n t he s ame
a
rm i s moun ted a s mal
l s h
ielded l amp w hich i si ndependen tly
a
djustable s o a s to i lum inate t he g roove s u nder o bserva t
ion .
T
he m icroscope i ss hipped c omp lete w ith le ns t ube assemb ly,
t
r
ansformer f or t he m icroscope l amp , n ece ssary moun ting
s
c
rew s a nd i nstallation i nstruction s.

S
pec
ificat
ions
D
imens
ion
s: O
verallwith
Microscope Microscope
M
icro
scope Mounted on L
igh t
Unmounted Arm T
ransformer
H
eigh
t 73/
4"
9
" 27/16"
W
idth 3
" 3
" 25/ 16"
D
epth 2%" 2%" 27 /32"

9
8
H
igh F
ide
lity R
ecord
ing Head
, M
I-1
1850
-C
F
eatures
• Mee
ts a
l
l h
igh f
i
del
ity r
equ
iremen
ts.
• D
oes no
t d epart f
r
om an "
idea
l r
e
sponse" b
y mo
re t
han
db 50
-10,000 c
p..
• R
esponse independent o
f a
mbien
t t
emper
ature
s.
• P
rec
ision buil
t.
• S
e
lf-
contained heater
.

Uses
The MI-11850-C High Fidelity Recording Head h as been sp.
dal
ly designed for t
he user w ho demands h
igh f i
deli
ty record-
i
ngs. It w as primari
ly p roduced f o
r use w i
th t he 72
-DX
Record
ing A t
tachment, 73-8 P rofes
siona
l R ecorder a nd t h
e
OR-1A P ortable Recorder.

Descr
ipt
ion l
i
e i n al a
teral pl
ane, t
hus e
liminating fl
utter wi
thou t the need
f
or s pecial d amp g mechanism. C onnections a re m ade
The H igh Fide l
i ty H ead i s ah igh q uality professionally bu
ilt t
hrough a f our-p
in plug. A ny discrepancies that m igh
t b e
a
nd a ccurately a d
justed u nit of t he m agnet
ic t ype. P hys
ica
lly. c
reated b y t empera
ture varia
tions are e l
iminated b y as e
lf-
t
he h ead c onsists of ac oba l
t-alloy p ermanen t m agnetic
, lam- c
ontained h eater and thermosta
t. T he p ower f o
r t he h ea
ter
i
nated p o
le p iece s
, ad riving c o
il, a n armature, a nd dampening o
peration i s ol
dained from a n M I
-11855-A H eater a nd C om -
mater
ia l a
ssemb led i n an a t
tractive c a
se. The a rma ture issup- p
enigi
tor K it
. A s ma
ll sc
rewdriver isprovided t o fi
t the sty
lus
p
orted o n k nife
-edge b earings a nd h eld in p o
sition b y asteel s
e
tscrew .
c
entering s pr
ing . I t
s fl
at t ype c onstruction al
low s t he head to

Spec
ificat
ions
-
e
I
npu t I mpedance ( wi
th compensator) 1
5 o hms
F
requency R esponse ±2 d b 50 t
o 10
,000 c p
s
S
ensitivity 'groove v
eloc
ity 6
.
3 c m/sec
., .
0
0079" (peak to peak )
a
t 1000 cps/ +30 dbm ( LO w att)
S
tylus S
apphire or s t
eel
D
itnens ions:
Heigh t 13
/"
4
Width _ __ 2
"
Length _ 33/
4"
Weight 101
/ 2 oz
.
' F
inish L
ight umber g ray
1
S
tock I den
tif
i.a li
on MI
-11850 -C

Accessor
ies
L
5
0 '
00 000
, '
0000 Heate
r and Compensa
tor K
it
._ N
II -
11855
-A
fpi OuC NCr 5 C
•CLES P
C. SECOND
S
tylus S
apph
ire 90° M
I-4878-BC
.
CC ORD
. NC
. r
I
E.D
S
apphire 7
0° MI-4842

Heater a
nd C
o mpensator K
it
, M
I-1
1855-A
t
his k
i
t w
as s
pec
ifica
lly d
es
ign f
o
r u
se w
i
th a
n M
1-118504
H
igh F idel
ity Recording H ead. T h
is m a
intain
s the operating
t
emperature at aconstant va
lue, render
ing the re
sponse of the 1
5_0
_ AUD
IO S
OURCE 10 ,1-

r
ecorder head independent of a mbien
t temperature. T
he t em-
p
erature is held at a pproximately 95° F . by means o f a
t
hermo s
tat
ical
ly c ontrol
led h ea
ter moun ted i n the recorder M
I-1
1850-C RECORD
ING H
E
h
ead
. T
he k
i
t c
ons
ists o
f t
he f
o
llow
ing c
omponen
ts: h
eate
r
t
r
ans
former
, p
i
lot l
i
ght a
s
semb
ly c
omp
lete w
ith b
ulb
, 3p
osi
-
t
i
on s
wi
tch
, a 7o
hm 5 w
att r
e
sis
tor
, a d
ia
l p
la
te r
ead
ing
"
High"
, "
Low" a
nd "
Off"
, a
nd a C
annon X
-4-
13 R
ecep
tac
le. 1
0 VA C
C
onnec
tions a
re m
ade t
hrough t
h
is r
ecep
tac
le.
0
Moun
ting f
a
cil
itie
s a
re p
rov
ided f
o
r 7
0
-C a
nd 7
0
-D s
e
rie
s o
f LO W H
IGH
t
urn
tab
les a
nd OR
-1A p
ortab
le r
ecord
ing e
quipmen
t. HEATER &
THERMOSTAT
T
his k
i
t i
san i
n
tegra
l p
art o
f t
he M
I-11850
-C R
ecord
ing H
ead 7-1 1

a
nd s
hou
ld b
e o
rde
red a
s a
n a
cce
ssory e
xcep
t w
hen u
sed w
i
th
T
ype 7
3
-11 R
ecorder
s, w
here t
h
is k
i
t i
s s
e
lf-con
tained
. M
I-1
1855-A HEATER & COMPENSATOR

9
9
R
ECORDERS

R
ecord
ing F
i
lter
, M
I-49
16-A
(
Orthacoust
ic)

The M I
-4916-A r ecord
ing f i
lter w as designed t o prov ide the
most desirable reproduction c haracter
istic for turn table
s a s
s
et fo
rth b y NAB s t
andards f or l a
teral transcr
ip t
ion s. This
f
i
lter was p r
imarily designed for u se with an MI -11850-C a nd
MI4887 h igh fi
deli
ty recording h ead to g i
ve this orthacou s
tic
r
e
spon
se c
harac
ter
ist
ic.

The fi
l
ter may a
lso be emp loyed w i
th t he MI-11853 s
tandard
r
ecord
ing heads with a
n e xcellen
t f requency r e
sponse
. How -
e
ver, w
ith t
he MI
-11853 r
ecording h ead, t
he fr
equency response
Spec
ificat
ions
a
bout 7
500 cps w
il
l be s
l
igh
tly l
ower due t
o the l
ower f
re
-
I
npu
t I
mpedance (
unba
lanced I_ .
50/600 o
hms
q
uency r
esponse o
f t
h
is h
ead
. Thi
s uni
t may be mounted o
n
a BR
-2A o
r 3
6
-B p
ane
l a
nd s
he
lf a
s
semb
ly. O
utpu
t I
mpedance (
unba
lanced 2
i0/600 o
hms
I
nser
tion Loss

(
Operat
ing from a 6
00 o
hm s
ource i
n
to a 2
50 o
hm load
a
t 400 c
ps) 1
6 db
•20
(
Operat
ing from a 6
00 o
hm s
ource i
n
to a 6
00 o
hm load
a
t 400 c
ps) 1
05 db
•W
Max
imum I
npu
t L
eve
l +20 d
bm
Hum Pickup Leve
l (
when p
laced 6
" o
r more fr
om a power
t
r
an s
former
) L
ess t
han —120 d
bm
.
D
imen s
ions
:
H
eight 43/
4"
-
i5
W
idth 3
-
f9z
"
-
20
SO WOO 1
0000
L
ength 1
234 "
/
FREQUE NCY I
N CYCLES RER SECOND
We
igh
t (
unpacked) 6% l
b
s.
- OVERALL FREQUENCY RESPONSE OBT
ANNED OS
ING N
I-45
16.A
F
ILTER W
ITH m
i-i
i850-C RECORD
ING READ S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M14916
-A
- - - NAB S
TANDARD LATERAL RESPO NSE

Auto mat
ic R
ecord
ing E
qua
lizer
,
M
l-11100-A
, M
l-111 0
1-A
Descr
ipt
ion

The a utoma t
ic r ecord ing e qua lizer i sa nother a dd ition t o RCA
e
qu ipmen t d eveloped t o contribu te t oward rai sing t he s tandard s
o
f p roduc ing r e cords a nd t ran scrip tions. T he e qua lizer i s d e
-
s
igned t o c ompen sate f or the v ariation i n re cord ing l evel d ue
t
o c hange s i n s urface s peed o f t he r ecorder b lank r e
lative t o
t
he s ty
lu s. W ithou t t hi
s c ompen sation , the r ecord ing l evel d ue S
pec
ificat
ions
t
o t he s peed c hange w ou ld b e o f al ower l evel a t t h
e h igher
I
mpedance
s:
f
requenc ie s n ear t he c enter o f t he r ecord t han t hey w ould
n
ear t he p eriphery . T he MI -11100 -A i sf or use w ith t ype 7 3-B S
ource ___ 6
00 o
hms
p
rofe ss
iona l r ecorder s a nd t he MI -11101 -A i s fo r u se w ith t he I
npu
t Approx
. 600 ohms
7
2D/72DX r ecord ing a t
tachmen ts. F undamen tally t he t wo (
depend
ing o
n c
ompen
sat
ion and fr
equency)
e
qua lizers h ave t he s ame e qualiza tion c haracter istics a nd d ifer L
oad U
nloaded t r
ansformer
o
nly i n the moun ting f ac
ilities a nd t he e x
terna l c onnec tion s
. O
utpu
t Approx
. 6 00 ohms
The e qualizer c onsists o f f i
xed c apacitors
, i ntroduced b y a (
depend
ing o
n c
ompen
sation and frequency)
s
witch , and a s eries o f ten r esistor s, varied b y as pr ing-t
ipped I
nser
tion L
oss (
a
t l
ow f
r
equenc
ies
) 9
2 d
b
c
ontac t p in , ri ding w ith t he r ecorder h ead c arriage . T he
O
pera
ting L
eve
l —
40 d
b t
o + 2
0 d
b
e
qua lizers b oth c ontain a f i
ve-po sition s witch t o s e
lec t t he
d
esired d egree o f equa l
iza tion. S uitable h ardware i s included . We
igh
t (
unpacked
, l
e
ss c
ord
s a
nd p
lug
s) 1
2 o
z.
.
R
ECORDERS

S
tandard R
ecord
ing H
ead
, M
I-1
1853-A
T
he M
I-11853
-A R
ecord
ing H
ead i
s a
vai
lab
le t
o b
roadcas
ter
s
w
ho demand a g
ood qua
lity
, low pr
iced re
cording head for
a
ppl
ica
tion
s w
here t
he h
igh fi
del
ity r
espon
se of t
he M
I-11850
-C
i
sno
t r
equ
ired
.

T
he p hysica
l c ons
truc
tion of th
is head is sim
ilar to th
e
M
I-11850
-C , po
ssess
ing the f
e
ature o
f e
limina
ting fl
ut
ter w
ith-
o
ut using spec
ial dampening ma
teria
l. The MI-11853
-A is
s
t
andard equ
ipmen t w
ith t
he 72
-D Record
ing A
ttachment, t
he
OR
-1A P or
tab
le R ecorder a
nd may a
lso be u
sed w
ith the 7
3-B
p
rofe
ssiona
l r
ecorder. The c
ase i
scomposed o
f d
urable
, molded
"
Urea" w
ith s
c
rews for mount
ing o n a
ll RCA type record
ing S
ty
lus S
apph
ire o
r s
t
eel
a
t
tachmen
t s
. A28" t
wo wire
, "Viny
lite" i
nsu
lated c
able ispro
- Me
thod o
f E
xterna
l C
onnec
tion
v
ided f
or e
xterna
l c
onnec
tions
. Two
-wire "
Viny
lite" i
n
sula
ted 2
8" l
ong
D
imen
sions
Spec
ificat
ions Height
F
requency Response ±3 db
, 50 t
o 7500 c
ycle
s Width 2"
I
nput Impedance (record
ing h
ead a
nd compensa
ting Length 27/1"
re
sis
tor) 1
5 ohms n omina
l F
inish D
irk umber g ray
S
ens
itivi
ty [Groove ve
loci
ty of 6.
1 cm/sec
. for as
t
ylu
s excur
- Weight 73/
4 ozs.
s
i
on of .
00077" (
peak to p
eak
) at1000 cp
s] +28 dbm S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-11853 -A

Advance B
all K
it
, M
I-1
185
1
T
he M
I-11851 A
dvance B
all K
it h
as b
een d
es
igned f
or u
se
i
n c
onjunc
tion wi
th the MI
-11850
-C Recorder Head
. It s
e
rves
t
o c
ontro
l accura
tely the dep
th of g
roove w hen the c
ut
ter
h
ead i
sused wi
th s
of
t r
ecording m
ater
ials
. T he Advance B a
ll
K
it i
s e
ssen
tia
l when r
ecord
ing on wax a nd some o pera
tors
f
ind it c
onvenient f
or u
se w ith l
a
cquer r
ecord
ing
s w
hen
mechan
ica
l vibra
tion i
s p
resen
t.
T
he Advance B
all i
s as
apph
ire c
y
linder w
ith a t
i
p t
ha
t h
as
b
een h ighly p oli
shed t o as pherical s
hape and moun ted in
a Dura
lum in shank. The Ball r
ests on the u
nrecorded por
tion
o
f the record surface
, suppor
ting t he h
ead at acons
tant he
ight Spec
ificat
ions
a
bove t he record, so tha
t the depth and width of the g
roove D
imen s
ions, o veral
l, a
pprox
ima
te
w
ill rema
in c onstant
. A n a d
ju s
ting k
nob o n t
op of t
he h ead Height I
A"

Width 1%"
a
djus
ts the vert
ica l po
s i
tion o f t
he Advance Ba
ll to r
egu late
Depth 1
"
t
he depth of cut
. P rovision is made f
or moving t
he A dvance Weight, approx imate 1
0 gram s
Ba
ll to ei
ther s ide of t he st
ylus t
o accommodate out
s ide-in F
inish Wh
ite nickel
o
r i
n
side
-ou
t c
u
ts a
s d
es
ired
. S
tock I dent
ification MI-
1185 1

C
utt
ing S
tyl
i
The MI
-4842 Sapphire S
tylus ‘
.
ith 7 0° angle and short s hank is o
f recording e qual to o r be
low t ha
t f or st
eel cu
tting p oints.
r
ecommended f or u
se with RCA r ecorders w hen cutting l a
c- S
teel cut
ting p oints m ay be used w i
th RCA r ecorders f o
r u n-
q
uer blanks for immediate playback a nd cutting m aste rs for i
mpor tant te
sts or f or cut
tings b e
ing m ade by inexper ienced
p
roces
sing. T he 90° st
ylus is recommended o nly for u se in p
ersonnel. In g eneral
, steel cutter
s a re not recommended f or
c
utt
ing m as
ters from which 10" a nd 12" commerc ial p re s
sings h
igh f i
deli
ty w ork b ecause they m ay p roduce a h igher n oi
se
a
re to be made . Long shank s t
yli are n o l
onger s tocked b y l
evel
, ar educed f requency r ange a nd their li
fe is relative
ly
RCA since their u
se impairs the recorder fr
equency r e sponse s
hor
t.
b
eyond 8
000 c
.
p.s
. a
nd a r
a
ther s
evere p
eak m
ay d
eve
lop i
n
t
h
is r
eg
ion
.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion
T
he u
se o
f as
apph
ire s
t
ylus i
s r
ecommended f
o
r a
l
l r
ecord
-
7
0° S
apph
ire S
ty
lus (
shor
t s
hank
) M
I-4842
i
ngs e
xcept un
important t
ests
. Ini
tia
l cost i
s r
easonab
le and
t
he modera
te c
harge f
or s
harpening br
ing
s the c
os
t per minu
te 9
0° S
apph
ire S
ty
lus (
shor
t s
hank
) M
14878
-BC

1
01
k
ero
ose
FOR CONTR OL RO O MS .. OFF
ICES...

AND HO ME M ONITOR
ING

•••w
ith the n
ew
R
CA L C-
1A
Duo-Cone Speaker

The RCA L C-IA speaker isexpress


ly de- s
ame axi
s a nd haxe the same fl
are a
ngle t
o
s
igned for mon i
tor
ing FM p rogram s a
nd p
lace t
heir s u
rfazes inline. Thus t
he po
ssi
- D
ETA
ILS OF RCA
h
igh-f
ideli
ty r e
cordings in broadcast s
ta- b
i
lity o
f u ndesirab
le interference b
etween D
UO-CONE DES
IGN D
ISAR M

t
ions
. It
s r esponse is excep
tionally free H
-F and L -F u ni
tso verthe cros
sover r
ange MAGNETS
Two i nd ividu - LO W.FREOUENC Y
f
rom dis
tor t
ion —over t he f
u
ll FM r ange. i
sel
imina ted. CONE
a
lly a ctuated LO W.FREOUENCY
R
ead these highl
ights: co nes are VOICE COIL
C
ontro
lled " ro
ll-of" a t 5a nd 10 k c
. moun ted o nt he H
DUST CAP
Unifo
rm r esponse, 50 to 15
,000 cyc
les
.
B
ecau se o
f the L C-1A 's e
xcep t
ional h igh-
IGH.FREOJENC Y
s
a me a x is a nd CONE
Audio m easuremen t
s p rove RCA 's new
f
requency response, t he s
urface noise a nd f
lare a ngle , HIGH•FREOUENC
VO
ICE CO
Y
IL
s
peaker f ree from r e
sonan t peak
s, har
- with as pec ially
h
igh-frequency distortion present in m any
monic and t rans
ient distor
tion ...a t a
l
l d
e signed h eavy A l-
r
ecordings i s accentuated. T herefore, a n
ico magne t of high
u
sable volume l eve
ls.
p
anel-moun ted s wi
tch i sprovided t o con- f
lux d ens ity. The
1
20 d egrees radia t
ion a t 15,000 cycles! t
rol a nd restr
ict t he L C-1A '
s h igh-f re
- h
igh-f requency u nit
The L C-1A i sunique i n it
s ab
ility to pro- q
uency r ange f or t h
is type o f prog ram i
s a 2Y ii" c one w ith
ane xcep tiona lly l
ow .
j
ect aw ide cone o f radiation t h
rough a mater
ial (s
ee respon se c
urve). ma ss alum inu m v o
ice
c
on s
tan t angle of 1 20 d egrees
. And f r
e- c
oil. Th is c one fol lows o ut the st
ial-
quency r e
spon se i s uniform t h
roughou t! Two f i
ne L C-1A b as
s-ref
lex cabine
ts l
ow a ng le o f t he l arger c one t o
Advan tages: I t elim inates t he f amiliar (
op t
ional) are d e s
igned t o match the r
ad iate ap attern at f ull p ower o ver an
Duo-Cone speaker. One isfin
ished in t
he rea o
a f1 20 d egree s a t 1 5,000 c ycles!
s
harp p eak o f h igh-frequency r espon se
The l ow -f requency u nit h as a mas sive
u
sually presenti no ther systems. And e xact f
am i
liar RCA t wo-tone g
ray. The o
ther is
1
5" d iaphragm w ith ah igh - massv oice
l
ocation of the L C
-1A i nc ontrol or li
s
ten - f
in
ished indark w a
lnu t
. c
oilo fl arge d iame ter. I ts resonant f r
e-
i
ng r ooms isnot cr
itica l
. For da
ta and fur
ther d
eta
ils on Duo
- quency , o nly 3 5 c ycle s ...w ith true
bass re spon se at all v o
lume l evels
.
R
emarkably s moo
th crossover-re- C
one speaker
s ...n ow i
n p
roduct
ion ...
s
ponse
. Bo
th cone
s ar
e mounted on the w
rite Dept
. 23
-C.

1
0
2
L
OUDSPEAK M
:

RC A LO U DSPE A KE RS

R
CA o
fer
s t
o b
roadca
ste
rs ac
omp
lete l
i
ne o
f s
t
udio i
n o
rde
r t
o s
e
rve t
h
e v
as
t m
ult
itude o
f m
isce
llaneou
s
a
nd s
t
ation m
oni
tor
ing l
o
udspeake
rs f
o
r u
se i
n m
oni
tor
- n
eed
s f
o
r l
o
udspeake
rs a
round b
roadcas
ting s
t
ation
s,
i
n
g a
nd a
udi
tion
ing b
ooth
s, h
a
llway i
n
sta
lla
tion
s, t
a
lk- t
h
ere i
s a
l
so i
n
cluded i
n t
h
is l
i
ne a c
ho
ice o
f t
h
ree

b
ack a
ppl
ica
tion
s, e
l
eva
tor
s a
nd e
xecu
tive
s' o
fi
ces
. A
l
l p
ermanen
t-magne
t l
o
udspeake
r m
echan
ism
s. T
hese m
ech
-

R
CA l
oudspeake
rs a
r
e d
es
igned t
o h
and
le a
dequa
te a
n
ism
s a
re i
n
tended t
o b
e m
oun
ted i
n o
ne o
f t
h
e w
all
-
m
oun
ting s
peake
r h
ous
ing
s. M
I-13225 o
r M
I-6
106
. T
he
p
owe
r f
o
r t
h
e p
ar
ticu
lar a
ppl
ica
tion f
o
r w
hich t
h
ey
t
h
ree l
o
udspeake
r i
mpedance m
atch
ing t
r
ans
forme
rs.
a
r
e d
es
igned
. T
he L
C-1A
, r
epre
sen
ting t
h
e g
rea
tes
t a
d-
M
I-12370
. M
I-1237
1. a
nd M
I-12373 a
r
e d
es
igned f
o
r
v
ance i
n l
o
udspeake
r f
i
del
ity
, i
sob
tainab
le i
n ac
ho
ice
t
h
ese a
nd m
any o
t
her t
y
pes o
f l
o
udspeake
rs. T
he q
uick
-
o
f c
ab
ine
t s
t
yle
s a
nd f
i
nishe
s, t
h
ereby m
aking i
tpo
s-
o
r f
o
r c
oup
ling a
ny o
f aw
ide v
ar
iety o
f o
u
tpu
ts t
o
s
i
ble t
o c
onfo
rm t
o a
ny o
f s
e
vera
l i
n
ter
ior d
eco
rat
ing h
e
se a
nd m
any o
t
her t
ype
s o
f l
o
udspeake
rs. T
he q
uick
-
s
c
heme
s. I
n a
ddi
tion
, t
h
e L
C-1A s
peake
r m
echan
ism m
ay s
e
lec
tion c
har
t g
i
ven b
e
low p
rov
ide
s f
o
r d
es
ign e
ng
i-
b
e o
bta
ined b
y i
t
se
lf f
o
r t
ho
se a
ppl
ica
tion
s w
here i
t n
ee
rs aq
u
ick
, c
onven
ien
t r
e
ference b
y m
ean
s o
f w
hich
i
s d
es
irab
le t
o u
se as
pec
ial t
ype
, o
r c
us
tom
-made
, t
h
ey c
an s
e
lec
t t
h
e R
CA l
o
udspeake
rs b
e
st s
u
ited t
oth
eir
m
oun
ting
. p
ar
ticu
lar r
e
quiremen
t.

LO U DSPE A KER DAT A

P
ower
V
oi
ce Coi
l H
andl
ing B
ol
t Circ
le
I
mped
ance C
apaci
ty W
eight C
one D
in
. D
ia
. F
r
eq.Rang
e
I
d
ent
if
ica
tion (
ohms) (
wa
tts
) (
lbs
.) (
i
nch
es) (
i
nches) (
CPS
)

L
C-IA 1
5 2
0 2
1 (
mechan
ism 1
5% 1
6% 5
0
-15000
o
nly)

N
I
1-1242
1 2 1
0 -
1/
i2 1 17
/8 5
0-8500

MI
-
6234
-B 6 5 2% 5Y4 6% 7
0
-7000

M
I-6333
-C 6 2
5 6
34 i
o 3/
.
2 9/8 6
0-7000

1
0
3
U
DSP[AKERS

Mon
itor
ing S
peaker
, T
ype L
C-1A
F
eatures

• E
xce
llen
t f
r
equency r
e
sponse
, u
niform 5
0
-15
,000 c
ps
.

• W
ide a
ngle s
ound r
adia
tion o
f a
l
l f
r
equenc
ies
.

• T
aste
ful
ly s
t
yled c
abine
t.

• L
ow n
on-
linear d
i
stor
tion
.

• I
dea
l f
or mon
itor
ing AM
-FM t
e
lev
ision p
rograms
.

• H
igh g
rade A
lnico V m
agne
ts.

U
ses
T
he L C-
1A i s ah
igh f i
del
ity l
oud
speaker with a low dis
tor-
t
i
on, wide a ng
le d
istr
ibution
, of ex
tended f r
equency range,
a
nd specif
ica
lly d
es
igned f or t
he broadca
ster and recording
s
t
udio
s.

The fundamental princ


ip les are ba
sed upon e
xtens
ive loud
-
s
peaker re
search a nd d evelopment per
formed by Dr. O
lson
a
t RCA L aborator
ies ( Princeton
).

F
or appl
ications where itis d e
sired to mount t he mechan ism
o
n aw a
ll baff
le
, cei
ling, et
c., the speaker may b e u sed w i
th
a
s
surance t ha
t the e n
tire frequency r ange will b e r e
alized.
T
he speaker's o
uts
tanding p erformance m akes iti d
eal f or the
f
u
ll frequency range of FM . T he LC-1A is also b e
ing u sed
w
ith RCA '
s n ew "Fes
tival" ser
ie s o
f high qual
ity c us
tom -built
h
ome r
ece
iver
s.

D
escr
ipt
ion
f
requency u n
it t o limi
t t h e c urrent flow ing a t the low I re
.
The LC -
1A i s ad uo-cone s peaker mechan ism o f the direc t
q
uenc ies. When p rogram m ater ial contain ing a large di
s tort
ion
r
adiated t ype, c onsisting of h igh a nd l ow f requency u nits
f
actor i s preva lent, such a s w orn r ecord s, et
c., a n M I-
11707
mounted c o-axia l
ly t ogether. T he 2 " high f requency c one a nd
h
igh f requency c ompen sator p roduc ing c urves w i
th a" ro ll
-o r
t
he alum inum w ound v o
ice c oi
l h as a l ow m ass ut
ilizing t he a
t 5 ,10 a nd 1 5 k c, isava ilab le t o r
estrict the high f r
equen t.)
w
ide a ngle of t he s hallow, l ow f r equency c one, to e fec
t i t
s r
ange . T he LC -1A i s s
upp lied w ith o r w ithout cabinet a nd i s
r
emarkab le di rectiona l pat
tern ( see c urve). A n e quil
ibrium
i
deally s ui
ted f o
r moun ting i n t h e wall o r ce
iling o f t
he c on-
h
as b een reached b etween t he el ec
tr ical and mechan ical design t
rol room , giving a u ni
form r espon se o f 5 0 t
o 15,000 cycles.
t
o i mpart ah igh f requency r adiation o f 120° a rc with a l oss
The c abinet w as s pecif
ica lly d esigned f or th
is s peaker a nd i s
o
f approx ima te ly 6 d b a t 1
5,000 c ps. This e l
im inates the c on-
a
t
trac t
ive ly styled i n t wo f i
nishe s—two -tone umber g r
ay w ith
v
entiona l "beam e fect" usually e xper ienced a t th
is frequency .
as a
tin c hrome t r
im t o b lend w ith all RCA s t
udio e quipmen t
,
T
he l
ow f
r
equency c
one e
mploy
s a 1
5" d
iaphr
agm w
ith a a
nd a r ich w alnu t veneer f o
r u se in f inely fin
ished l i
stening
h
igh ma
ss v o
ice co
il a
nd produces the mo
st d
es
irable d
irec
- b
oo ths. T his cab inet isp articu larly d es
igned f or high f i
delity
t
iona
l p
attern w
ith a h
and
ling capac
ity of 2
0 w
atts
. Low dis
- l
oud speaker s a nd i s con struc ted w ith a f i
xed p ort to g ive
t
or
tion h as b
een accomp lished by ac areful
ly d esigned com - maximum r esponse i n t he l ow f r
equenc ies
. A ccommoda t
ion
p
romise o f many c ontribut
ing f ac
tors. D is
tortion u sually f
or the BA -4 s
eries of mon i
toring amp lif
iers is p
rovided. A
e
xperienced when handling large p
ower i n t
he 100-1,000 c
ycles b
rushed-chrome p ane
l o n t he si
de o f the cab
inet wil
l accom -
r
ange ise l
iminated by using a high m a
ss coil and a m ass
ive modate a v o
lume c ontrol, 5 /10/15 k c high frequency com -
r
ig
id c one, c
oupled with a l ow fundamen ta
l f r
equency p eak p
en sa
tor, 10 channel s elector s w
itch, a n "of-on" a mpl
ifie
r
o
f 35 cycle
s. Above th
is f r
equency, the re
luctance d ue to the s
witch with a v
isual indicator.
s
uspens
ion s
ys
tem o f t
he c
one does n
ot apprec
iab
ly a
fec
t t
he
v
e
locity a
nd, t
here
fore, m
inimizes d
is
tor
tion. W
ith a n M I-
11708, 15 ohm at
tenuator, the speaker will operate
f
rom a s peaker bus
s, or wi
th an internal amplifier a
nd selector
T
he cro
ss-over ne
twork uti
lizes t
he phy
sical d
ispos
ition of t
he s
witch, will func
tion a s a
n independen t u n
it a nd will br
idge
c
ones t
o mu tua
lly vibra
te i n un
ison over th
e cross-over f
re
- a
ny of ten speaker channel
s. The desired ordering ar
rangemen t
q
uency reg
ion and m ere
ly e mploys o
ne capac
itor in the h
igh i
s obtained b y consul
ting th
e s t
ock i dent
ification acces
sorie s
.

1
01
L
OUDSPEAKER

60 1
00 1
000 1
0000

FREQUENCY I
N CYCLES P
ER S
ECOND

HAR MON
IC D
ISTORT
ION OF A TYP
ICAL LC-IA
SPEAKER I
N CAB
INE T — 10 WATTS
— -- 2 WAT TS
- I WATT

A
ccessor
ies
S pea ker Filt er U nit M I-11 707

( T his i
te m i
s incl u d e d in b ot h ca bi nets, M I-11 401

LC
-1A S
peaker Mechan
ism an d M I-11 401- A, b ut i
s necessar y i
f a hi g h fre-

q ue nc y f
ilt er i
s desire d w he n the spea ker o nl y i
s

or d ere d. T his u nit incl u des a f


ilt er s witc h an d an
Spec
ificat
ions
esc utc h e o n plat e rea di n g 5 kc, 10 kc, an d 15 kc.)

LC
-1A S
PEAKER M E C H A NI S M
S pea ker P o wer Att e n uat or
, 15 o h ms M I-11 708- A

I m pe da nce (n o mi nal) 15 o h ms ( T his i


s n ecessar y w he n the a u di o so urce i
s fe d

ext ern all y thr o u g h a b uss bar


, etc. T his i
s m o u nt e d
F re q ue nc y R es p o nse (see curve) 50-1 5,000 cps
on the spea ker ca bi net esc utc he o n.)
D irecti o nal C haracteristic See cu rve

S pea ker A ccess ory K it M I-11 711


P o wer H a n dli n g C a pacit y 20 w atts
( T his kit co ntai ns a 10 p ositi o n cha n n el sel ect or
N o n-li near D ist or
ti o n (f or 10 w att o ut p ut, 50-1 5,000 cycles)
s witc h, " o n-o f" s wit c h wit h vis ual in dicat or an d
L ess tha n 4 % at 60 cycles
necessary har d ware for m o u nti n g B A 4 C a m pli f
i er
.)
W ei g ht (u n pac ke d) 21 lbs.

D i m e nsi o ns:

D ia m et er (c o n e) 15 h "

D ia met er (b olt f
i xi n g c
ircl e) 16 % "

D ia m et er (o verall f
ra m e) 17 "

L C-1 A C A BI N E T

Di m e nsi o ns:

H ei g ht 40 % "

W i dt h 27 % "

D e pt h 15 "

W ei g ht A p pr ox. 50 lbs
.

C
lose
-up o
f c
ontrol pane
l of LC-1A showing c
ontro
ls f
or
St oc k Id e nti f
icati o n: 1
41
-11707
. MI-11708
, and M1-117
11

L C-I A S pea k er, ca bi net co m plet e wit h B A 4 C m o nit or a m pli

f
i er, v ol u m e co ntr ol, hi g h f
re q ue nc y f
ilter u nit 5 kc, 10 1
.4.

an d 15 kc, 10- p ositi o n cha n nel sel ect or s wit c h, an d an

o n-o f s witc h wit h a vis ual in dicat or (


l ess tu t, :
s for

a m pli f
i er) M I-11 411 /1 1 4 01 /

M I-1 1 71 1 /11 2 23- B

L C-I A S pea k er an d C a bi ne
t M I-11 411 /1 1 401

L C-1 A D u o-c o n e L o u ds pea k er M ec ha nis m oul y _ MI-11 411

L C-1 A S pea ker C o ns ol e C a bi net O nly

( U m ber G ra y) M
I-1140
1
L C-1 A S pea ker C o ns ole C a bi net O nl y

( Wal n ut) M I-11 401- A

0
1
5 KC

5 1
0R
C\
o1
0

I
s
KC
D
IRECTIONAL CHARACTERIST
ICS
20 OF
' A TYPICAL LC—I A
SO 1
00 000 1
0000 1
5000
SPEAKER I
N CAB
INET
FREQUENCY I
N CYCLES P
ER S
ECOND

1
000 CYCLES
F
REQUE NCY RESPONSE OF A T
YPICAL LC-IA
7000 C
YCLES
SPEAKER I
N CAB
INET
— 1
5000 C
YCLES

103
L
OUDSPEAKERS
'

S
peaker T
rans
former
, M
I-12370

Spec
ificat
ions
I
mpedance
: (
pr
imary c
onnec
ted t
o 5
00/600 o
hm s
ource
)
M
I 1
2370
T
ermina
ls Impedance
1
-
2 ( Pr
imary
) 5
00/600 ohms
3
4 3 "
3
-
5 6 "
3
-
6 1
32
3
-
7 2
64
4
-
5
4
4
6
4
-
6 3
2
4

4
-
7 1
06
5
-
6 1
0
.6
5
-
7 6
3
6
-
7 2
The M I
-12370 i sa n ideal s peaker m a
tch ing t rans former f or u se
where a l a
rge p ower h andling c apac i
ty i s r equ ired. T he s e c
- F
requency R esponse ±1 db
, 3
0 to 1
0
,000 cyc
les
ondary ha s three t aps w hich, f or ag iven s ource i mpedance
Power H andl
ing C apaci
ty 4
0 w at
ts
p
rovide t en d iferen t o utput i mpedance s f o
r m atching t o t he
l
oad. All t aps a re connec ted t o l ugs o n ab ake li
te term ina l D
istor
tion Ie
s
s th
an 1% 100
-8000 cyc
les
c
over t o w hich t he l o
ad m ay b e a ttached b y e ither a s crew Maximum P r
imary V ol
tage 1
25 vo
lts rms
o
r s o
lder c onnec tion. T he t ran s
former i se nclo sed i n a me tal D
imen sions 4%" x 41/
4" x 5
"
c
ase w h
ich i sf i
nished i n alum inum g ray. T he t erm inal arrange - F
inish A
luminum g ray
ment, vo
ltage r atios, and a s chema tic d iagram o f t he wind ing s
a
re stenci
led o n t he side o f t he case. F our h ole s through t he Weigh
t ( unpacked) 7lbs
.
t
wo b ot
tom f lange s provide f or moun ting t he u nit
. S
tock I den
tif
icat
ion MI-
12370

S
peaker T
rans
for mer
, M
I-1237
1
The M I
-12371 speaker tr
ansformer i s ag ood qual
ity unit with o
2 3, '
2377

s
everal tap
s on the primary w ind
ing , g
iving a wide impedance
r
ange o f 1000 to 1
6,000 ohms . The s e
condary w inding h as a
v
ariable tap for three speaker v oice c o
il impedances. I t is
d
esigned f or b
racket moun t
ing w i
th 8 " connec
tion leads. T h
is
t
ransformer is su
itable for use with the M I
-6234-B, MI-6333 C
a
nd t he MI-12422 RCA s peakers.
The MI-
12372 is i
den
tica
l t
o t
he MI
-12371 e
xcep
t t
ha
t i
t i
s
h
ermet
ically s
ea
led
.

Spec
ificat
ions L
eng th 2
-&"
F
requency R
esponse ±2 d
b 1
00
-6500 c
yc
les Width 9
"

D
istor
tion _Le
s s t
han 1% 1
00
-6500 c
yc
les o
n 2
000 o
hm tap Height 9%"
P
ower H and
ling Capac
ity 1
0 w
atts Weight 11/
4 lbs
.

S
peaker T
rans
former
, M
I-12373
c
onnec
tion le
ads. The same tr
ans
former
, herme
tica
lly s
e
aled
f
or t
ropica
l use
, is a
vai
lable a
s MI-
12374
.
P
21-1 2 373

Spec
ificat
ions
F
requency R
espon
se d
b 1
00
-12
,000 c
yc
les
D
istor
tion _ _Le
ss than 2% b
etween 1
00 a
nd 8
000 c
yc
les
P
ower H and
ling C
apaci
ty 5wat
ts
M
aximum P
rimary V
oltage 1
25 v
ol
ts
H
eight 2
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p
ower s
peakers w
ith a voice co
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ing 6 or 2o hms impe- Mounting Cen
ters
d
ance
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ing h as t
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, 8000 a
nd Connect
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r bracke
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ing and has 10" Net We igh
t % lb
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1
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V
IDEO
EQU
IP MENT

P
age

F
IELD EQU
IP MENT 12

R
ELAY EQU
IP MENT 1
28

MOB
ILE UN
IT 1
37

S
TUD
IO CA MERAS 1
44

F
I
L M EQU
IP MENT 1
52

S
TUD
IO CONTROL EQU
IP MENT 1
65

MONOSCOPE 1
82

S
YNC GENERATOR 1
84

AMPL
IFIERS 1
88

PO WER S
UPPL
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93

S
TUD
IO L
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97

ACCESSOR
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WP
IX i
n n
igh
tti me a
ction a
t t
he
R
ooseve
lt R
ace way
, Wes
tbury
.
N
. Y
. RCA TV F
ie
ld E
quip men

i
s u
sed t
hroughout
.

T
elevis
ion S tudio-on - Whee ls."[h
is
s
pecial RCA TV f i
eld t ruck i s
handling t he track s ound -and-
p
icture pick-up b e
tween Rooseve l
t
Raceway g randstand a nd WP IX in
New York C i:y. Al
l RCA -equipped,
i
ti sdesigned t o c arry everything
n
eeded t o op era
te u p to 3c ameras
i
n the f
i
eld.
:
7
.

.c
o
mpl
etef
i
e
lde
q
u
ipm
ent
,

;
e
,
f
iZe
ce—
• Thatexci
ting fi
nish y
ou see i
sbeing c
overed t
he b us
ines s. A ll gear, for e xamp le, i s com -
b
y telev
ision fi
e
ld e quipmen t
, al
l-RCA f r
om p
letely p ortable a nd s ubdivided i nto s mall
c
amera to microwave relay a
ntenna. u
nits for easy h and l
ing . All fi
eld c ameras a re
Thorough ly p ract
ical f
or quick ,o n-the-spo t e
quipped w ith 4 -posit
ion t urret lens and e lec-
p
ick-ups
, t his h ighly compac t a nd p ortab le t
ron ic view f inders . There a re c omp le te
e
quipmen t isd esigned toh andle o utdoor t ele- sw
itching f aci
lities t ha
t h elp t he o perator s
c
asting u
nder a lls or
ts o
fc ondition s.C omp le te d
eliver faster-mov ing s hows . A nd t here i s a
s
pecial truck t hat carries t he e quipmen t t o
p
ick-up a nd r elay e qu
ipmen t i ncludes : t wo
image o
rthicon c ameras (wi
th t e
lepho to lens ); l
ocation . .w i
th a ll the fac
ilities requ ired t o
r
un mos to fthe e quipmen trightf r
om t hev ehicle
c
amera tripods ; camera con trol u nit
s; o n-the -
i
t
self
. No w ires n eeded t o g et the p icture
a
ir mas
ter mon itor; camera s witching s y
stem ;
s
ynchron izing g enerator; m icrowave r elay s
ignals b ack t o the s t
a t
ion . H igh-ef f
iciency
m
icrowave r adio relay d oes it—a irl
ine !
e
quipmen t;a s
soc iated power s upp l
ie s
;r eelso f
c
able—all carried i n one specia l truck.
Why t h
is p
ref
erence fo
r RCA f i
eld equ
ip-
Overlook none ofthe technical a
nd e conomi-
men
ta mong t
he major
ity of TV s
t
ations now
c
al advantages o
f correct in
itia
l sta
tion plan-
i
n operat
ion? n
ing. Your RCA T e
levision S pec
ia l
ist can
B
ecause RCA TV F
ield E
quipment h
as b
een h
elp. C a
ll him. Or w ri
te D ept. 190-0 RCA
worked ou
t by t
e
lev
ision exper
ts who k
now E
ng ineering Products
, C amden , New J er
sey.

RCA Microwave R e
lay T ransm itter RCA F i
eld C amera C ontrol RCA F leid-Sw itch ing S ystem RCA F ield S ynchron iz
ing
T
TR •IA. Transm its t he pic
ture s ig
- TK-30A . For monitoring the T
S-30A . Nerve center o
f TV f i
eld Genera t or T G- IOA . P ro-
nal from f i
eld to s t
ud io (or from p
icture a nd controlling i t
s p
ick -up o perations . Switches duces timing p u
lses for TV
s
tucio to t
ran smitter)
. I tincludes a qual
ity. Unit No. Ii nc
lude s i
ntercom c i
rcui
ts a nd p
ic
ture s ig
- f
i
eld e quipmen t. Un it No. I
p
arabolic a
n tenna w i
th h ook-shaped one 7"p ic
ture mon itor tube n
als between cameras a nd mon i
- i
ncludes p ulse
-form ing c i
r-
wave gu
ide, b u
ilt
-in transm i
tter, and a
nd o ne 3"o sc
illoscope ( to t
or. Unit No. Iprovidesfor video c
uits
, f r
equenc y
-con trol c i
r-
r
emo te control u nit
. Ma tch ing r e
- observe video signal w ave- swi
tching , s
ync signal i
nsertion, c
uits
, and p ower s upply. Unit
c
eiver u
nitatt he st
ation picks upt he f
orm) . Un it No. 2i s the a
nd mas ter mon i
tor s wi
tch ing. No. 2 i ncludes t he p ulse-
microwave relay signa l
. power s upply
. Unit No. 2i sthe p ower supp ly
. s
hap ing a nd o utput ci
rcui ts
.
F
I
ELD

R
CA T
elev
ision F
ie
ld P
i
ck-up E
quipmen
t

T
he RCA T e
levis
ion Field P
ickup E
quipmen t i
sdesigned f
or t
ec
t f
rag
ile par
ts d uring t
ranspor
tat
ion. Al
l i
nterconnect
ion
s
p
ortab
le o
r fi
eld use in p
ick
ing up t
elev
ision p
rogram s s
uch a
re m
ade wi
th c ab
le s and p
lugs w h
ich may b
e c onnec
ted o
r
a
s s por
t ing e vent
s , parade s, outdoor o r i ndoor s hows
, a nd d
i
sconnec
ted i
n af
ew m
inu
tes
.
o
ther s pecial events in p l
ace s w here p ermanen t te
levis
ion i n
-
s
ta
llation s are not a vai
lable. T he d esign o f the e quipment is Ag eneral p
ractice o
f m ak
ing all el
ectrical c
onnect
ions t hrough
c
entered a round t he RCA I mage O r
th icon c amera t ube which r
eceptacles moun ted on the rear pane l
s of the su
i tcase units
i
ss o sensitive tha
t i tm ay b e used w ith i n
ciden t ilumination h
as b een followed. An exception e x
ists in the case o f in
ter-
o
n t he s cene a s low a s a pproxima tely o ne f oot candle, and c
ommun icat
ion h ead
-sets which are plugged i n
to jacks o n the
which i se nt
irely f r
ee of a ny blocking o r "charging-up" efect f
ront of the Field Swi
tching S ys
tem . Whenever p ossible
, mu l-
f
rom f l
ashe s of e xcess light w hich p aralyze o ther types of t
i
ple conductor cab
les are used so th
at t he number of cable
p
ick
-up t
ube
s. c
onnect
ions i s k
ept t
o am inimum c onsistent w
ith fl
exibi
lity
o
f the equipment. With few except
ion s
, t he c
onnectors used
h
ave sing
le-turn lo
cking rings which p revent a
ccidenta
l d is

T
he F
ie
ld E
quipmen
t i
n
clude
s s
uch i
mpor
tan
t f
e
ature
s a
s a
c
onnect
ing o f t
he cab
les.
f
our
-po
sit
ion l
ens t
urre
t o
n e
ach c
amera
, a
n e
l
ectron
ic v
iew
f
i
nder i
n e
ach c
amera
, ac
omp
lete t
e
lephone i
n
tercommun
ica
-
C
areful con
sideration h as been given to conservat
ive des
ign
t
i
on s
y
stem
, a
cce
ssib
ili
ty o
f t
ube
s, c
omponen
ts, a
nd c
i
rcu
its
i
n the s
elec
tion o f high quality components and i n a
l
lowing
f
o
r e
asy s
e
rvic
ing
, a
nd m
any o
ther f
e
ature
s.
ample r
e
serve in ratings
. Also at
tention h
as been g i
ven t
o pro-
v
iding r
ugged c onstruc
tion a nd secure mount
ing s so t
hat the
T
o f
a
cil
ita
te p
ortab
ili
ty, t
he e
quipmen
t h
as b
een d
iv
ided i
n
to e
quipment wil
l stand the w ear and te
ar o
f dai
ly u se o
ver long
r
e
lat
ive
ly s
mal
l u
nits w
ith e
mpha
sis p
laced o
n k
eep
ing t
he p
eriods of t
ime.
n
umber o
f m
ajor p
iece
s t
o am
inimum
, a
nd a
t t
he s
ame t
ime
m
ain
tain
ing h
igh s
t
andards o
f r
e
liab
ili
ty a
nd f
l
exib
ili
ty i
n
T
he Field E
quipment i
sso de
signed t
hat i
tmay be s
e
t up f
o
r
o
pera
tion
. Whe
rever p
oss
ible t
he m
ajor u
nit
s h
ave t
he s
hape t
emporary o
pera
tion on atable o
r de
sk. In s
uch a c
ase
, t
he
a
nd a
pprox
ima
te s
i
ze o
f a med
ium s
i
zed s
u
itcase
. T
he c
amer
a d
esk and control uni
ts comprise a s
imple operat
ing console
.
a
nd v
iew f
i
nde
r, m
aster mon
itor
, a
nd p
ower d
i
str
ibu
tion b
ox T
he equipment m ay al
so be u
sed in c
onjunc
tion with a mob
ile
a
re t
he o
nly e
xcep
tions
. E
ach u
nit i
s p
rov
ided w
ith o
ne o
r t
e
levis
ion unit in wh
ich the s
ui
tcases may b
e insta
lled t
o fo
rm
more c
arry
ing h
and
les
, a
nd c
over
s a
nd s
hock moun
ts t
o p
ro- a mob
ile t
elevis
ion studio
.

12
T
he u
ni
ts i
nc
luded w
i
th t
he s
t
andard Two
-Camera C
hain
, F
ie
ld T
he T
ype T
S-30A F
ield S
witch
ing E
quipmen
t i
nc
lude
s:
P
ick
-Up Equipmen
t are a
s fo
llow
s : 1—Switching S ys
tem . Thi
s u nit provides a l
l the v
ideo p rogram,
2—Type TK
-30A F
ield Camera Equipmen
ts mon itor a nd i n
tercommun icat
ion s witching requ ired for
1—Type TG-
10A Field S
ynchron
izing Generator fi
eld pick-up e quipment using u p t
o f our cameras, plus two
1—Type TS 30A F
ield S
witch
ing E qu
ipmen t auxil
iary v ideo program l ines. Camera , view fi
nder , camera
control and s w
itching equipmen t ta
lly l i
ghts i
ndicate to p
er-
(
All e
quipmen
ts a
re s
upp
lied w
ith t
ube
s) former s
, c ameraman , c ontrol o perator s and p rogram d i
-
rec
tor w h
ich c amera i s s
upp lying p rogram .
T
he T
ype TK
-301 F
ield C
amera E
quipmen
t i
nc
lude
s:
1—High Sensitivity I mage O rthicon C amera w i
th n ewsree
l-type T
he Fie
ld Type Ma
ste
r Mon
itor (
l
isted b
elow
) c
an b
e
t
r
ipod , p lug-ir e lectronic v iew f i
nder e mploying a 5 " s
wi
tched t
o
:
Kinescope a nd t h ree turret-moun ted l e
nses ( 50 mm a nd a
.The o
utgo
ing v
ideo s
i
gna
l.
9
0 mm a nd l a
s mm f ocal l engths
).
b
. R
elay e
quipmen
t mon
itor
ing s
i
gna
l.
1—F
ield C amera C on trol Un it
. T his uni
t provides the required
c
ontrol a nd o perating v oltage s fo
r t he Field C amera a nd c
.Ei
ther o
f t
he t
wo a
uxi
liary v
ideo p
rogram l
i
nes
.
p
rovides p icture ( on a 7 " K inescope) and w ave form ( on d
. A s
epara
te Mon
itor i
npu
t.
a3 " C a
thode R ay O scilloscope t ube) mon i
toring o f the
c
amera s ignal.
The audio i ntercommun ica
tion f ac
ili
ties provide a fl
exible
1—F
ield t
ype Power Supp
ly. T
his uni
t c
onta
ins the hea
ter a
nd s
et
-up s o that t he program d i
rector c an talk to any o
r a l
l
p
late s
upply tr
ans
former, r
ect
ifier
s a
nd p l
ate
-vol
tage regu
- o
f the operating p er
sonne l and the home s tat
ion, or v
arious
l
a
ting ci
rcui
ts. s
pecial a
nd s eparate intercommun ication c i
rcuit
s m ay b
e s e
t
1—Se
t o
f Camera
-Camera C
ontro
l U n
it Cab
les; o
ne 5
0
' l
eng
th, u
p. All o perating personnel n or ma
lly h ear program sound
o
ne 1
00
' l
ength a
nd one 2
00' l
ength
. o
n o ne headphone , and i n
tercommun ication sound o n the
o
ther.
T
he T
ype TG
-10A F
ield S
ynchron
izing G
enera
tor i
nc
lude
s: 1—F
ield Type Power Supp
ly. Th
is furnishe
s p
ower t
o t
he
1—F
ield P
ulse F
ormer sw
itch
ing sy
stem and Mas
ter Mon
itor.
1—F
ield P
ulse S
haper
1—Power Distribmion B ox. Thi
s u nit p
rovides for power sup- OPTIONAL
ply c
onnections to a
-
c p ower sy
stem s o
f three type
s: 3p hase 1—F
ield T ype Ma
s ter Monitor
. T h
is un
it provides f
or pi
cture
—4 w ire; S ing
le p hase -3 w ire; Single p hase -2 wire. (on a 1
0" Kinescope) and w ave f
orm (on a 5" CRO T ube)
9 Twis
t L ock p oser outle
ts and 2 conven ience outle
ts are monitor
ing of t he S
ignal s e
lec
ted b y the fi
eld sw
itching
prov
ided. s
ystem.
RCA T
ELEV
ISION F
IELD P
ICKUP EQU
IP MENT

Max
. Numter o
f Ca meros
, F
our

T
X-30 A F
IELD CA MERA EQUIP
. #
1
TG -
1 0A F
IELD S
YNC . GE N . EQUIP .
M
I -26905
I
mage
O
rth
icon C
ame
ra 4
Iew Pu
l
se P
ower
C
amera C
ont
rol Fo
rmer D
ist
. BOX
6
.
4
1 -260
10 M
I -26
105 M
I -26260

P
owe
r P
u
lse
Supp
ly Shaper
M
I -26095 M
I -26115
V

T
K-30 A F
IELD CA MERA EQUIP . 2
T
S-30 A F
IELD SW
ITCHI NG EQUIP .

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mage T
o m
icro
-wave r
e
lay
O
rth
icon C
ame
ra I
N
N. e
quipmen
t o
r
Camera C
ont
rol t
r
ansm
iss
ion l
i
ne
M
I -26010 I
— 2
6065

P
ower F
Supp
ly
M
I-26095

T
K-30 A F
IELD CA MERA EQUIP . -
3

(
Same v
s
its a
s a
bove
) Ma
ster
Mon
itor
—J 2
6295

TM -
5 A-
1 MASTER MON
ITOR EQUIP .

T
K-30 A F
IELD CA MERA EQUIP. #
4

(
Some o
ils a
s a
bove
)

13
F
IELD E
QUIP
.

F
i
eld T
elev
ision C
a mera E
quip men
t,
T
ype T
K-30A
F
eatures
• Highly s ensitive a t extreme ly l ow ligh
t l eve
ls.
• Able t o hand le e normous l i
gh t ranges
.
• No loss o f picture after i n
tense f l
ashes of li
ght.
• S
imp lified i nterconnec tion s p roviding q uick a s
semb
ly o
n
l
ocation .
• E
lectron ic v iew f i
nder .
• Rugged m echan ical c on s
truction.
• A four p o
sition l ens t urret controlled fr
om r e
ar.
• Provision f or t wo intercom t elephone s e
ts.
• Sui
tab le f o
r s tudio use .
• Easy a ccess t o a l
l p arts.

Uses
The TK -30A t e
levision camera i si ntended t o b e used in fi
eld
t
e
levision p ick-ups o f al
l k ind s
. I t i s espec
ially s ui
table for
u
se w here the li
ghting cond itions a re p oor, a
s isfrequen t
ly the
c
ase at s port
ing e vents
, i n n ight c lubs, a nd at other r emote
p
ick-up p o
ints. Wh ile des
igned e specially for f i
e
ld u se, it i
s
a
lso sat
isfactory f or most t ypes o f s tudio program s; and for
many a pplicat
ions t he TK -30A h as s pecial advantage s
.

Descr
ipt
ion
The 1 % -30A i sap ortab le , f i
eld t e
lev ision c amera e qu ipmen t
c
ons isting o f c amera , t ripod , c ame ra c ontro l, f i
eld p ower s up-
p
ly, a nd m i sce llaneou s a cce ssory i t
em s; s uch a s: c ab le s, e t c
.
The c amera m ake s u se o f t he RCA -deve loped I mage O rth icon .
The r emarkab le s ens itiv i
ty o f t he I mage O rth icon i ss o g rea t
t
hat o pera tion i sp o
s sible w ith l igh t l e vels a s l ow a s o ne f oo t
-
c
and le w ith a n f3 .5 l en s. T he I mage O rth icon i sa ble t o a dap t
i
t
se lf a utoma t ical ly t o e normous c hange s i n s c ene b rilliance
w
ithou t s eriou s l oss o f c on tras t a nywhere i n t he r ange . T his
make s i t a n e xce llen t p ower s upp ly f or a mp lifier s h aving
c
harac ter istic m ake s i tp o s
sib le t o s h i
ft i n stan tly f rom a d ark
v
ar iable c urren t r equ iremen ts a nd c r
i tica l l ow f requency r e
-
s
cene i n h eavy s hadow s t o a no ther i n b righ t s un ligh t w ith o n
ly
s
pon se s uch a s t elev ision a mp lifier s.
v
ery s ligh t r ead ju stmen t. T he I mage O rth icon i sa b
le t o w i th-
s
tand e xtreme p eak s o f i n
ten se i lum ina tion , s uch a s p ho to The c omp lete c amera m ay b e d isa ssemb led i n
to s evera l p ar ts
f
l
a sh l amp s a imed d irec tly a tt he l e ns, w i
thou t a ny a fter e fec ts f
or e asy c ar rying . T he c amera i s b u ilt i nto a n e xceed ing ly
r
equ ir ing t he r ese t t
ing o f c on tro l
s . c
ompac t c ase w hich moun ts o n t op o f t he t r
ipod . A ll c on-
t
rol s a re c onven ien tly l ocated o n t he b ack . T he c amera a s
-
The F ie ld C amera C on tro l i s c onta ined i n as ma ll e asily -car-
s
emb ly i nclude s ap ic ture s igna l p reamp lif ier a nd t he d ef
lec -
r
ied e ase . O n t he f ron t, t here a re l oca ted t wo c athode r ay t ube s
t
ion a nd c amera b lank ing c ircu its. A f ea ture o f t his c amera
which s erve a s i nd ica tor s o f t he p ic ture q uality . A s even i n ch
i
st he p rov is ion o f al e ns t ur ret i n w hich f our l ense s o f d if
-
k
ine scope i s u sed a s a p i cture mon itor , a nd a t hree i nch
f
eren t f o cal l e ng th s m ay b e moun ted . O n t he r ear o f t he c a se
o
sc i
l loscope i s u sed a s aw ave f orm mon itor .
i
s l ocated a l a rge h and le w h ich r ota te s t he l e ns t ur ret. A
The p ic ture s igna l a mpl if
ier p erform s t he f ollow ing s evera l t
r
igger s witch i ncorpora ted i n t he h and le c uts o f t he p ic
ture
impor tan t f unc tion s: during t he i nterva l w hile t h e h and le i st urn ing . C hang ing f r om
I
.I tp rov ide s ag ain c on tro l f o
r t he p icture s igna l. o
ne l ens t o a nother r equ ire s o nly o ne a nd a h a
lf s econd s.
2
. I t m ixe s t he p icture b l
ank ing s igna l w ith t he s igna l f rom The o pera tor f o cuse s t he p icture b y o bserv ing t he i mage i n
the C ame ra t
he e lectron ic v iew f inder , c ons titu ting t he u pper s e
ction o f
3
. I te stab lishe s b lack l evel a t t he b eginn ing o f e ach s cann ing t
h e c amera a ssemb ly, a nd a d jus ting a k nob o n t he r i
gh t s ide
l
ine b y means o f a" clamp" c ircu it. o
f t he c abine t. T his k nob s lide s t he O rth icon b ack a nd f o rth
4
. I t p rov ide s f or t he a dd ition o f t he S ynchron izing s i
gna l i
ns ide t he c ase. T his s a ve s h av ing t o a dju st t he l ense s t hem -
whenever o nly a s ingle c amera c ha in i s used . s
elve s f or f o cus ing . T he u se o f t he e l ectron ic v iew f inder w ith
5
.I ts o utpu t s tage i s al ine a mplif ier c apab le o f d eliver ing t
hi s camera i s an ece ssity; s ince a t low l igh t l eve ls a n o ptica l
t
wo v olts p eak t o p eak c ompos i
te p ic ture a nd s ynchron izing v
i ew f i
nder w ou ld n ot b e s ati sfac tory . I t a l
so h as t he a dvan -
s
igna l t o a7 5 o hm c oax ia l t r
an sm is sion l ine ( or 1 .
5 v olts t
a ge of e l
im ina ting t he n eed f or a dditiona l l e nses w hich w ou ld
o
f p icture o nly ). be r equ ired f or a n o ptica l s ystem . T he v iew f i
nder emp loys a
6
. I ti n clude s as t
age f or i ntroduc ing a f ixed a moun t o f g amma f
ive i nch k ine scope w ith s uf f
icien t b ri
ll iance t o p roduce a s at is
-
c
orrec tion . f
ac tory p icture u nder n orma l o utdoor l igh t c ond itions . S ince
7
.I t i nclude s h igh l eve l d river s tages f or f e eding t he t wo t
he o pera tor s ees o n t he f ace o f t his k ine scope t he p icture
mon itor t ube s. w hich i s b eing t ransm i tted , h e i s a ble t o f ocu s t he p icture ,
The F ie ld P ower S upp ly i s ap or tab le u n it d esigned t o p ro- a
nd a lso t o mon i
tor t he q ua lity a nd g enera l o pera t ion . Two
v
ide a ll t he d -c r equ ired b y t he c ircu i ts i n t he F ield C amera , d
iferen t v i ew ing h ood s a re p rov ided: o ne s traigh t-on t ype,
F
ie ld V iew F inder , a nd F ie ld C amera C on tro l i n o ne c amer a a
nd t he o ther a p er iscope t ype , w hich may b e moun ted i n
c
ha in . I t may , o f c our se , b e u sed f o r a ny o ther a pp l
ica tion e
ither o f t wo p ositions . T his g ive s t he o pera tor a c ho ice o f
where i t
s v oltage a nd c urren t r at
ing s mee t t he r equ iremen ts. t
h ree d iferen t v i
ew ing h eigh ts . F or e ase i n t ranspor ting a nd
The o u tpu t v oltage o f t h
is p ower s upp ly i se lec tron ica lly r egu- m aintenance , t he v iew f inder a nd c amera a re s epara te u n its
,
l
ated w ith in v ery c l ose l im its . I t i s c apab le o f d e
live ring 1 e
ach o f w hich i s a n i ntegra l u nit i n i t
se l f
. A s t
ream lined
ampere a t am ax imum o f 2 85 v o
l ts. T he i n
terna l i mpedance c
over w ith a c arry ing h and le i s p laced o n t he c amera u ni
t
o
f t he p ower s upp ly i sl es s t han 0 .25 o hm . T h
is l ow i mpedance when t he v iew f i
nder i sr emoved . I ti sa lso p ossible t o o pera te

14
F
I
ELD E
QUIP
.

A
-c P ower I npu t f
or All Un i
ts Approx. 1
200 w a
tts
P
ower Ou tput o f Supply:
R
egu la
ted d -c Supp
ly 2 70
-285 vo
lts 1 amp.
C
onstant C urren
t Supp ly in
tended to o
perate in
to 2000 o hm
l
oad ( f
ocus ing co
il) 5
0-80 ma .

D
i mens
ions (
in i
nches):
CASE ONLY OVERALL
L
. W
. H
t. L
. W
. Ht
. We ight
F
ield C amera 2
81/
4 1
0% 1 , 2 6 1% 13 %*• 6 5 lbs
.
V
iew F inder 2
1% 1 0% 7 2
134 = 1%
/ 1
3 %•* 34 l bs
.
F
ield C aniera
Control 241/
4 81/
4 1
51/8 2
71/
4 8% 18% 6
5 l bs
.
F
ield P inser
Supply 211/
4 81/
4 1
51/
4 2
41/
4 8% 18% 58l bs
.
Li/ T
C
urre
t %
amera C
si
l) 3E
ab!e (
ktar L
200 f t
enses
. IAit
h plugs
4% l bs
.
80l bs
.
4
141 4
114
1g C
a mera C able D imens ions:
Diame ter 08
10 i n
.
S
tandard L engths 50 f
t
.
, 100 ft
.
. 200 f t
.
F
ield C
antera C
ontro
l (
*n
it a
nd F
ield P
ower S
upp
ly F
inish _ Two tone umber g ray wr
inkle wi
th chrome t r
im

t
he c
amera wi
thou
t the v
iew fi
nder: a
s f
or i
nstance where the
c
amera i
s s
et up i
n afi
xed posi
tion a
nd operates u
nattended. T
ube Co mp
le ment
I RC k I
mage Or
thicon !Fie
ld Type), 3 RCA 6 AK5
, 1 RCA
S
pec
ificat
ions
6AG5, 1RCA 6J6
, 3 RCA 6SN7GT, 2 RCA 6SL7GT, 1 RCA
F
IELD CA MERA AND PO WER SUPPLY 6BG6G, 1RCA 6 AS7G
, 1RCA 1 B3GT/8016
, 1RCA 6 V6GT.
Number o f S cann ing L ines 595 1 RCA 6L7
I
nterlacing 2t o I F
ield Camera V
iew F
inder
__
__
_.2 RCA 6AG7, 1 RCA 6
J6, 1 RCA
F
ie ld R epe t
i tion R ate 6
0 p er sec. 6
V6GT, 1 RCA 6H6, 2 RCA 6 SN7GT, 1 RCA 6 SL7GT,
F
rame R epetition R a
te 3
0 per s e c
. 1RCA 6 BG6G
, 1RCA 1 B3GT/8016
, 1 RCA 6AS7G, 1 RCA
L
ine R epe ti
t ion R ate 1
5750 p er s e c
. 5
FP4A
P
ic ture S igna l L eve l 2
.0 v o
lts, peak-to -peak, m ax. of wh ich
F
ield C amera C ontro
l 1 RCA 6 5
1(7, 4 RCA 6 AC7
,
7
5% i s p icture a nd blank , a nd 2 5% i s sine. ( See RMA 2 RCA 6 H6, 1
0 RCA 6SN7GT, 1 RCA 6 AL5, 4 RCA 6AG7
,
S
tandards).
1RCA 8 84, 1RCA 6SL7GT, 1 RCA 6BG6G , 1RCA 6 AS7G
,
P
icture S igna l P olarity a t Ou tput Black n egative
1 RCA 2 X2, 1 RCA 9
91, 1 RCA 3KP1, 1 RCA 7 CP4
Type o f T ransm ission L ine f or Picture S igna l Coax ial
Impedance o f T ransm is sion L ine 7
5 o hms F
ield Power S
upply 5 RCA 6
AS7G, 6 RCA 5 R4GY,
Max imum L eng th o f C amera C able 1
000 f t
. 1RCA M G . 1RCA 6
AC7
, 1RCA 6SL7GT, 2 RCA VR150
Total I ncluded A ngle o f L ense s ( in hor izontal Wane): S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-26905
a
. 5 0 mm 1 .9 E ktar 34°
b
. 9 0 m in 1 3
.5 E ktar 2

C
. 135 mm 1 3.8 E ktar,
E
quipmen
t S
upp
lied
1

*
** d.
8
.5 i n.
, f 3
.9 I
nclude s e quipmen t b elow p lus m isce
llaneous cab
les, fi
tt
ings,
8
°
1
3 i n
., 1 5
.0 53 0 hardware a nd m iscellaneous)
15 i n
., f 5
.0 I5° t:
amera
* *
17 i
*
n
.
g
, 1.

5
.0_ 4
° Camera V iewfinder _ . _ MI-26015
* *
2
5 i
*
n ,f
h .

50 275° Metal C amera T ripod MI-26046


I
nciden t I l
lum ina t
ion o n Scene : Camera C ontrol Un it MI-26065
(
a) M inimum ( approx .) 05 ft
. c andle Power S upp ly MI-26095
(
h) R equ ired f or F irst G rade R esul
ts _ 10 to 2 0 f t
. cand les S
et I n
terconnec ting C ables MI
-267:30
(
r) Maximum Br
igh t s un ligh t S
O f t
. C amera
Note : F igure f or ( a
) a bove i s based o n t he u se o f a n 1
00 f t
. Camera C able MI
-26725-2
f
3.5 l ens o r faster. 200 f t
. Camera C able
P
rimary Vo lts 98
-129 v ol
ts, a c
, 5 0-60 c ycles Camera L ens 1 .9, 50mm MI
-26550-1
P
rimary Vo l tage T aps : Camera L ens 13.5, 90mm MI
-26550-2
Nom inal Range Camera L ens 1 3
.8, 1 35mm MI
-26550-3
'
rap No . 1 1
25 v . 1
21-129 v . 2 Shock Moun ts MI
-26510-1
Tap No . 2 _
__ 17 v . 13-121 v . Shock Moun t MI
-26510-3
Set o f T ubes i ncluding ( 1
) 3 KP1, (1) 5FP4,
Tap No . 3 _ 1
09 v . 1
05-113 v .
1I 7CP1 , 1I I mage O rthicon
Tap No . 4 ___ 1
02 v . 98
-106 v .
Ring S ight MI
-26576
Friction H ead MI
-26205-A

A
ccesso
ries
C
amera Cab le (length to be s
pec
ified b
y c
ustomer
) MI -94-C
V
ideo Coax C able RG -11/u MI-83
V
ideo Coax C able RG -59/u MI-75
C
amera L ens 8.5 i n
.. 13
.9 MI-265504
C
amera Lens 1 3 in ,15 MI-26550-5
C
amera Lens 1 5 in, 15 MI-26550-6
C
amera Lens 1 7 in.
, 13 MI-26550-7
C
amera Lens 2 5 in ,fS MI-26550-8
P
late C
urren t Me ter MI-21200-C1

=Less viewing hood.


•Less l
enses.
TKJOA Electronic V
iew Finder and Camera •
• I
nc lud
ing c over
.
d
isassemb led f
or e
asy carry
ing •
•• Not standard e qu
ipmen
t. A
vai
lab
le a
s a
cce
ssory i
t
ems
.

15
F
I
ELD E
QUIP
.

F
ie
ld S
ynchron
izing Genera
tor
, T
ype TG
-10A
F
eatures
• D
eliver
s s
t
andard RMA s
ynchron
izing a
nd b
lank
ing
.

• A
lso d
el
iver
s s
epar
ate h
orizon
tal a
nd v
er
tica
l d
r
iving s
i
gna
ls.

• C
omp
lete i
n t
wo s
u
itcase
s, P
ulse F
ormer a
nd P
ulse S
haper
.
• F
requency con
tro
lled e
i
ther b
y 6
0 c
yc
le p
ower l
i
ne o
r b
y
q
uar
tz cry
sta
l.
• B
uil
t-in c
a
thode r
ay t
ube i
nd
ica
tor f
or c
oun
ter c
i
rcu
its
.

• B
uil
t-in r
egu
lated p
ower s
upp
ly.
• S
ing
le c
able c
onnec
tion b
etween t
he t
wo s
u
itca
ses
.

• A
ll o
utpu
t s
i
gna
ls, e
xcep
t s
ynchron
izing
, o
n s
i
ngle c
able
.

• S
ynchron
izing on s
eparate c
able t
o p
rov
ide f
o
r s
i
ngle o
r
mu
ltip
le camera o
perat
ion.

• O
pera
tion o
ver w
ide r
ange o
f l
i
ne v
ol
tage
.

• B
uil
t-in l
i
ne v
ol
tage me
ter a
nd t
ap s
wi
tch
.

• C
onven
ience o
ut
let w
ith f
u
se.

U
ses
T
he TG
-10A s
ynchron
izing g
enera
tor i
s t
he h
ear
t o
f t
he f
i
eld
t
e
levis
ion pickup equipment. I
t
s funct
ion i sto provide all t
he
t
iming i
nformation, in t
he f
orm of electr
ical pu
lse signal
s, re
- s
erie
s o f c ounters for s
tepping t h
i s master frequency down t o
q
uired f
or c
ontroll
ing and s
ynchroniz
ing t he s
canning proces
ses l
i
ne f r
equency ( 15
,750 c ycles) a nd t o f i
e
ld f requency ( 60
i
n both t
he fie
ld p i
ckup equipment a nd the re
ceiver
. c
ycles), a nd a n automatic f requency c ontrol ci
rcuit fo
r lock-
i
ng the s ynchronizing generator to the power s upply f
requency.
A crystal o sci
lla
tor o perating a t 94.5 kc. is provided as a n
D
escr
ipt
ion a
l
terna tive means o f controll
ing t he fr
equency o f the g
enerator
where t he p ower supply s y
stem i s no
t stable enough to serve
I
n o rder to keep the w eight and s ize o f the TG -10A w i
thin
a
s ar eference.
r
easonable l im
its
, the e qu ipment h as been d ivided in
to t wo
p
arts, the Field P u
lse F ormer a nd t he F ield P ulse Shaper, C
ontro l
s for the counter c i
rcui
t s
, AFC c ircu
it, and c r
y s
tal
e
ach c ontained i n a separate c a
se. A lso i nc
luded w ith t he o
sci
llator are made acce
ssible by r emoving the si
de c over o n
TG-10A i s aP ower Dis
tribu tion B ox w hich i s in
tended to b e t
he t ube side of the u ni
t. A c athode r ay tube i ndicator
u
sed f or connect
ing the 17 v ol
t p ower s ource to the var
iou s (
RCA 2 BP
1) f o
r the counter circuits is mounted within t he
u
nits o
f t
he RCA F
ie
ld T
elev
ision E
quipmen
t. c
ase and isvis
ible when the cover i sremoved t o make a djust
-
m
en ts of t
he con
trols
.
T
he e qu
ipment genera
tes f
our sep
arate s
igna
ls which a
re r
e
-
q
uired for a525 li
ne in
ter
laced sys
tent a
s recommended b
y A si
ngle cable c ontain
ing 4 c oaxial lines and s e
veral o ther
t
he RMA
. T
he s
i
gna
ls a
re d
es
igna
ted a
s f
o
llow
s: c
onductors carr
ie s si
gnals a nd p ower between t he F
ield P ulse
1
. S
ynchroniz
ing F
ormer a nd the F ie
ld P ulse Shaper. T he ac p ower enters the
2
. B
lanking P
ulse Former t hrough a s pecia
l c onnec
tor. A c onvenience o ut
-
3
. Ver
tica
l driv
ing (a
t fi
eld f
requency, 6
0 cyc
les
) l
e
t, separa
tely fu sed for 10 a mpere s
, isp rovided o n the rear
4
. Hor
izontal d
riv
ing (a
t li
ne f
requency, 1
5
,750 c
ycle
s) p
anel. N o other c onnect
ions a re required.

The f
i
rs
t two of t
hese si
gnals
, Synchron
izing and Blanking
, The F ie
ld P u
lse F ormer a l
so i nc
lude s a r egula
ted p ower
a
re u
sed d
irec
tly i
n composing t
he fi
nal p
icture s
i
gna
l f ed t
o s
upply w hich provides a l
l the plate c urrent required b y b o
th
t
he output o
f t he sy
stem. In other words, they a ppear as par ts t
he F ormer a nd the Shaper . T
he Tran sformer p rimary i stapped
o
f the c omposite picture signa
l. The l as
t t wo s igna
ls, H ori- a
t several p o
ints to accommoda te a w ide r ange of li
ne v ol
tage
z
ontal and Vertica
l D riv
ing, are u
sed in the p ickup equipmen t (
9 8 to 129 volts). A selector swi
tch f or these taps i
s moun ted
o
nly. Their p
rincipal funct
ion isto t
rigger deflect
ion g enerator s o
n the f ront panel directly under a l ine v o
ltme te
r w hich indi-
i
n cameras and mon itors
. T hey a
re al
so used f or keying signa ls c
ates w hen t he p roper t ap has b een s elected
.
i
n "clamp" c ircui
ts a nd for blank
ing s ignals i n the came ra.

F
IELD PULSE SHAPER
F
IELD PULSE FORMER T
he F ield P ul
se Shaper con
tains al
l circu
its neces
sary for
The Field P u
lse Former c on
tains t
he tim
ing c i
rcuits required s
haping, mixing
, and pu
lse width c
ontro
l to produce the f
our
i
n t he sy
stem. Specif
ically
, they i
nclude the master osci
llator o
utput signa
ls. Pu
lse w
idth
s are ad
justab
le by means of sc
rew-
w
h ich o per
ates at tw ice li
ne frequency ( 3
1,500 c yc
les), a d
r
iver
-type c
ontro
ls w
hich m
ay b
e l
ocked i
n p
osi
tion
.

16
F
I
ELD E
QUIP
.

S
pec
ificat
ions
F
ie
ld R
epe
tit
ion R
ate 6
0 p
er s
e
c.
F
rame R
epe
tit
ion R
ate 3
0 p
er s
ec
.
L
ine R
epe
tit
ion R
ate 1
5
,750 p
er s
ec
.
S
ynchron
izing G
enera
tor Mas
ter O
sci
lla
tor F
requency
3
1,500 c
yc
les/
sec
.

S
ynchron iz
ing G
enera
tor C
oun
ter R
atio
s:
F
irst 7•1
S
econd 5 •1
Third 5 •1
Fourth 3•1

F
requency S
tab
ility o
f Horizon
tal Sync.
(
when s
t
abilized b
y power supp
ly ) _ -
±
-0.15 %/sec
. max
.

F
requency o
f Q
uar
tz C
rys
taL _94
,500 c
yc
les/sec
. ±
-50 c
yc
les

S
ynchron
izing G
enera
tor O
utpu
t S
igna
ls:
(
a
) S
igna
l L
eve
l (
a
ll s
i
gna
ls)
4
.0 (-0
.5, +1
.0 v
ol
ts, p
eak
-to
-peak
)
(
b) S
igna
l P
olar
ity (
a
ll s
i
gna
ls) N
ega
tive

P
ower D
istr
ibu
tion B
ox (
c
) Waveform -Sync Def
ined b y " Recomended Sync
.
Genera
tor Wave form s"
, ad rawing s ubm
im t
ted Janu
-
a
ry 2 , 1946 (Revi
sed O ctober 9 , 1
946) by the RMA
S
ub-comm i
ttee o
n S tud
io F aci
lit
ies.
(
d) Waveform
-Picture B
lanking Def
ined b y "Recom
-
T
he o utputs are f ed to 75 o hm coaxial line s f
rom the pl
ate mended Sync. Gener
ator Wave forms", adrawing sub
-
c
i
rcuits of the fi
nal a mplif
ier tubes ( RCA 6 AG7). These out- mit
ted January 2, 1
946 (Rev
ised O ctober 9, 1
946) b
y
p
uts are c oup
led t h
rough b locking c apacitors t
o prevent cl
-c th
e RMA S ub-commi
ttee on Studio Faci
lit
ies.
hor
n flowing in the transmission l
ines
. T he normal s
igna
l level (
e
) Wave
form
-Hor
izon ta
l D r
iving Rec
tangular p u
lse,
o
n these l i
nes is 4v o
lts
, p eak to peak . A l
l four s
ignals are 1
5,750/sec
. Width 6
.
3 m
icrosec
. ( approx.
)
n
egat
ive i n polarity.
(
f
) Wave
form
-Ver
tica
l D
riv
ing Rec
tangu
lar p u
lse,
Two separate cab
les carry the s
i
gna ls to the equipmen t in the 6
0/sec
. Wid
th 4% o
r .00067 se
c.
s
ys
tem . O ne mu l
tiple cable, c
onsisting o f four coaxia
ls, c ar
-
r
ie
s t he Picture Blanking a nd t he Hor izontal and V ertical A
-c P
ower I
npu
t, S
ync G
en 3
25 w
atts
Dr
iving si
gna ls t
othe Field Camera C ontrols. The se
cond c able
D
imen
sions (
i
n i
nche
s):
i
s asingle coaxia
l line which c
arries the S ynchron
izing signal.
CASE O NL Y OVERALL
Two fi
lament tr
ansforme r
s are mounted in the Pulse Shaper L
. Wt
. Ht
. L
. W
. Ht
. W
t.
t
o supp
ly the t
ube h ea
ters. P
la
te curren
t for the t
ubes ispro- F
ie
ld P
ulse F
orm
'r 2
4% 8% 1
5% 2
5% 8% 1
81/
2 6
7% lb
s.
v
ided by t
he r
egula
ted p ower s
upp
ly i nthe F
ie
ld P u
lse Former.
F
ie
ld P
ulse S
haper 2
4% 8% 1
5% 2
5% 8% 1
8% 5
2 l
b
s.
P
ower D
ist
. B
ox 1% 8
%1 3% 1% 87
/8 5 1
0 l
b
s.
PO WER D
ISTRIBUT
ION BOX
F
inish D
eep umber g
ray w
rink
le w
ith c
hrome t
r
im
T
his di
stribut
ion b ox h a
s n ine 2 -prong t wist lock r eceptac
les
w
hich fi
t the power cables supplied w ith t h
e e quipmen t
. T h
is T
ube Complement:
n
umber o f out
lets is more t han s ufic
ien t for af our c amera P
ulse F
ormer M I-26
105 P
ulse Shaper M
I-26
115
s
e
tup, and t hus al
low s extra o utlets f or o peration o f as
so- 1 RCA 2BP1 6 RCA 6AC7
c
i
ated audio equipment. Two s t
andard c onven ience o utlets a
re 2 RCA 5V4G 4 RCA 6AG7
a
l
so provided for s
oldering i r
on s
, t rouble ligh ts
, etc. 4 RCA 6AC7 4 RCA 6L7
1 RCA 6AS7G 1
2 RCA 6 SL7GT
T
he p ower-
feed li
ne t o the box is a four-
conduc
tor w ater
7 RCA 6H6 2 RCA 6SN7GT
p
roof c
able (each conduc
tor # 10 g
auge, st
randed) connected 3 RCA 6SL7GT 2 RCA 5691
t
hrough 4-
prong twist
lock connec
tors
. A t o
tal of 2
00 feet of
7 RCA 6SN7GT
t
h
is cable is s
uppl
ied w i
th each equipment.
2 RCA OD3/VR150
P
rovis
ion ismade for c
onnec
ting th
is box to a
ny one o
f t
hree 1 RCA VC5K1
t
ypes of p
ower d
istr
ibut
ion lines w
hich ar
e n orma
lly e
ncoun- S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26920
t
ered in t
he Uni
ted State
s. T he
se are
:
L S
ing
le p
hase
, 2w
ire (
1
17 v
ol
ts). E
quipmen
t S
upp
lied
:

2
.Single phase
, 3w
ire (
1
17 v
ol
ts f
r
om e
ach o
uter l
i
ne t
o 1P
ulse F
ormer M
I-26105
n
eutra
l). 1P
ulse S
haper M
I-26115
3
.Three p hase
, 4 w
ire (
117 v
ol
ts f
r
om e
ach o
uter l
i
ne t
o 1P
ower D
istr
ibu
tion B
ox M
I-26260
n
eutra
l).
1P
la
te C
urren
t Me
ter M
I-21200
-C1
A li
nk b oard u nder a t r
ap d oor at o ne e nd of the b ox pro
-
2S
hock Moun
ts M
I-26510
-1
v
ides easy mean s for rearranging t he c ircu
its to f i
t any of
t
hese three sy
stem s. O u
tlets are color-coded t o indicate phas
- 1S
et o
f C
able
s M
I-26735
i
ng o n the three p hase system, and c orrespondingly c o
lored
p
ilot lamp s i
ndicate w hich p hase
s a re " hot" in case a m ain
f
use burn s ou
t.
Accessor
ies
P
rovi
sion is t
hus made t
o u
t
ilize a
ll e
l
ements o
f a ny a
vai
l-
a
ble power d
i
str
ibu
tion s
ys
tem so a
s t
o m
inim
ize v
oltage d
rop. 1C
rys
tal Un
it MI
-26545
-

17
F
IELD E
QUIP
.

Mas
ter Mon
itor
, T
ype TM
-5A
F
eatures
• Opera
tes wi
th compo si
te p ic
ture s i
gna
l inpu
t (s
ynchron
ized
o
perat
ion) o r w
ith separate picture s
igna
l and pu
lse s
igna
l
i
nput vo
ltages (
driven o peration).

• S
pec
ial 1
0 in
ch di
ame ter
, kinescope wi
th al
uminum b
ack
ing
m
akes po
ssible a v
ery bri
lliant pi
cture.

• S
pec
ial l
ow c
apac
ity i
npu
t c
onnec
tion
.

• Compact d
esign perm its l
ocat
ion in operat
ing c
onsoles w
ith
m
inimum s pace requirements. Opera
tor can e
as
ily look o
ver
t
he top of the c onso le and can o bserve a
t least t
hree
a
djacen
t mon itor
s w ithout difi
culty
.

• S
ynchroniza
tion oft
he o
sc
illoscope s
weep wi
th t
he k
ine
scope
s
weep a t hal
f-l
ine or ha
lf-f
ield fr
equency is c
omplete
ly
a
utomat
ic.

• O
pera
ting c
ontro
ls a
re e
x
treme
ly s
imp
le.

• P
ulse high
-vo
ltage s
upp
ly r
educe
s s
hock h
azard c
on-
s
i
derab
ly.

• T
ubes a
nd c
i
rcu
its a
re r
ead
ily a
cce
ssib
le.

• Adap
ter i
sava
ilable f
or r
ack moun
ting and a s
u
itcase t
ype
e
nclo
sure a
vai
lable f
or por
tab
le or fi
eld use
.

• C
alibra
tion c
i
rcu
it p
erm
its q
uick r
e
ference t
o af
i
xed v
ol
tage
l
e
vel.
TM
-5A Mas
ter Moni
tor shown moun ted i
n
• Gr
id c
ircuit o
f o
sc
illo
scope i
sava
ilab
le f
o
r p
ulse m
easur
- F
ield C
arry
ing Ca
se. MI-2652
1
i
ng t
e
chn ique
s.

The v ert
ical front p anel o f t he mon itor
, f i
nished in d ark
umber g ray is a r
ranged w i
th a n o pening a t the t
op c enter,
U
ses f
i
tted w ith a r e
ctangu lar m ask , f o
r t h
e 1 0 inch kinescope t o
p
resent the pic
ture s creen. T he screen oft he 5 inch o
sc
illoscope
The T ype TM -5A Mas ter Mon i
tor p rov
ides i n a c ompac t i
sa r
ranged i mmed iately below t he kinescope s c
reen in a 5i n
ch
c
hassis ac omplete mon i
toring u ni
t a dap
tab le to the super - c
ircular o pen
ing . T he l ower s ection o f th
e p anel ca
r r
ies t he
v
ision of c ompo s
ite pi
cture s i
gnals at any st
age of tr
an smis
sion , s
witche s and controls, conven iently grouped .
f
rom c amera p ickup t o radio tr
ansmitter input. Itm ay be used
f
or b o
th p icture and w aveform mon itoring o f si
gnals from t he Wi
th the e nds of the kinescope a nd os c
illoscope presented to
r
e
lay r e
ce iver, the ou
tpu t signal at the m aster con
tro l room , t
he panel, the other componen ts o f the c i
rcuits a
re moun ted
o
r a ny o ther picture signals it may b e des
irable t o mon i
tor o
n vert
ical c ha
ssis on both side
s o f th
e c athode-ray tubes with
a
t the radio t r
ansm i
tter l o
cation. t
ube sockets and circu
it componen ts a
r ranged o n narrow s he
lf
members s o tha
t all par
ts are r e
ad i
ly a ccessib
le for servic
ing.

At we
lve c ontact plug a t the r
e ar of the a
ssembly provides for
D
escr
ipt
ion t
he c onnection o f n ecessary i nput p ower a nd external syn-
c
hronizing p ulse w iring. A s afety feature is i
ncluded i n the
The Master Mon i
tor is furnished i n c hass
is f orm . It m ay
, f
orm o f an inter
lock w hich i sa t
tached to the monitor
, so that
t
here
fore,b e p
laced in ahousing a nd grouped w ith other mas
ter w
ithdrawa l of the c has
sis f r
om t he case opens t
he high vol
tage
moni
tors or camera controls to form a n o perat
ing c onsole. A c
ircui
ts i n the u nit t o preven t accidental con
tact w i
th d an-
c
ase for table top mounting i s avai
lab le s o it can b e used g
erous p otentials
.
c
onvenient
ly w ith fi
eld e qu
ipmen t for mon itoring p urposes
, The Mas ter Mon itor may b e o pera ted a s e ither a " synchron -
a
nd in conjunct
ion w i
th the a daptor
, M I-26526, itc an be used i
zed" o r as a" driven" mon itor. I n t he s ynchron ized c ase, t he
a
s ar ack moun ted monitor. s
canning c i
rcuits a re o perated b y block ing o s
c il
la tors w hich
i
n tu rn a re tr
iggered b y t he s ync. p u
lse s c onta ined i n t he
The unit employs a 1 0 inch k inescope f or d irect p
icture i
ncom ing c ompo s
ite p ic
ture s igna l. I n t he d riven c ase, t he
moni
toring and a 5 i nch osc
illoscope f o
r s i
gnal c omponent i
ncom ing s i
gnal w ill n orma lly c ome f rom a c amera c hain
a
nalys
is. I
nput circuits are arranged t o p ermit t he s
ame o r w
ithou t s ync. p ulse s
. T he s cann ing c ircu i
ts a re t herefore
d
iferent p
ic
ture s ignals to appear o n the k inescope and o s
- "
driven" d i
rectly b y s eparate s ignals f rom t h e s ynchron izing
g
enera tor
. C onnec tions t o the s ync. g enera tor a re m ade t hrough
c
i
lloscope s
creens a t the same time.
t
he mu l
ti-contact p lug. T he s witching a rrangemen t e mployed
f
or selecting the t ype of o pera t
ion c uts o f the b lock ing o s c
il-
Ac a
libration c i
rcu i
t i sinc
luded t o e s
tab l
ish a def
ini
te v ol
tage
l
a
tors b y opening t he cathode c ircuits w hen t he u ni
t i so per-
l
evel o n the o scilloscope screen fo r measur ing purposes. T he
a
ted a s ad r
iven mon i
tor . T he u n
it i n
clude s t hree s tep d own
h
orizon ta
l s c
ann ing f r
equency o f the o sc
illo
scope tube i sauto- t
ransformer s to f u rnish c urren t f or t he t ube h ea ters a nd f i
la-
mat
ica l
ly h alf t hat of the kinescope a nd r e
su l
ts in two cycles ments b u
t d -
c c urren ts for the t ube p late c ircuits a nd c entering
o
f either h orizon tal or vert
ical p u
l ses
, a s m ay be s
elected b y c
ircuits mu st b e o btained f r om a n e x
terna l r e gulated p owe r
t
he o perator, a ppearing o n the oscilloscope s c
reen
. s
upply .

18
F
I
ELD E
QUIP
.

S
pec
ificat
ions I
NPUT FROM CAMERA CHAIN WHEN U
SED A
S
CAMERA OR PROGRAM MONITOR
I
NPUT PO WER W HEN U
SED A
S L
INE OR
RELAY RECE
IVER MON
ITOR P
eak toPeak F
requency Pul
se
V
oltage i
nCycle
s Width
F
rom Line for T
ube H
eater
s:
L
ine Vo
ltage 1
05
-125 vo
lts V
ert
ica
l D
rive 2m
in. 6
0
L
ine F
requency 5
0
-60 c
yc
les
, s
i
ngle phase
Horizonta
l D r
ive _ 2m
in. 1
5
,750 1
0%
F
rom P ower Supply: *O
scilla
tor D r
ive 8 M
ixed 3
0and 7
875
P
late V ol
tage 2
85 v
ol
ts d
-
c s
• Bias —18 d
-c
P
late C urren
t 5
10 ma
.

** Tally Light 6
.3 v
.
C
en ter
ing V ol
tage —7 v
olt
s d
-
c
F
requency R
esponse
:
T
ube C omplemen
t___3 -6AC7
, 6 6
AG7, 2-6AL5, 1-6AS7-G
,
2-6BG6 -G
, 1- 6
SN7-GT. 2-IB3
-GT/80
16, 1--5CP1A
, K
inescope Amplif
ier ___Ha
t ±1 d
b t
o 8m
c.
1-1816P4 O
sci
lloscope Amplif
ier
(
Vertica
l Def
lec
tion) F
la
t +1
.5 d
b t
o 4 mc
.
I
npu
t I
mpedance
:
CRO I
nput H
igh
K
ine
scope Input H
igh
CRO Dr
ive S i
gnal H
igh
S
igna
l I
npu
t R
ange
:
CRO I
nput 05 t
o 3v
ol
ts
K
ine
scope Inpu
t 0
5 to 3v
ol
ts
C
hass
is D
imens
ion
s _ 17 3/
4" h
igh; 1
3" w
ide; 2
01/
4" d
eep
We
igh
t 6
8 l
b
s.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion (
cha
ssis o
nly M
I-26
135
.A
A
cce
ssory F
ie
ld C
arry
ing C
ase _ M
I-26521
S
hock M t M
I-26510
-2
R
ack Moun
ting A
dap
lor M
I-26526
B
lower Kit n
eeded if TM
-5A i
s u
sed i
n
Conso
le H
ousing M
I-26579

*Use o f th
is s i
gnal i s op
tional.
U
sed o nly with camera c ha
in, under w hich c
ond i
tion fo
l.
l
owing o u
tpu t voltages are avai
lab le f
rom mon i
tor :
P
edestal C ontro l 0to —18 v ol
ts d
-c
V
ideo G a
in C ontrol 0t
o —18 v ol
ts d
-c
•* Connected to s w
itch ing or mon itor hea
ter ci
rcuit.
T
he TM
-5A Master Mon
itor may b
e mounted i
n
V
ideo C
onsole un
it as s
hown a
bov
e

P
hoto o
boe eshows how TM-5/
1 m ay be moun
ted i
t
h R
ack Moun
ting A
dap
tor
. MI-2652o
, the 1
11-5A
i
n as pec
ial h
ousing f
or po
rtable u
ses may b
e moun
ted a
s s
hown a bore

19
F
I
ELD E
QUIP
.

F
ie
ld Sw
itch
ing S
ystem
, T
ype T
S-30A
F
eatures
• S
urge
less camera s w
itch
ing (clamp c
i
rcu
it) f
o
r f
our c
am-
e
ras a
nd two aux
iliary si
gna
ls.

• S
witching b
etween c
ameras w
ithout i
nter
rup
ting s
ync
, t
hus
e
l
im inat
ing fr
ame sl
ipp
ing at r
ece
iver
s.

• I
ndiv
idua
l l
eve
l c
ontro
l o
n e
ach a
uxi
liary p
ic
ture i
npu
t.

• S
w i
tch
ing o
f Ma s
ter Moni
tor fo
r check
ing th
e o u
tgo
ing p
ic
-
t
ure l
ine
, a
uxi
liary l
ine
s, re
lay tansmi
tter
, etc
.

• P
ush b
utton s
wi
tche
s f
or p
ic
ture s
i
gna
ls.

• T
ally sy
stem to i
ndica
te "on
-the-a
ir" t
o t
he c
amera c
ontro
l
o
perator
, camera man, a
nd performer
s.

• C
lamp c
i
rcu
it h
olds b
lack l
eve
l c
ons
tan
t.

• S
ync
. l
e
vel a
dju
stab
le o
ver w
ide r
ange
.

• I
ncom
ing s
i
gna
l m
ay b
e w
ith o
r w
i
thou
t s
ync
.

• O
pera
tion in con
junct
ion w i
th a Ma
ster Mon
itor f
r
om a
s
i
ngle e
xterna
l power supp
ly.

• B
uil
t-in p
ower s
upp
ly w
ith s
epara
te c
ontro
l s
wi
tch f
o
r t
he
E
ach pu
sh b ut
ton has an assoc
iated ta
lly
. C amera sw
itch
ing
i
n
tercom. s
ys
tem.
t
a
llie
s o
pera
te i n c
onjunc
tion wi
th tal
lies in t
he Cameras a
nd
C
amera Contro
ls.
• C
omplete min
iature "
centra
l ofice" f
or a
n i n
ter
-communica-
t
i
on sys
tem b e
tween all opera
tors in af our camera s
e
tup T
he picture a mplif
ier i
ncludes a" clamp" c i
rcuit t
o el
iminate
a
nd the program direc
tor, technica
l director
, a nd main
s
witch
ing t ransients and o ther low f requency dis
turbances
s
t
udio
.
wh
ich m ay have been added to the si
gnal e
arlier i
n t
he sy
stem.
a
nd thus provides that smooth s w
itching which adds much to
p
rogram t e
chn ique.
U
ses
T
he t
hree 7
5-ohm coax
ial o
utpu
ts f
r
om t
he o
utgo
ing l
i
ne a
mpl
i-
The Field S witching S ys
tem , w hen used i n c
omb ination w ith f
i
er a
re as fo
llow
s:
t
he Field Master Mon i
tor, isthe equivalent, i
n the Fie
ld E quip-
ment, of the d irector
's console i n as t
udio. It provides t wo 1
.Pic
ture O
utpu
t (
f
or f
e
eding a r
e
lay t
r
ansm
itter o
r s
t
udio
major services i n a s e
tup i nvolving more t han o ne c amera. l
i
ne).
The fi
rst is
, of c ourse
, am eans o f sw
itching between c ameras 2
. Ma
ster Mon
itor O
utpu
t.
a
nd o f mon i
tor ing t he outgoing s i
gna l
. T he s e
cond i s the
3
.Aux
iliary Mon
itor O
utpu
t.
p
rovision o f a n in
tercommun ication c en
ter for the t e
lephone
s
ystem w hich e nables al
l operating personnel to ta
lk w ith each A
t o u
tpu t 1a ppears the si
gnal f
rom t he part
icular camera
o
ther.
s
e
lected b y the CA MERA SW ITCHING p ush b u
tton
. T he
s
econd o u
tput i s e
fect
ively in p
ara
llel with the fi
rst ou
tput
w
hen t he mon
i tor sw
itch is i
n t
he p
icture li
ne p o
sit
ion.
D
escr
ipt
ion
T
he th
ird ou
tput isprovided to supp
ly signal t
o any a
uxil
iary
The c
omplete e
quipment c
onsi
sts of the Fie
ld S w
i tching unit
. e
quipmen
t w h
ich itm ay be d
esired t
o operate s
uch as a
n add
i-
c
onta
ined in ac
ompact, e
as
ily carr
ied case; and the assoc
iated t
i
onal moni
tor, as t
andby l i
nk t ran
smitter
, or the swi
tching
F
ield Power S
upply
, li
kewise contained in ap or
tab le case
.
s
y
stem of an add
itional se
t of f i
e
ld equipment.
T
he pic
ture s
igna
l c
ircui
ts provide for sw
itching be
tween f our
A
ll three o f t
hese o u
tpu ts del
iver t he same s i
gnal le
vel and
c
ameras and two incoming a uxi
liary lines
, o r in u nusual
c
ase
s, b
etween s
ix c
ameras. Commun icat
ion circu
its are l
imited p
olari
ty, i.e
., 2v o
lts, peak t o p
eak , of pi
cture a nd sync, wi
th
t
o am aximum of f
our c ameras
. s
ync. negative
. It i sassumed t hat t h
is level i s b
ased o n the
s
t
andard r a
tio of 7 5% p icture a nd 2 5% s ync. However , for
Two sets o f push b utton s w
itches are provided for pic
ture s
ignal
s f rom l o
cal C ameras , where s ync, i s mixed w i
th t he
s
witch
ing . O ne set
, located at the bo
ttom o f the f
ront panel
, c
amera s ignal in the Field S wi
tch ing System , the amoun t of
a
nd m arked " CAMERA SW ITCHING ," s w
itches s
ignal from s
ynchronizing voltage may b e increased a bove the 25% v a
lue
a
ny o f f our camer as o r two a ux
ill
iary i npu
ts to the o ut
-
b
y a djus
ting the S ynchronizing G a
in C ontrol.
g
oing line
. T he second s e
t marked "MONITOR SW ITCHING"
p
rovides f or switching t he Fie
ld Mas ter Mon i
tor to any of P
ulse s
ignals fo
r o perat
ion o f the c
lamp c i
rcu
it are der
ived
t
he fo
llow ing fi
ve p os
itions: f
r
om t he synchronizing s i
gnal. The c
lamp o pera
tes at b
lack
1
. Ou
tgoing picture li
ne. l
e
vel so tha
t the o u
tpu t st
age always opera
tes over t
he same
2
. Moni
tor outpu t of re
lay t
ran
smi
tter
. p
ort
ion of i t
s characteris
tic.
3
. I
ncoming a uxi
liary line 5
.
4
. I
ncoming a uxi
liary line 6
. F
i
lamen
t p
ower fo
r a
ll t
ube
s i n t
he f
i
eld sw
itcher i
s s
up-
5
. S
pare inpu
t t o monitor. p
l
ied b
y atr
ans
forme
r in the F
ie
ld Sw
itch
ing S ys
tem
. D-c

1
20
F
I
ELD E
QUIP
.

T
he c ircui
t u sed f o
r t he i n
tercommun ica
tion system is the
c
ommon b attery type
. T he p ower supply o pera
tes fom t
he a -
c
l
i
ne a nd i s conta
ined i n the Field S w
i tch
ing S y
stem. A sep-
a
ra
te p ower s w
itch, fuse
, a nd tal
ly are p rovided so t
hat the
i
n
tercommun ica
tion s y
stem m ay b e o perated while t
he rest
o
f the e quipmen t is turned o f.

F
our s epar a
te c ables carry the i n
tercommun ica
tion and t a
lly
c
ircu
its b e
tween t he Fie
ld S wi
tching S ys
tem a nd the f
our Field
C
amera C ontrols
. A j ack provides mean s for a 2w ire ci
rcuit
t
o the re
lay t r
ansm it
ter. Receptacles are provided for c
onnec t
-
i
ng the p rogram s ound, a nd the e ngineering a nd program
p
hone l ines, or P L
's, from the m ain s t
udio o r t
ransmit
ter.

Con
tro ls n orma lly u
sed d uring show t ime are located on the
R
ELAY C
AR CONY I C
AN CORI 2 f
ron
t p anel
. O thers, u
sed rather in
frequen t
ly, a
re located under

OAK 00
11T 3 C
AN CONY 4 P
ROD as mall trap d oor on top o f the sui
tcase. Controls normally
p
reset a re located on the c hass
is a nd are made a cces
sib
le b y
r
emov ing t he c over on th
e t ube side of the un
it.

I
ndiv
idual c
oaxial connectors are provided for all i
ncoming
a
nd o u
tgo
ing pic
ture and s ynchroniz
ing l i
nes. All o
ther con-
n
ec
tions a
re made w i
th mu lt
iple conductor cable
s to keep the
n
umber of c
onnections to am inimum .

A removable f r
on t c
over is prov
ided to protect the sw
itches
a
nd o ther controls fr
om d amage d uring transporta
tion
. R e-
movable side covers are also prov
ided. T he w ir
ing side is
i
nter
locked a nd an auxi
liary l
ink issuppl
ied t o re
store power
f
or serv
icing.

S
pec
ificat
ions
D
imens
ion
s:
, F
ie
ld S
witch
ing U
nit
C
ase Only 2
41/
2" l
ong
, 81
/s" w
ide
, 1
51/
8" h
igh
F
ron
t v i
ew o f Sw
itch
ing Un
it O
vera
ll 2
61/
2" l
ong
, 81
/2" w
ide
, 1
81/
2" h
igh
s
how ing p
ane
l deta
il
F
ie
ld P
ower S
upp
ly
C
ase Only 2
4 1/
2" l
ong
, 81
/8" w
ide
, 1
51A" h
igh
f
or p la
te s upp ly i s obtained f rom a n M I-26095 F ie ld P ower O
vera
ll 941/
2" l
ong
, 81
/2" w
ide
, 1
51/" h
4 igh
S
upp ly w h
ich i sa l
so c apab le o f p roviding p late c urrent t o a
A
-c P ower I
nput (approx.):
F
ield Mas ter Mon i
tor a t t he s ame t ime. T he p ower c on tro
l
s
witch f or the F ield P ower S upply w i
th a n a ssociated t ally, is .
S
%itcher a
nd Power U n
it 8
00 w
atts
l
ocated o n t he f ront p ane l o f t he F ield S wi
tch ing S ystem. S
witcher
, Power Unit and Ma
ster Mon
itor 150 w
atts
The i n
tercommun ication s ystem p rovide s t alking c ircuits b e
-
We
igh
t:
t
ween t he c amera m en, t he c amera c ontrol o perator, t he t ech
-
n
ical director, the p rogram d i
rector , and a ny a ssis
tan t produc - F
ie
ld S wi
tching Uni
t 7
1 5l b
s.
t
i
on p ersonne l w ho m ay b e s t
ationed n ear t he c ameras . I tp ro
- F
ield Power U n
it 5
8 l
b
s.
v
ides a l
so a c i
rcu it f or di s
tribu t
ion o f the p rogram s ound t o S
tock Iden
tif
icat
ion M
I-26950
a
l
l t he operators o f the s ystem . Each o perator m ay b e p rov ided
w
ith a t elephone s e
t c onsisting o f ad oub le e ar p hone h ead
b
and a nd a m icrophone . O ne e ar p hone i n e ach s e
t r epro-
d
uce s the program s ound , a nd th e other r eproduce s the o per
- T
ube C
o mp
le ment
a
tors' conver sat
ion .
3RCA 6AC7 1 RCA 6
116
R
ecessed u
nder the f
ront p
anel o
f the Field Swi
tching S y
stem 5 RCA 6
AG7 3 RCA 6
SN7GT
i
s aj a
ck board wi
th accommodat
ions f or si
x telephone s e
ts;
o
ne for e
ach c: . r
a, one f
or t
le
. p rogram director and o ne
w
ithout p
rogram sound for t
he r
elay t r
ansmit
ter o pera
tor.

A g
roup o f t
ogg
le s witche
s On the u pper part o
f t
he fr
ont
E
quipmen
t S
upp
lied
p
ane
l provides means f o
r making s
everal ci
rcuit c
omb
ina
tions
1 S
witch
ing S
ys
tem M
I-26215
i
n t
he in
tercommun ica
tion sys
tem. The fol
low ing c
omb
ina
tions
a
re a
vai
lable: 3 H
eadse
ts M
I-26570
-6
1
.Separa
te c
i
rcu
it t
o e
ach c
amera a
nd t
he r
e
lay t
r
ansm
itter
. 2 S
hock Moun
ts M
I-26510
-1

2
. A c
ommon c
i
rcu
it t
o a
l
l c
ameras o
r a
ny g
roup
ing o
f t
hem
. 1 S
et o
f C
able
s M
I-26740

3
.Op
tiona
l t
i
e-
in b
etween o
pera
tor
s a
nd p
rogram d
irec
tor
. P
ower S
upp
ly M
I-26095
4
. O
ptional t
ie
-in be
tween o
per
ator
s a
nd t
he e
ngineer
ing PL
. P
la
te C
u,r
en
t Me
ter M
I-21200
-C1
(
Priva
te Line).
5
.Op
tiona
l t
i
e-
in b
e
tween e
ngineer
ing PL a
nd p
roduc
tion PL
.
6
. Op
tiona
l c
i
rcu
it f
or t
he p
rogram d
irec
tor o
ver t
he p
rogram A
cce
ssor
ies
l
i
ne. A
uxi
liary F
ie
ld S
witcher (
Fader
) M
I-26238

1
21
F
IELD E
QUIP
.

A
uxi
liary F
ie
ld Sw
itch
ing C
ontro
l, M
I-26238
F
eatures
• P
rov
ides means fo
r ad issolve
, f
ade
, s
uper
imposed p
ic
ture
.
o
r i
nstan
taneous sw
itch
ing .
• S
witche
s u
p t
o s
i
x l
oca
l s
i
gna
ls.
• T
ally l
i
ght s
witch
ing f
or f
our c
amera c
hains
.
• P
rovide s lo
ca l ta
llv l
ight s
ystem to indicate c
amera o r c
am-
e
ras "on-the-air"
.
• S
eparate a d justments of s ignal l
evels f or superimposed
p
icture.
• Use in c onjunction with T S-30A Camera C ontrol permi
ts
h
and l
ing o f v arious combina t
ions o
f e leven signa
ls.

U
ses
T
he Auxi
liary F
ield S
witching Contro
l is de
signed fo
r u se
it
h t
he TS
-30A Fie
ld Swi
tching Sys
tem . I
t p
ermits a v
aried
n
umber o
f s
witch
ing a
nd f
ading c
ond
itions d
epend
ing o
n
h
idiv
idual requ
iremen
ts. F
or e xamp
le, a
c
tua
l o pera
tion al
lows
t
he fol
lowing to b
e a
ccomplished v
sit
h t
he ou
tpu t of t
he aux
-
i
l
iary s
witcher f
ed t
o "
AUX" 5 i
npu
t o
n t
he T
S-30A:

S
witch
ing F
ading
D
esc
rip
tion
i
na
tion L
oca
l R
emo
te L
oca
l T
he A
uxi
liary F
ield S
witch
ing C
ontro
l i
nc
ludes t
he n
ece
ssary
A 1 0 6 p
ush
-bu
tton s
witches
, f
ader c
ontro
l, r
es
istor n
etworks
, t
a
lly
I 8 3 -
1
. l
i
ghts and c
oaxia
l connec
tors for a
ccommoda
ting s ix c
amera
(
: .1 7 0 c
ontro
l ci
rcu
its (or f
our cameras a
nd two aux
iliary). F
ader
l
e
ver a
rms p
rov
ided a
re n
orma
lly o
pera
ted t
oge
ther b
ut may
O
ther c
omb
ina
t• sa
re a
l
so p
oss
ible)
b
e o
pera
ted s
epara
tely a
s t
he o
pera
tor c
hoose
s. When f
ad
ing
f
rom b
lack
, i
t i
s n
ot n
ece
ssary t
o p
unch a "
release" b
utton
F
or e
xample, i
n c
omb
ination "B" above
, ac
tua
l opera
tion p
er-
o
n t
he "
off" c
hanne
l. I
f n
o b
utton i
s d
epres
sed i
n t
he "
off"
m
its t
he fo
llow
ing: (1
) F our lo
cal signa
ls may be fed to
c
hanne
l, opera
tion i
sau
tomat
ical
ly se
t f
or black
. The a
uxi
liary
Aux
iliary S
witcher w
hich c
an b
e f
aded o
r s
witched i
ns
tan
-
u
nit i
s housed in a
n all
-me
tal ca
se fi
nished in umber gray
t
aneous
ly, (
2
) F
our o
ther l
oca
l s
i
gna
ls may
' b
e f
ed t
o T
S-30A
w
rinkle. .
A
ll s
witch
ing c
i
rcu
it c
ontro
ls a
re cl
ear
ly and l
egib
ly
f
or i
ns
tantaneous swi
tching
, (3) Two r
emo
te s
igna
ls may be i
den
tified o
n t
he fron
t p
ane
l. C
oax term
ina
ls are b
rough
t o ut
f
ed t
o Auxi
liary S
witcher on "
Aux 5
" a
nd "
Aux 6
" and a t
h
ird
a
t t
he r
ear w
ith s
u
itab
le c
oax c
onnec
tor
s p
rov
ided f
or mak
ing
r
emo
te t
o "
Aux 6
" o
f T
S-30A
.
t
he n
ece
ssary c
onnec
tions. Ou
tput of t
he a
uxi
liary c
ontro
l is
A
s used above in norma
l o pera
tion w i
th the output o
f the f
ed i
n
to the TS
-30A Fie
ld Switch
ing Equ
ipment on a
ny inpu
t
A
uxi
liary Sw
itcher f
ed t
o "Aux 5" inpu
t o f T
S-30A
, the T
S-30A w
ith i
t
s t
e
rmina
tion l
i
f
ted
. AJ
ones p
lug a
nd c
onnec
tor a
re a
l
so
"
Sync" swi
tch i
s u
sed a
t "
INT" pos
ition w hen sw
itch
ing re- p
rov
ided a
t t
he r
ear t
o s
upp
ly d
-
c t
o t
he c
amera t
a
lly l
i
ght
mo
tes- -
and a
t "
EXT" fo
r s
witch
ing or f
ading lo
cal si
gna
ls. r
e
lays
.

10-
, S
pec
ifica
tions
ELECTRIC AL
)I
npu
t I
mpedance 7
5 o
hms

(
2) I
npu
t S
igna
l_ _ v
ol
ts, p
eak t
o p
eak
, b
lack n
ega
tive

(
3
) F
requency R
esponse F
lat t
o 7 me 4
-1
1)(7
,
- (
f
ader a
rms
l
ocked a
nd a
t o
ne e
x
treme p
osi
tion). s
l
oping o
f t
o

20c
;, a
t 7 mc w
ith a
rms l
ocked a
nd a
t i
n

1
. T
ally L
igh
ts 1
2 v
ol
t i
n b
ayone
t # 1815
o
r e
quiva
lent

MECHANICAL
Max
imum D
imens
ions __ W
idth 81
4 "
/ ,Ir,i
gh
t 31/
2"
, d
epth 6
"

A
pprox
ima
te We
igh
t 6l
bs
.

F
inish _Body
- Umber gray wr
inkle; Pushbut
tons —One row
o
f s
i
x w h
ite
, o
ne r
ow o f s
ix b
lack; Lever Handle
s —One
wh
ite
, o
ne b
lack
.
R
ear view of F
ield Sw
itch
ing Contro
l showing
c
oax connec
tors a
nd Jones p
lug supp
lied S
tock I
den
tif
ica
t• _MI
-26238

1
22
F
I
ELD E
QUIP
.

Me
tal T
r
ipod
, T
ype T
D-1
1A
F
eatures
• T
hree-po
int leg b rac
ing wi
th i
ndiv
idua l
t
i
e rods a nd sturdy ren
ter p
ost insure
r
i
gidi
ty a nd st
ability
.

• E
xtremely l
i
ght i
n w
eigh
t- y
et r
ugged i
n
d
esign
.

• Provides nmun t
ings for r e
lay receiver
a
nd t ransmitter and f
i
eld o r s
tud
io c am-
e
ras ( MI
-26010-A and MI-26000
-A respec-
t
ively.

• May b
e r
ead
ily u
sed w
ith T
ripod Do
lly
TD
-15A
.

• F
olds in
to small
, c ompac
t. s
e
lf-
lock
ing
p
ackage fo
r c
arrying
.

• I
ndiv
idua l l
eg c
al
ibra
tions aid i
n :
1
1•1 11-

r
a
te p os
ition
ing and ad
just
ing.

• A
tiradive
ly f
in
ished in deep umber g
ray
w
rinkle and h
ard chron
ic.

U
ses
The type TD -11A t r
ipod i sd es
igned t o arcommoda te til
t h ead I
n o pera
tion the TD -
11A p rov ides a is o
rk ing
-he
" igh
t" r ange
MI-26206 % fi
lch may b e used i n conjunction with m icrowave o
f approximately 23 to 12 incur-. Outs
tand ing in design are
r
e
lay t r
ansm itter I TTR-1B I a nd m icrowave r eceiver u ni
t i
ndividual t
i
e r ods wh
irl
] connec t to a
nd b race al
l tr
ipod l e
gs
ITRR -111). T he type TD -11A t ripod m ay al
so b e u sed i n t
hese same t
hree ti
e rods al
so c ouple t
o the center s
tabil
izing
-
impor ting RCA t e
le%I s s
tudio a nd f i
eld cameras ( w
ith p
ost and provide a st
able, r
igid support).
I
i
'ic
tion h ead MI -26205). When u sed w ith te
levision t ripod
d
oily t ype TD -15A, it provides a max imum o f conven ience The lower t ubu lar p ortion o f earh l eg i s eas
ily a djusted a nd
n
il I
ili
t
, f or &Hy ing o perat
ions. s
l
ides w i
th in a l ong-leng th b earing w hich i s h eld t o c lose
t
o
lerance s. T hus, m inimum p lay a nd m aximum r ig
id i
ty a re a s
-
s
ured t hroughom t 1
u
n i sorking r ange . When t ripod l egs a re
Descr
ip tion a
djusted f or d esired h eight, they may b e l ocked i n p osi
tion
The type 'th-11A c onsis
ts o f an al
l-metal tr
ipod s tructure of b
y means o f h and -oir-rated , cl
amp s c rews . T he l ower e nd o f
a
lumin ll
ll cas
tings a r
id t ubular st
eel construct
ion wh ich p ro
- e
ach l eg i s p rov ided w ith a s e
lf-aligning , u niver sally-moun ted
v
ides a c p act, li
ghtweigh t
. e t r
ugged d es
ign . I
t folds into (
l
ist
ing , is hi ell in one p lane h as a f l
at s urface f or u se on l evel
a small
-size u n
it w hich i s e as
ily portab
le. When c o
llapsed f
l
oor ing- a nd i n a nother p lane h as a s teel s p
ike f or u se o n
f
or carrying, legs are l a
tched t o the center stab
ilizing p ost
. r
ough s urface -. T he f l
at
- surface al-. p rov ide- as uitable moun t
-
t
hus preventing l e
g s pread d uring tr
ansport. i
ng f or use i sil
' T r
ipod Do lly
. ' 1
l)-I5 .

S
pec
ificat
ions
l
t
,
•uo
ini
tien
tled Operat
ing H
eigh
ts:
Milil um _
Max
imum
Max
imum D
iame
ter a
t F
eet (
l
egs e
xtended)
D
imension- (fo
lded for t
ranspor
t):
O
vera
ll Height (
legs c
ol
lapsed I_ _31 54
i"
O
vera
ll Diameter 1
0"
We
igh
t _ _
2
5
S
tork I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26
1116

A
cces
sor
ies
C
amera F
rir
tion H
ead M
I-26205
T
il
t Head f
or Microwave R
elay T
ransm
itter
a
nd '
or Rece
iver MI
-26206
TD
-11A T
ripod above w
ith RCA S
tudio C amera
. A
t r
igh
t
TD
-11A is c
ollap
sed f
or carry
ing. T
ripod Do
lly
, T
ype TD
-15A MI
-26042

1
23
R
CA S
TUD
I O OR
F
I
ELD CA MERA

R
ELAY T
RANSM
ITTER
,
F
RICT
I ON H
EAD
,
T
TR-1 A
M
I-26205
T
RIPOD MOUNT ACCESSORY K
IT
,
M
I-26518

R
ELAY T
I
LT H
EAD
,
M
I-26206
METAL T
RIPOD
,
T
D- 11
A

METAL T
RIPOD
,
T
D-1 IA

T
RIPOD DOLLY
,
T
D-15A

T
YPICAL CO MB
INAT
ION NO
. 1 T
YPICAL CO MB
INAT
ION NO
. 2
Co mp
lete ca mera b
rac ing. Each l eg h a
s p osi
tion
s
et
-up for max
imum c
alibration a nd locks. Movab le Ac omp le
te vhf relay t r
ansm i
tter Relay T i
lt Head MI -26206 pro -
o
perat
ing c
onven
ience. s
pike p oin
ts p ermit s e
t-ups o n f
or dificu
lt t
errain a nd l ong d is
- v
ides w ide adjustmen t a ngles for
F
ric
tion Head
, M1
-26205 r
ough s urf
ace s
. Un it folds i n
to t
ances, where r
ad io relay i s more v
ertical ti
lt and h orizon tal rota-
g
ives c amera 3 60
-degree p an- c
ompac t, self
-locking p ackage . p
ractical t
han coax ia
l c able. T ri
- t
ion . Sealed b ear
ings f or all-
n
ing and f u
ll ti
lt
ing a ction . Has Tripod Dol ly
, TD -15.1 t akes u p p
od Mount Accessory K i
t, M1 -26518 wea ther s
ervice. A ccura te
ly cali-
"degree-indicator" s ca les a nd acircular a
rea only 57" diame ter. p
rovide s means for moun ting r e
- b
ra ted. Individual l ocking h an -
l
ocking h andles. All- Me tal Tri
- Whee l stops for f
ixed p osit
ion s. l
ay equipment to tr
ipod . I ncludes d
les. Metal Tr /Pod TO -11A s ame
p
od, TO -I A u ses individua l ti
e Fo
lds a nd carr
ies in ac o mpact moun t
ing pla
te,s addle,a nd b olts
. a
s Comb ination No . 1 .
r
ods a nd center post f or sturdy p
ackage .

Doll
ies
, boo ms
,stands
,
4
*-t

h
e
M
ICR OPH ONE RO O M AND P
ERA MBULAT OR, MI -
26574
i l l , i
deal audio b oom. One o perator c an fo
llow
t
he sound,o r move from o ne s
ound source t oanother
—easily and quiet
ly. "Gunn ing" d ev
ice r evolve
s di-
r
ect
iona l microphone s through 280 d egree s
. Radius "MAG IC L OCK" BO O M STAND, K S-4A —The
o
f boom c an be extended t o 17 f
eet
; retracted to 7 h
and ies
t m icrophone b oom e ver d es
igned
- f
ee
t, 4i nches. Can b e e
levated f
rom 6 f ee
t , 5inches f
or TV s tudios. Convenient locking devices
t
o 9f ee
t, 5inches a bove the f
l
oor. e
nable o perator t
oc ontrol i
tw ith one hand.
No set s
crews . No release mechan isms. No
s
l
ipp ing. E ach ad
justmen t locks i n
to p os
i-
t
ion. Move s in a180-degree a rc and a base
r
adius of 2 6 i
nches. Si
lent i
n o perat
ion.

DE LUXE TV S
TUDI O CR A NE..
S
pec if
ically for l arge s t
ud ios.
E
nab les y ou t o g et d rama tic
v
iew ing a ngles, s mooth p an- S
TUD
I O CA MERA DOLLY
, T
D-5A —
n
ing o fbig scene s,a pproaches , S
imilar t o t
he doll
ie su
sed i nf i
lm
r
etreats. L ens h eigh t
; from 2 s
tudios —bu t both front and rear
t
o 1 0 f
ee
t above t he f l
oor. F u
ll wheels t urn to the side. E n
tire
3
60 d egrees p anning a round un
it c an b e moved s ide wise.
t
he c rane b ase . 180 -degree S
top s lock the d olly in af i
xed
p
ann ing o f the t urret t able. pos
ition . C ame ra crane b oom
1
00 -degree u p-and -down l if
t. c
an b e elevated f rom 2 3 inches
Turns in a6 -foo t radius. t
o7 4 inche s above the floor. •
R
ELAY R
ECE
IVER
,
R
CA S
TUD
IO OR
4 T
RR-1 A
F
I
ELD CAMERA —

R
EFLECTOR AND
P
ARAPET MOUNT
,
F
R
ICT
ION H
EAD
,
M
I-26 1
87
M
I-26205
w --
L
O-HAT
,
M
ETAL T
R
IPOD
,
M
I-26 I9
0-1
7
D-21 A

M
ETAL T
R
IPOD
,
T
D-21 A

M
ETAL DOLLY A
T
D-25A
T
YP ICAL COMB INAT ION NO . 4
A comp lete relay pick-up receiving
s
ys
tem .R elay rece
iver a nd parabo la
T
YPICAL C
OMB
INAT
ION NO
. 3 f
a
a
s
ten t
nd P
o t
arape
r
ipod t
t Mount
hrough R
,M I-26187
ef
lector
. Metal
A Here, Ref lec
tor a nd P arapet
Another camera s et
-up f or s
tudio Moun t MI -26187 f a
sten to C lamp
Tr
ipod , TD -21A i sset up f
or r ough
a
nd mob i
le work . H and les RCA a
luminum a nd st
ainless s t
eelc on- S
uppor t
, MI -26189 —wh ich moun ts
s
urfaces.
S
tudio C amera o r Field C amera. s
truct
ion. Legs a d
jus table u p to on top o f wal
l. Relay ref
lector may
F
r i
cti
on H ead, M1 -26205 s ame as 2
1 inche s
. Dual fe
et; p ointed for a
lso b e permanen tly moun ted i n
u
sed in C omb ination No . 1
.L o- f
i
eld work a nd fl
anged f or f i
xed wal
lo penings b ymeans of" Gimba l"
Hat, A
11-26190-1 provides greater s
ervice. Me tal Dol ly TD -25A . F
ield Camera a nd Fr
iction Head , Antenna R ing Moun t
, MI -26207 (not
f
reedom a nd heigh t for camera Non-sw ivel
ing. F oo t-con trols MI-26205,can b e mounted onH igh i
lustrated )
.
a
ction. Meta lTripod TD -21A for f
or para
llel wheel al
ignmen t. In
- Hat MI
-26190 -2 f
or wal
l or parape t
d
ividual wheel and t r
ipod l ock s
. u
se. Complete assembly isat
tached
f
i
xed o r p or
table s et-ups. Cast
t
o Parapet Cla mp C
upporl A O.
. B
l/ -26/89

mounts
, accessories
...

f
or every Trset
-up
P
ICTURED o
n t
hese p
age
s a
re t
yp
ica
l R
CA T
V a
ccesso r
ies are stout
ly built
u
nits and c ombinat
ions f r
om t he mos t t
o withs
tand t he t ough w ear and tear
c
omp lete line of t
e
levis
ion a ccessories e
ncountered in f i
eld and studio opera-
i
nt he i
ndustry —appl
icat
ion -engineered t
i
ons. Y e
t each u n
it is a model o
f me -
t
o mee t every pick
-up s i
tuat
ion c al
led c
hanical simplicity —easy to tr
anspor t
,
f
or i
nyour TV o
pera
tions
. e
asy to s
et up, easy to ad
ju st
, and easy
t
o h
and
le.
This line o f mechan ical a ccessor
ies
e
nab les you tos elect j
ustt he righ tcom - RCA T V accessories l i
ke t he se are
b
ination f or y our sta
tion o pera t
ion. It u
sed today in nearly e very t elevis
ion
i
nclude s every d evice n eeded f or pro- s
tat
ion i n t
he coun try. F or c omp lete
v
iding u n
iver sal camera a c
tion i n the i
nformation o
n the entire line,c a
lly our
STUDI O CA MERA P EDESTAL , TD- IA-.
s
tudio a nd t he f i
eld
. I tp rovides a ddi- RCA Broadcast S ales E ng ineer . Or
, R CA Engineering
Television 's favor ite p edestal for
s
tudio a nd other i ndoor opera tions. t
iona l f
lexibi
li ty for m aneuver ing a nd write Dept
. 19JD
Moves free ly. q u
ietly. Crank h andle
covering s ho
t s from a ny ang le. Products
, Camden, New J er sey
.
r
aises a nd l o wers c a mera to a ny
height b e
tween 40 i nches and f i
ve
f
eet above t he f loor. Moves i n a ny
d
irection —or a bou t a po in
t. P an-
n
ing a nd ti
lting p rovided b yFrict
ion
Head MI -26205 .
C
a mera F
r
ict
ion Head
, M
I-26205A

F
eatures

• De
signed f
or u
se wi
th RCA F
ield a
nd S
tud
io C
ameras
,
T
he F
ric
tion Head i
s moun
ted o
n t
hese u
nits b
y means o
f
MI
-26010A a
nd MI
-26000A
.
as
i
ngle h
and
-opera
ted %j
og u
ut. w
hich i
s f
urn
ished w
ith t
he
F
ric
tion Head
.
• S
ing
le sc
rew mount
ing f
or c
ameras -de
tachab
le t
e
lescop
ic
h
andle f
urn
ished
.

• S
epara
te p os
itive l
ock
ing h
and
le f
or t
i
l
t a
nd p
ann
ing D
esc
rip
tion
p
osi
ti l
l
ls.
T
he M
I-26205A F
ric
tion Head i
s o
f r
ugged a
l
l-me
tal c
ons
truc
-

• S
epara
te f
r
ict
ion s hoe p
erm i
ts a d
jus
tmen
t o
f t
i
l
ting I
rk- t
i
on, i
n w
hich a
l
l ma
ter
ials h
ave b
een c
are
ful
ly s
e
lec
ted f
or
e t
o s
ui
t i nd
ividua
l operator
. b
oth f
i
eld a
nd s
t
udio u
se.

• B
all b
ear
ing
s i
n r
aces o
n b
oth e
nds o
f t
i
l
t s
haf
t a
s w
ell S
ince a
l
l c
as
tings u
sed a
re a
lum
inum
, t
he f
r
ict
ion h
ead i
s
a
s l
a
rge b
all t
hrus
t b
ear
ing i
n r
aces f
or p
ann
ing a
ssure l
i
ght
, y
et s
t
urdy
, a
nd l
ends i
t
self t
o e
xtreme p
ortab
ili
ty. A
ll
s
moo
th l
i
l
ting a
nd p
ann
ing a
c
tion
.
v
i
sib
le s
urfaces o
f t
he c
as
ting
s a
re a
t
trac
tive
ly f
i
nished i
n d
eep
umber g
ray w
rink
le a
nd p
resen
t av
ery n
eat a
ppearance
.
• B
all t
hrus
t b
ear
ing a
nd f
r
ict
ion c
ontro
l a
djus
tmen
t a
s
sure
s
moo
th p
ann
ing a
nd t
i
lt
ing a
c
tion
.
R
ota
t• t
hrough 3
60 d
egrees i
n a
z
imu
th a
nd amp
le t
i
lt
, u
p
a
nd d
own
, a
re p
rov
ided f
or o
pera
tion w
ith t
he RCA c
ameras
.
• C
are
ful
ly s
e
lec
ted ma
ter
ials a
nd w
eather s
ea
led b
ear
ings
.
E
xtreme
ly s
moo
th i
n o
pera
tion
, RCA F
ield a
nd S
tud
io C
ameras

• A
ll e
xter
ior p
arts a
re o
f s
t
ain
less s
t
eel o
r a
re h
ard c
hrome when moun
ted o
n t
h
is u
nit a
re w
ell b
alanced i
n a
ny p
osi
tion
p
lated t
o c
omp
lete
ly e
l
imina
te p
oss
ibi
lity o
f c
orros
ion
. o
f t
i
l
t, b
y means o
f s
pec
ial
ly d
esigned c
oun
terba
lance s
pr
ings
.
T
hus
, am
inimum o
f e
for
t i
srequ
ired b
y t
he c
amera o
pera
tor
.
• C
oun
ter
-ba
lanc
ing s
pr
ings a
re c
omp
lete
ly e
nclosed
.

S
pec
ificat
ions
U
ses D
imens
ion,:
The M
I-26205A F
ric
tion Head w
as d
esigned e
spec
ial
ly f
or u
se O
vera
ll H
eigh
t 8
14 ,
O
vera
ll L
eng
th 81/
2"
w
ith t
he RCA F
ield a
nd S
tud
io C
ameras
, M
I-26010A a
nd
O
vera
ll W
idth 1
3"
MI
-26000A
, a
nd may b
e moun
ted o
n a
ny o
f t
he f
o
llow
ing u
nits
:
We
igh
t i
n p
ann
ing h
and
le) 1
8 l
b
s. a
pprox
.
RCA T
ype TD
-11A T
ripod
, MI
-26046
F
inish_ __ _Dark umber g
ray w
rink
le
RCA T
ype TD
-1A S
tud
io P
ede
sta
l, MI
-26035
RCA T
ype TD
-5A P
anoram Do
lly
, MI
-26040 Ang
le o
f R
ota
tion 3
60°
RCA S
eries o
f H
igh a
nd L
ow H
at A
dap
ter
s, MI
-26190
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion _ MI
-26205
.A

1
26
T
r
ipod Do
lly
, T
ype T
D-15A

F
eatures Descr
ipt
ion

• P
rovide
s mobili
ty fo
r t r
ipod camera moun
ting
. T
he T r
ipod D ol
ly c ons
ists o
f alightwe igh
t triangular-shaped
• F
olds into compac
t l i
ghtwe
ight se
lf-
lock
ing package f
o
r s
t
eel st
ructure supported on th
ree s wivel wheels, fi
ve i n
ches
c
arry
ing. i
n di
ame ter
. The f i
nish is h
ard chrome . For c onvenience in
• L
arge diame
ter 5" w heels p
ermi
t easy movemen
t. t
r
ansporting
, th
e d o
lly fo
lds i
nto a package 8 x 14 x2 9 inches
.
• Wheel st
ops p
rovide fo
r locking t
r
ipod i
n p
osi
tion
. When e x
tended a nd f as
tened to the t r
ipod
, i t occupies a
• T
ripod fi
rmly locked t
o dolly
. c
ircular area 5 7 i
nches i n diame
ter
. T he d o
lly i s fa
stened
• A
ttrac
tive
ly fi
nished i
n hard chrome
. f
i
rm ly t o the tr
ipod b y a clamp at each le
g. S pr
ing-loaded
s
top f e
et at each w hee
l s e
rve to ho
ld t he t
r
ipod i n af i
xed
U
se p
o s
ition. Whee ls may be r e •
ed re
adily if s
uch s hould be
r
equired.
The Tripod D ol
ly i s de
signed f or use on t r
ipod s fi
tted with
t
e
levis
ion c ameras . When t r
ipods a re used i ndoors, w h
ich is
v
ery of
ten t he c
ase, use of t
he d ol
ly preclude s any p oss
ibi
lity
o
f marring t he f l
oor
, and p rov
ide s greater mob i
lity for the Spec
ificat
ions
t
r
ipod. U sed in the f
ie
ld with reasonably f l
a
t t e
rrain, the d
olly D
imen
sions (
unfo
lded a
nd e
x
tended):
make
s i t convenient and easy t o change t he p o
sition of the
H
eigh
t 6i
n
.
t
r
ipod.
D
iameter 5
7 n
.

F
olded fo
r t
r
anspor
t:
H
eigh
t 8i
n
.
W
idth 1
4 i
n
.
L
ength 2
9 i
n
.

Weigh
t 2
5% l bs
.
S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion _ _MI
-26042

C
rso

Do
lly F
it
ted
t
o Camera
Tr
ipod
.

D
olly F
olded f
or T
ran
spor
tat
ion

1
27
R
E YE
QUIP
.

T
elev
ision R
elay T
rans m
itter
, T
ype T
TR-
1B

(
c) AS A REPEATER S TAT ION , w hen d istance s or i nter-
v
en ing o bstacle s n ece ssi
ta te a n a dditional l ink t o reach t he
p
icture s i
gna l d es
tina tion . P ic
ture d egrada tion t hrough t wo
l
ink s i s neglig ible. T he i ntermedia te t r
an sm itter a nd r eceiver
w
ill b e si
tua ted o n ab uilding o r o ther s u
itab le s uppor t
, ( an-
t
enna l ocations a nd f requency a ss
ignmen ts b eing m ade s o that
l
oca l tran sm it
ter s ignal d oes not i nterfere w ith l o
cal r eceiver
r
ecep tion ). T he RCA r e
lay e quipmen t u t
ilize s microwave f re
-
q
uenc ies i n t he 6 500 t o 7 050 m egacyc le b and . R adiation i s
c
on fined t o ar ela
tive ly n arrow b eam b y t he p araboloid r e
-
f
l
ector s. E i
ther 4 -foo t or 6 -foot diame ter p arabo loid s are a vail
-
a
ble . A max imum r ange o f 25 mile s w i
th g ood s i
gnal-
to -noise
r
a
t io c an b e e xpected u sing a 4 -
foo t di ameter p araboloid . T he
6
-
foo t parabo la p e
rm its l onger r ange , b u
t i t has a n arrower
r
ad iating p a
ttern a nd o f c ourse i s heavier.

TTR-1B Relay T ransm i


tter at
Descr
ipt
ion
r
igh
t, and Transmitter C on
tro
l
Un
it (
MI-26305) b e
low T
he TTR -
1B R e lay Transm it
ter is a complete, tr
ansportable
t
r
an sm
itting system c onsist
ing o f (1
) a t r
ansm it
ter, (2) a
n
arrow-beam a ntenna
, 1 3
) a n an
tenna moun t
ing c apab
le o f
w
ide adjustment inthe horizonta
l and ver
tica
l p lane
, and (4) a
t
r
an sm
itter con
tro l u
nit.

The t ransm i
tter i s c on ta ined i n a c ylindr ica l w ea therproo f
h
ou sing a ttached t o the r e ar o f ap arabo l ic r ef
lec tor. I tu ti
lize s
ak lystron o s c
il lator w hich i s f r
equency -modu lated b y v aria-
t
ions o f t he n ega tive v oltage o n t he r epe ller p late. I t h as a
p
ower o utpu t o f a pprox ima tely 1 00 m i lliwa tts, o pera ting a t
a
ny s elec ted f requency b etween 6 500 a nd 7 050 megacyc le s
.
The n orma l f requency d ev iation i s 1 2 m c. w ith p olar ity s uch
t
hat av ideo s igna l i n t he w hite d irec tion p roduce s a n i ncrease
i
n f requency . T he o utpu t i s f ed t o t he p arabo lic r eflector b y
F
eatures mean s o f aw ave g uide . C oup led i nto t his w ave g uide s y
stem
a
re a n a bsorp tion t ype w aveme ter, a nd a c rysta l d etec tor mon -
• Is e
d w i
th TRR -1B R eceiver p rovides comp le
te T elevis
ion i
tor
. T he w aveme ter i s f actory -set t o a ny a ssigned f requency .
Relay S y
stem . The d -c f rom t he c rysta l d e
tec tor may b e m easured e i
ther a t
• Microwave f requency o perat
ion p ermits simplified c i
rcu i
ts t
he t ransm itter o r a t t he t r
an sm itter c on tro l u nit a s ar ough
a
nd s mal
l s ize. i
ndica t
ion o f r elat ive p ower o utpu t. T he a -
c c omponen t o f t he
• T
ripod moun t
ing s and a cce
s sories provide p ortabili
ty f or
c
rystal d e
tec tor o utpu t i s a mp l
ified a nd f ed o ver a c oaxia l
f
i
eld u se.
l
ine t o t he tran sm itter c ontro l u n
it w here i ts erve s d uring p re-
• E
ffective a utoma t
ic f r
equency c on
trol
. l
iminary a djus tmen t t o i nd icate t he c or rec t f r
equency , a nd
• S
turd ily c onstructed to withstand c ontinued ou tdoor u se.
d
uring o peration , t o i nd ica te p roper c en tering o f t he s igna l
• P
arape t moun t a nd g imba l moun t a vai
lable f or f ixed a
round t he r esonan t f requency o f the k ly stron c avity . F ilamen t
i
nstallation s
.
p
ower f or t he t ube s i n t he t r
an sm itter i s s upplied f r
om a
• Wide b and c ircui
ts provide e xcellent sys
tem r esponse s atis-
small f i
lamen t t ran sformer o n t he s ame c has sis. A ll o ther v ol t
-
f
actory f or a5 00 line p
icture w i
thou t not
iceable d egradation.
a
ge s upp lies a re r e ceived o n t he t r
an sm it ter c has s
i s w h
ich a re
a
cces s
ib le b y r emov ing t he p rotec tive c over o ver t he c ab le
Uses i
npu t c onnec t ion . B y p lugg ing i n as uitab le me ter i nt he proper
j
ack, i ti sp o ssib le t o mea sure t he c ur ren t t hrough modu lator
The Type TTR -1B R e
lay T ransm i
tter
, w hen used with a T
ype
t
ube, a nd t he o scilla tor t ube . A nother j ack i sp rovided s o t hat
TRR-1B R e
lay R ece
iver, const
itutes ah ighly direc
tional s
ide-
at e
lephone h and se t c an b e p lugged i n
to t he u nit f or c om -
b
and r e
lay l i
nk —capab le o f tr
ansm i
tting video s i
gnals w
ith-
mun ication w ith t he t r
ansm itter c on tro l u n i
t l ocation .
o
ut v
isible decrease in pi
cture qua l
ity
. Such a system has t
hree
i
mportant applications w hich a re:
The p arabolic a ntenna p ro-
(
a) FOR S TUDIO -TO -TRANSM ITTER C IRCU ITS w here v
ide s av ery h igh g ain int he
c
onditions o f t errain, d is
tance , o r r
igh
t-of
-way p ermit eco-
d
irec t
ion of t r
an smission .
n
om ical and r el
iab le o peration. F or s
uch use t he t r
ansmitter The f our f oot s i
ze ( i
llus -
a
nd p arabolic antenna u n
its w i
ll b e p
ermanen t
ly moun ted o n
t
rated) h as ag ain o f approx -
t
he roof or o ther high l ocation n ear t
he st
udio a nd t he tr
an s
-
i
ma tely 5 000, t hereby g iving
m
itter control u ni
t w ill b e moun ted, o
rdinari
ly, o n the equip-
a
n equivalent power o u
tpu t
ment racks i n the s tud
io c ontrol room. The r eceiving equip-
o
f 5 00 i
t T he p arabola i s
ment will b e permanen tly l o
cated a t t
he tr
an sm i
tter si
te.
a
lso a s i il
i
l
ile i n t he six f oot
(
b ) FOR F IELD P ICKUPS a s a mean s o f tr
ansm it
t ing v ideo s
ize, I sj
i
l
t more t han t wice
s
ignal from f i
eld pickup c amera s o r s
imilar source s t o at ele
- t
he g ain, f or u se i n c om -
v
ision control room f or broadcas
ting . I
n this ease
, the r otatable mun icating o ver g reater d is
-
t
r
ipod moun ting i lu s
trated w i
ll o rdinari
ly b e u sed. T he a n
- t
ance s. T ransm i s
sion i s l im-
t
enna w il
l b e loca
ted o n s ome h igh p o
int, such a s t h
e t op of i
t
ed t o al ine-of-sight p ath ,
as t
adium where a l ine
-of-s
ight p ath with s ufic
ien t c learance a
nd u nder n orma lc onditions ,
i
sa vai
lable. T he transmitter control u n
it w i
ll be l ocated w ith a range o f 1 0 to 2 5 m ile s T
ransmi
tter, f
ron
t e
nd. s
hmeing
t
he c amera c ontrol e qu
ipmen t a s, for instance, in t he r adio may b e expec ted w ith a s at
- Ware Guide S
tub a
nd A n
tenna
b
oo th or in the fi
eld t ruck or mob i
le u n
it. i
sfactory s i
gna l to noise r atio . Mount
ing S
tuds

3
28
The t ransm itter c on trol u ni
t i s h oused i n a s mall
, e asily.
c
arried, p or
tab le c ab inet w i
th a c onven ien t h andle o n t he
t
op. T he c ontrols a re a ccessibly l ocated o n ac ontrol pane l o n
t
he s i
de o f t he cab ine t
. T h
is c ontro l u ni
t may b e located u p
t
o 2 00 feet fr om t ransm i
tter f or c amera c able and f or g reater
l
engths RG/8U c oax t o carry v ideo f rom t r
ansm it
ter c ontro l
t
o transm itter
. I tc ontains a l
l t he n ecessary o perat
ing a nd mon i
-
t
oring c ontrols, and a f
ter i nit
ia l a djus tmen ts of the transm i
tter
a
nd a n
tenna h ave b een made , a ll o perations may b e c arried
o
n f rom t his u nit
. I t also c onta in s ar egulated B+ s upp ly f or
operat
ion o f t he t ransm itter t ubes , and a r egulated n ega tive .
s
upp ly f o
r t he k lystron r epe ller p late. F or greater o pera ting
c
onven ience , provision i s made f or e xtending t he o peration o f
t
he c ontrols n ecessary f or r outine a djustmen ts o f the t r
ans -
mit
ter t o a mon itoring c onso le.
A tr
ipod moun t
ing a nd f our f
oot parabol
ic reflec
tor usual
ly
s
erve bes
t for mobi
le s erv
ice. A si
x foot ref
lec
tor w i
th corre-
s
ponding an
tenna w aveguide can be t
r
ipod moun ted but i
sn ot
r
ecommended b ecause o f si
ze and weight
.
For f
ixed s ervice two types of mount are available. T he parapet
mount i s d es
igned f o r ins
talla
tion o n build ing p arapets a nd
s
imilar s t
ructures. (Moun t has a f
our foot dish a ttached.) The
t
ransm it
ter h ousing and a ntenna w avegu
ide a re easily ins
talled
o
r r emoved a s an assemb ly at rear of the a ntenna s upport,
t
hus p ermitting a p ermanen t support and r ef
lector i ns
tallat
ion
w
ithou t u nnecessary e ncumbrance o f atransm i
tter.
The add i
tional fi
xed se
rvice moun t is a gimbal ring w hich i
S

s
erve
s a s a" wa
ll" mount for four
, and six
-foot ref
lec
tors. It
S
imp
lif
ied s
ketch show
ing t r
ipod moun
ting
i
s particular
ly s u
itab
le for fi
xed i n
sta
lla
tions u s
ing s i
x-foot
o
f TTR-
1B T ransmitter
r
ef
lectors.

S
pec
ificat
ions 1 A
ntenna ( select from l i
st be
low)
Frequency R ange 6
500-7050 mc . a
. An
tenna , i nc
lud ing 4 ft
. Parabo
loid
Power Ou tpu t, N om inal 1
00 m ill
iwa tts and F eed S ys
tem MI
-26185
-A
Antenna G ain , approx iniate: b
. Antenna , inc
lud ing 6 ft
. Parabolo
id
4ft
. R ef
lec tor 5
,
000 and F eed S ys
tem M
I-26185
-B
6ft
. R ef
lec tor 1
, -00 *
c. Moun t
ing a nd 4 f t
. Ref
lector
Frequency D eviation, n orma l
, each s ide of center _5 t o 6 mc . (
for p arapet a n
tenna) M
I-26187
Video I npu t ( at T ransm it
ter C ontrol) MI-26186 An tenna F eed System (for 4 f
t
.
Comp lete Modu lation 2volts. p e3k-to-neak Parabola) r equ ired in addi
tion
.
Video I npu t I mpedance 7
5 o hms 1 Mount
ing S uppor t for T ransm i
tter and .A
ntenna
Video F requency R ange 60 cycles to 7 .
5 Inc. f
rom l i
st b e
low)
Power S upp ly R equ iremen ts ( Transm i
iter *
a. Moun ting a nd 4 f t
. R ef
lector
a
nd C ontrol) 17 v ol
t, 60 c ycles a-
c 1
70 w atts 1f
or p arapet a ntenna) MI
-26187
Tube C omp lemen t: b
. Televis
ion T r
ipod , TD -11A MI
-26046
T
ransm itter Un it _RCA 6 AG7 v ideo amp lif
ier a nd modu - . A
1
' ntenna T i
lt H ead MI
-26206
l
a
tor; RCA 6 SL7GT v o
ltage r egula
tor; RCA 6H6 d -c d
. Tr
ipod A ccessories K i
t MI
-26518
s
etter; RCA 6 SL7GT mon i
tor amp lif
ier; a nd RCA 2K26 Required w ith ( h(, l c
) c ombinat
ion
o
scillator . a
nd w ith l d).
Transm itter C ontro l Un i
t RCA 6 AG7 v ideo amp lif
ier; e
. Relay A ntenna R ing Moun t (Gimbal R
ing I_MI-26207
2 RCA 6 X5
-GT r ectif
iers; 3 RCA VR150 v oltage r egulator;
RCA VR105 v o l
tage r egulator; RCA 5 V4G r ec t
ifier; RC% *Do n ot d uplicate.
6AS7G r egulator; RCA 6 S1
.7GT amp lif
ier
. 2 Headset ( s
ing le e arphone) MI
-26570-3
S
et of I nterconnec t
ing C ables MI
-26755
C
ab le
, C amera , 20 ft. l
ength w ith c onnectors MI
.26725-4
Mechan
ica
l S
pec
ifi
cat
ions C
amera , C able, with c onnector ( f
or i n
stal
lation
T
ransm itter C ontro
l between t r
ansm i
tter con trol a nd t r
ansm it-
i
n c arrying e asel 1
:" high , 20" wide, 912 "d
/ eep t
er 12 0/50/100/200 f t
. l engths MI-26725-4,1
,2,3
Weight 3
8 lbs
. 1 I
ntercom , C able, w ith connec tors f or use b e-
T
ransm itter ( in ho
us ing l_1
41 2 "h
/ igh, 1 7" wide, 1" d eep tween t ransm itter control a nd picture c on-
Weight 4
0 l b
s t
rol p osition 7 /25/100 f t
. l engths MI-26756-1
.2,3
P
arabo l
ic R eflector w i
th P
arapet: 1 I
nstruction B ook 1B
-36051-1
Base Moun ting 4
812 "h
/ igh, 48" w ide, 1412 "d
/ eep
Weight 4
7 lbs
.
P
arabo l
ic R eflectors Dia
. 4ft„ 1412 "d
/ eep, w e
ight 30 lbs
. A
ccesso
ries
Dia
. 6f t
., 1512 "d
/ eep, weigh
t 75 lbs
. C
oax ial C able w i
th c onnec tors f o
r V ideo I nput
F
inish Two-tone umber g ray P
lug -
in Me ter M I
-21200 -C1 f o
r mak ing adjustmen ts
S
tork I dentification MI-96
935-A C
ab le a nd c omponen ts f or r emo te mon itoring; p lug i s
E
quipmen
t S
upp
lied s
upplied
F
ield t e
levision r e
lay t r
ansmitter e qu
ipment is packed a s 1 1
6-22 v olt
, t i
-c source a nd r e
tardation c o
il f or t e
lephone
Mas
ter Item 2 6935
-A f rom t he f
ollowing un
its a
nd c
omponen ts
. t
a
lking v o
ltage when n ot a va
ilable o n public or p r
iva te
1 TTR -1B R e
lay T ransm it
ter l
ine
s b e
ing u sed
i
ncluding set of tubes in plac
•• MI-26166-A O
scilloscope f or frequency t uning a nd mon itoring
1 Field R elay Transm it
ter C ontrol 1 P
icture Mon itor fo r c hecking v ideo i nput t o transm it
ter
i
ncluding set of tubes in place MI-26305 P
ins f or scope a nd g round p in jacks
Waveme ter ( w
ith c rystal i
n p lace 1 MI- 46
565•

*Dash No
. of MI
-26565 as s
pec
ified b
y Sales O
rder t
o c
or
- S
pare C
omponent
s
re
spond wi
th frequency a
ss
igned to cus
tomer. c
o. t
a
i D
et
..e
tor N
1
1.26660

1
29
R
ELAY E
QUIP
.

T
elev
ision R
elay R
ece
iver
, T
ype T
RR-
1B

Relay Receiver TRR-18 ( at righ


t), and
TY-25A Regu la
ted Power Supply and R e
-
c
eiver Control U n
it ( MI
-26310
-A) b e
low

F
eatures
• U
sed wi
th TTR
-1B T
ransm
itter
, p
rov
ide
s c
omp
lete r
ece
iv- (
10 FOR F IELD P ICKUPS w here a TTR -
1B T ran smitter,
i
ng s
y
stem. a
rranged f or p ortable u se, i s emp loyed t o send t he v ideo
s
ignal back to t he s tudio ( i
n s
tead o f wire o r c oaxial li
ne s
).
I
n this ca
se a r otatable moun ting such a s that ilu s
trated w il
l
• S
uitab
le f
or p
ermanen
t i
n
sta
lla
tion
. o
rdinari
ly b e used ( since t here w il
l be p ickup s from v arious
d
irec
tions). For t emporary u se, the tr
ipod moun ting may b e
u
sed. When t he e quipmen t i s used f r
equen tly, a more p er-
• C
omp
lete
ly p
ortab
le f
o
r f
i
eld u
se
.
manent moun ting i s desirable. I n any e vent i t must b e high
e
nough t o provide a l ine-of
- s
igh t path to t he transm i
tting a n-
• L
igh
twe
igh
t. t
enna location
.
(e) A S A REPEATER S TAT ION , w hen d istance s o r i nter-
• Efec
tive a
utoma
tic f
r
equency c
ontro
l. v
en ing o bstacles n ecessi
tate a n a dd i
tiona l l ink t o r e
ach t he
p
icture s i
gna l d estination. P icture d egrada t
ion t h
rough t wo
l
inks i s negligible. T he i ntermed iate t ransm itte
r a nd r eceiver
• U
se of i
dent
ical it
ems (
an
tennas, mounts and e
nclo
sure
s) w
ill b e si
tua ted o n ab ui
ld ing or o ther s uitable s uppor t, ( an-
i
nc
rea
ses fl
exib
ili
ty and i
n
terchangeab
ili
ty. t
enna l ocations a nd f requency a s
signmen ts b eing m ade s o t hat
l
oca l tran smitter s ignal d oes n ot interfere w ith l o
cal r eceiver
r
ecep tion ). T he RCA r e
lay e quipmen t u ti
lizes m icrowave f re
-
quenc ies i n t he 6 500 t o 7 050 m egacyc le h and. R adiation i s
U
ses c
onf ined t o ar elatively n arrow b eam b y t he p araboloid r e
-
f
l
ec tor s
. E i
ther 4 -foo t or 6-foot diame ter p araboloid s are a va il
-
The Type TRR -1B R e
lay R ece
iver, w hen us e
d with a T ype a
ble . A m ax imum r ange o f 25 m iles w ith g ood s i
gnal-
to -no ise
TTR-1B R e
lay T ransmitter
, constitute
s a h ighly
-direct
ional r
atio c an b e expec ted u s
ing a 1 -
foot d iame ter p arabo lo
id . T he
w
ide-band r
adio link especial
ly sui
ted t o t
he t
ransmission and 6
-
foo t p arabo la p erm i
ts l onger r ange , b ut i t has a n arrower
r
ecept
ion of te
levision video signals
. S uch a l
ink ci
rcuit has r
adia t
ing p a
ttern a nd o f c ourse i s heav ier.
t
hree impor
tant a ppl
ications which a re:

(
a) FOR S TUD IO -TO-TRANSM ITTER C IRCUITS w here con- D
escr
ipt
ion
d
it
ions o f terrain, di
stance, or right
-of-way m ake s uch a s y
s-
t
em more c onven ient or econom ical than a coaxial l ine. For The TRR -1B R elay R eceiver is ac omp lete (transpor
tab le
, i f
s
uch use t he antenna of the TRR -1B i sl o
cated on at ower or d
esired) FM r eceiv
ing s ys
tem c overing t h
e frequency range o f
o
ther high p o
in t near the tr
ansmitter b u
ilding in af i
xed p os
i- 6
500-7050 megacyc les
. Itc onsis
ts of (1
) ar ece
iver, (2) ah ighly
t
i
on d irected t oward th e TTR-1B T ransm i
tter located a t the d
irectional antenna, (3) a n antenna moun t
ing u ni
t w h
ich m ay
s
tudio
. T he r eceiver control un
it a nd p ower supp ly u n
it are h
e e i
ther f i
xed o r ro
tatab le
, ( 4
) ar eceiver control uni
t, a nd
o
rdinarily moun ted o n e quipmen t racks i n the t r
ansm i
tter (
5) ar egulated p ower supp ly uni
t. T hese units are e
asily s e
t
c
ontrol room . u
p a nd c onnecied b y m eans of conven ient plug-
in cables.

1
30
R
ELAY E
QUIP
.

The s igna l is pi cked u p o n the h ighly d irectiona l, high g ain


15000) p arabo l
ic 1 4-
foo t) a ntenna a nd f ed i n
to t he r eceiver .
The r eceiver i s c ontained i n ac ylindrical. w eatherproo f h ou s-
i
ng a t
tached t o t he back o f the parabo l
ic r ef
lector . T h
is h ou sing
c
on tains a k lystron t ube h e
terodyne o sc
illator, ac rystal m ixer
c
ircuit, a nd f i
ve s t
age s o f t
he r eceiver i -
f amp lif
ier. T his p ro
-
v
ide s a n o u
tpu t s i
gna l o f about 5 0 m il
livolts a t an i -
f c enter
f
requency o f 1 29 m c. T his signal i sfed t o ac oaxial l i
ne l e
ad -
i
ng t o t he r eceiver c ontrol u nit
. T he r eceiver h a
s ab ui
l t
-in
t
ran s
former w hich s upplies f i
lamen t p ower t o a ll tube s. A l
l
o
ther v o
ltage s a re o btained f rom t h
e p ower s upp ly b y w ay o f
t
he r eceiver c on trol u nit. The e quipmen t i sp rov ided w ith a n
i
ntercommun ica tion s ys
tem s o t hat hand sets may b e plugged A
ttenuat
ing C oup
ler
,
i
n a nd o perator s m ay c ommun icate b etween t he r eceiver a nd MI-26578
t
he r eceiver c on trol u nit.

The r e
ceiver c on trol u ni t c on tains s even a dditiona l i -
f
E
quipmen
t S
upp
lied
s
tages, t he limiter a nd d iscrim ina tor s tage s, a nd t he AFC s y s
-
t
em . T here a re t wo s eparate d iscr im ina tor c hanne ls f ed f r om F
ield television r e
lay r ece iving e quipmen t ispacked as Master
t
he o utpu t of the i -
f amp lif
ier . O ne s upp lies signa l t o t he m ain I
tem 2 6940-A f rom t he f ollowing u ni
ts and c omponents:
t
ransm itter a nd mon itor ing c i
rcu its. T he o ther i su sed t o g en- TRR -1B R e
lay R ece iver
e
rate a c ontrol v o l
tage f or t he AFC a mp l
ifie r. T he r ece ive r i
nc
lud ing s e
t o f t ubes i n place II-26181-A
c
ontro l u nit isc onnec ted t o t he r e ceiver b y m eans o f as ing le Re
lay R eceiver C ontro l
c
able w ith p lug c onnec tors a t e ach e nd . I n o pera tion t his i
nc
lud ing s et o f t ubes i n place MI-26310-A
c
able may b e as l ong a s 200 f eet
. L onger l ength s m ay b e u sed
Regulated P ower S upp ly
where RG/8U c oax i s emp loyed f or t he I -F s ignal. I n a dd i-
t
ion, ac able connec tor a t the r ear o f t he r eceiver c ontro l u nit Type 5 80-C ( for r ack moun ting) MI-21523-B1
Type TY -25A ( rack moun ting) MI-26086
p
erm its t he c onnec tion o f a n e xtens ion c able s o t hat r ou tine
a
djustmen ts m ay b e conduc ted f rom a n earby mon i
tor ing c on- F
ield c a
se t o adap t T yp e TY -25A f or
s
ole. B oth t his u nit a nd t he p ower s upp ly m ay b e moun ted p
ortable s ervice MI-26527
i
n as tandard e quipmen t r a ck. T he r eceiver c ontrol p ane l i s Antenna ( s
elect f r om l is
t b elow)
l
ocated o n the fr on t
. A c onven ien t p ower s upp ly c a
r rying c ase a. Antenna, i nclud ing 4 f t
. P arabolo
id
f
or p ortab le o pera tion i s a vailab le . T his c on tro l u nit h as i t
s a
nd F eed S ystem MI-26185-A
own f i
lamen t trans former , b ut t he o ther v o
ltage s are r eceived h
. Antenna , i n
clud ing 6 f t
. P araboloid
f
rom t he p ower s upp ly. A ll t ube s a re a cce ssible f rom t he a
nd F eed S ystem MI-26185-B
f
ront o f t he u ni
t, a nd a l
l c able c onnec t
ion s a re m ade a t t he 5c. Moun ting a nd 4 f t
. R ef
lector
r
ear. (
for p arapet a n tenna) MI-26187
MI-26186 A ntenna F eed S ystem ( for 4 f
t
.
P
arabo la) r equ ired i n addit
ion.
1 Mounting S uppor t for T ransmitter and Arrenna
S
pec
ificat
ions (
s
elect from l i
st b e
low )
*
a. Moun ting a nd 4 f t
. R ef
lector
F
requency R
ange 6
500
-7050 (f
or p arapet a ntenna) M
I-26187
R
eciver I
-
F C
entered A
bou
t 1
29 mc b
. Television T ripod , TD -11A M
I-26046
c
.A ntenna T i
lt H ead M
I-26206
R
ece
iver I
-
F a
nd D
iscr
imina
tor B
andw
idth
, a
pprox 1
6 mc d
. Tripod A ccessories K it M
I-26518
A
ntenna Ga
in, Approx
. 4
-
foo
t R
eflec
tor 5
000 Required w ith ( b), (c) c ombinat
ion
6
-foo
t Ref
lec
tor 1
,500 and with ( d).
V
ideo Ou
tpu
t o
f R
ece
iver 2v
ol
ts, p
eak
-to
-peak e
. Relay A ntenna R ing Moun t (Gimbal Ring)_MI-26207
2 Headset ( s
ingle e arphone ) MI
- 96
570
-3
P
ower S
upply Requiremen
ts (Receiver a
nd
R
ece
iver Contro
l) 17 vo
lt, 60 cyc
les 9 5
0 w
atts 1 A
ttenuat
ing Coupler (
equiva
lent t
o a
pprox
.
1
0 mile
s of tr
ansm
iss
ion ) M
I-26578
1 C
able
, C
amera
, 2
0 f
t
. l
eng
th w
i
th c
onnec
tor
s M
I-267254
1 C
att
le, Camera w ith connec
tors f
or i
n
sta
lla
tion
Mechan
ica
l S
pec
ifica
tions b
etween R eceiver Contro
l and Rece
iver
R
eceiver Con
tro
l 2
0/50/100/200 f t
. le
ngths M
I-26725
-4,1
,2,3
(
in c
arry
ing c
ase
) 1
3" h
igh
, 2
0" w
ide
, 9%" d
eep 1 I
ns
truc
tion B
ook I
B-36051
-1
We
ight 2
6 lbs
.
R
eceiver (
i
n h
ous
ing) __ _14%" h
igh
, 1
71/
4" w
ide
, 1
4" deep Accessor
ies
We
ight 3
8 lbs
.
1 Coaxial C
able w
ith c
onnec
tor
s f
o
r v
ideo o
utpu
t
P
arabolic R
eflec
tor w
ith P
arape
t
1Plug -
in Me
ter MI
-21200
-C1 f
or m
aking a
djus
tmen
ts
B
ase Moun t
ing _ _ 4
81A
" h
igh
, 4
8" w
ide
, 1
41/
2" d
eep
We
igh t 4
7 lbs
. C
able a
nd c omponen
ts f
or r
emo
te mon
itor
ing; p
lug i
s
s
upp
lied
P
arabo
lic R
eflec
tor
s D
ia. 4f
t
.
, 1
41/
2" d
eep
, w
eigh
t 3
0 l
b
s.
D
ia. 6f
t
.
, 1
51/
2" d
eep
, w
eigh
t 7
5 l
b
s. 1 1
6
-22 vol
t d-c source and re
tardat
ion coi
l for t
elephone
t
a
lking v
oltage when no
t ava
ilable o
n pub
lic o
r priva
te
l
i
nes be
ing u sed
TUBE COMPLEMENT
1 O
sci
lloscope f
or r
eceiver f
r
equency a
djus
tmen
ts, t
uning a
nd
R
ece
iver U
nit _RCA 6J6 I
F a mp
lif
ier
; 46
1Kt I
F a
mpl
ifier
s; b
alanc
ing o
f d
i scr
imina
tors
RCA 2K26 h
ete
rodyne o
sc
illa
tor
1 P
ic
ture Mon
itor f
or c
heck
ing v
ideo o
utpu
t o
f r
ece
iver
R
ece
iver C ontrol Unit _7 RCA 6 AK5 I F ampl
ifiers; 2 RCA
6
J6 l im
iters; 4 RCA 6 AK5 b alanc
ing a mpl
ifiers; 2 RCA
6AL5 discriminator
s; RCA 6 SL7-GT AFC o scil
lator; RCA S
pare C
o mponen
ts
6
SL7-GT b a
lanced a mpl
ifier
; RCA 6 SN7
-GT a mpl
ifier a
nd C
rys
tal D
etec
tor M
I-26660
r
ect
ifier
; RCA 6 AC7-1649 video amplif
ier; 2 RCA 6 AG7
v
ideo amp lif
iers *Do n
ot d
upl
ica
te.

1
31
R
ELAY E
QUIP
.

Me
tal T
r
ipod
, T
ype T
D-2
1A
F
eatures
• I
b•
-igned f
o
r M
icrowave R
elay u
se
.

• L
egs a
dju
stab
le u
p t
o 2
1 i
n
che
s.
• F
eet p
oin
ted f
o
r f
i
eld u
se
- -
f
langed f
or p
ermanen
t u
se
.

• C
ast a
lum
inum a
nd s
t
ain
les
s s
t
eel c
ons
truc
tion
.

U
ses
T
he type TD-21A me ta
l t r
ipod is d
es
igned p r
imarily f
or use
w
ith Microwave Relay f i
eld equ
ipmen t
. T he tr
ipod m ay be
u
sed d
irect
ly with the back lo
ading parape
t moun t
, MI-26187
.
I
t m
ay a
l
so b
e u
sed f
or s
uppor
ting RCA F
ield o
r S
tud
io
C
ame
ras
.

Descr
ipt
ion
he t
T ype TD-21A t r
ipod ism ad
e of c
as
t al
um inum a nd st
ain-
l
e
ss s
tee
l to p rov
ide a rig , y
id e
t li
ghtwe
ight, portable uni
t.
T
he t
r
ipod l e
gs are adjus
table up t
o 21 i
nches and t h
e u n
it
may be e mployed i n e i
ther
p
ermanen
t or temporary i n
stal
-
l
a
tions b
y m ean
s of t wo types
o
f fe
et poin
ted for fi
e
ld w ork
,
f
l
anged f
o
r more permanen t use
.
Whi
le in
tended p r
imar i
ly f o
r
r
e
lay tran-mi
tter a
nd r ece
iver
a
ppl
ica
tion,, s
ome st
ation
s m ay
a
l
so e mp
loy t he tr
ipod f or
c
amera u
se. F
rict
ion heads
, plu
s S
pec
ificat
ions
H
i and/or Lo
-Ha t a
daptors ar
e l
ii
iIli G
ray c
rackle
Weigh
t 42 lbs
.
r
equ
ired for such a
pplica
tions. M
I-26047
S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion

A
ccessor
ies
I
n addi
tion t
o Microwave R elay TD-l3. _ MI
-26042
u
ses
, the TD-21A m ay b e e m
- TD-25A D o
lly MI
-26043
Lo
-ha t MI
-26190
-1
p
loyed t o s
upport T elevis
ion MI
-26190
-2
H
i-ha t
C
amera s
, as s
hown at lef
t w ith S
tud io Fric
tion H
ead MI
-26205
Lo
-Hat and TD-25A D olly
. T
ilt H ead MI
-26206

C
a mera T
r
ipod Do
lly
, T
ype T
D-25A
The t ype TD -25A d ol
ly i s d es
igned f or use i n s t
ud io o r
p
ortable TV a pplicat
ion s. It i s o
f a ll
-metal d esign a nd i n
-
c
orpora tes afoot-actuated w heel al
ignmen t and release pedestal
which f i
xes al
l w heels i n ap aral
lel p l
ane. T hus, swivel
ling i s
p
revented a nd s t
raight l i
ne d ol
lying i s permitted. Indiv idual
wheel l ocks and p os
itive t r
ipod l ock s
, w i
thou t springs, a re
p
rovided . The t ype TD -25A d olly m ay b e u
sed i n conjunc t
ion
w
ith a vailab
le t r
ipod s for a TV s t
ud io comb ination.

S
pec
ificat
ions
C
on-
tru
t•non C
ast a
lum
inum
F
ini
sh G
ray c
r
ack
le
We
igh
t 3
0 l
b
s.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26043

1
32
R
ELAY E
QUIP
.

R
elay T
i
lt H
ead
, M
I-26206
F
eatures
• S
imp lified c
ons truction , w
ith improved w
eather
-sea
led
h
earings .
• I
nterchangeab le moun ting w ith r egular fric
tion h ead o f
t
he pann ing h and le type .
• Degree s cales a re p rovided f o r ti
l
t a nd 360 ° r
otat
ion.
• S
epara te, p ositive l ock h andles a re p rovided f o
r ti
lt and
a
z
imu th r otation .
• A
ll exter ior p arts are o f sta
in les
s s teel or are hard chrome
p
lated t o e l
im ina te p ossibil
ity o f c orrosion
.
• Mounting d e
sign p erm its interchangeab i
lity on a l
l moun ts

vhere r egular f r
ict
ion h ead i s used .

Uses
T
he M
I-26206 T
il
t H
ead h
as b
een d
esigned e
spec
ial
ly f
or u
se
w
ith t
he RCA M
icrowave R
elay E
quipmen
t. I
t i
s e
as
ily t
r
ans
-
p
orted a
nd p
rov
ide
s a
n e
ase o
f s
e
t-up a
djus
t men
t. I
t i
s l
e
ss
e
xpens
ive t
han t
he f
r
ict
ion h
ead o
f t
he p
ann
ing h
and
le t
ype
.
I
t i
s s
u
itab
le f
or moun
ting d
irec
tly o
n t
he TD
-11A
t
r
ipod f
or f
i
eld u
se.

S
pec
ificat
ions
Descr
ipt
ion
He
igh
t _ _
T
he Ti
lt head i
s of asturdy
, al
l-me
tal d
esign i
n wh
ich mate-
r
i
als have b
een care
ful
ly s e
lec
ted for o
utdoor or fi
eld u
se. L
eng
th
L
igh
twe ight a
lum
inum cas
tings a
re employed a
nd al
l sur
faces
Wid
th 7
"
a
re a
ttrac
tive
ly f
in
ished i
n an umber g
ray wr
inkle
. The st
and-
a
rd TTR-1A M icrowave t
ransmit
ter or TRR
-1B M icrowave Wid
th (
Over Hand
le I
_ _
10 %"
r
ece
iver moun
ts o n the M
I-26206 head i
n c
onjunc
tion with
T
ripod Moun
t A
ccessory K
it. A t
o
tal r
o
tat
iona
l a
ngle o
f 3
60 Ang
le o
f R
ota
tion 3
60 °
d
egrees a
nd a
n amp
le t
i
l
t a
ngle t
oge
ther w
ith s
u
itab
le "
degree
-
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-26206
i
ndica
tor" s
ca
les a
re p
rov
ided
. I
ndiv
idua
l p
osi
tive l
ock
ing
h
and
les ma
inta
in p
roper s
e
ttings o
f t
i
l
t a
nd r
o
tat
ion
. C
ompan
ion T
ripod (
TD-
11 A MI
-26046

T
r
ipod Mount A
ccessory K
it
Descr
ipt
ion
T
ripod Moun
t Ar
ee,
,tor
) h
it i
t
, r
equ
ired a
nd p
rosi
u
le a
c
onven
ient means f
or the T
ripod Mount
ing of R
elay An
tenna
T
ransmit
ter
s and Rece
ivers for mob
ile s
erv
ice
. The A
ccessory
K
it c
ons
ists o
f t
r
ipod moun
ting p
la
te a
nd s
add
le p
lus n
ecessary
mount
ing bo
lts
. The fr
ont ca
sting of t
he relay tr
ansmitter o
r
r
ece
iver h
as a su
itab
le rec
tangu lar s
urface for a
ttach
ing the
t
r
ipod a
cce
ssory k
i
t moun
ting
. T
he t
r
ipod moun
ting p
la
te
f
a
stens d
irec
tly t
o R
elay T
il
t H
ead
, MI
-26206
, wh
ich moun
ts
o
n t
he TD
-11A al
l-meta
l t r
ipod
. The t
r
ipod moun
ting s
addle
a
nd p
la
te form a doveta
iled mount
ing a
ssemb
ly and eas
ily
s
l
ide t oge
ther b y means of a "V" cut groove and ra
ised
s
houlder. A threaded rod equ
ipped with a c l
amping wing
s
crew secure
ly locks t
he a
ssemb
ly in p
lace to p
rovide a r
ig
id
moun
ting. T
his s
ame de
%i ce e
nab
les t
he a
s
semb
ly t
o b
e e
as
ily
a
nd read
ily di
sas
semb
led .

S
pec
ificat
ions
B
lack c
rack
le
\e
igh
t l
approx
.t__ 2l
b
s.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion _ _ M
I-26518

1
33
R
ELAY E
QUIP
.

R
eflec
tor a
nd P
arape
t Moun
t, M
I-26
187
Descrip tion
Ref
lector a nd P arapet Moun tings are a vailab le f or u -c w ith
RCA P ortable M icrowave R elay E quipmen t. T he b ack-loading
f
eature o f the e quipmen t p erm its quick i n
stal lat
ion o f r elay
l
inks b y means o f four f as
tener s. (Four e qua lly s paced l ugs
o
n t he r im o f relay t r
ansm i
tter h ous
ing a re u tilized t o clamp
t
he u ni
t i n p lace f or p arapet moun t
ing .) T elecaster s m ay i n
-
s
tal
l r eflec
tor s o n a p ermanen t or s em i-permanen t b asi
s a t
s
t
rategic l ocation s b y simp ly b olt
ing d i
rec tly t o af l
at surface.
The reflector a nd moun t is also sui
ted f or i nstall
ing i n con-
j
unction w ith P arapet C lamp , MI -26189 a s a f i
xed-service
mounting . T he R ef
lector a nd P arapet Moun t u nit may b e u sed
w
ith T ripod M I-26047 f or day -
to-day
, R elay u se o n a mob i
le
u
n i
t, w hen d esired .

Ref
lec
tor a nd P arapet Moun t a
s
u
sed w ith TD-2
1A T ripod t
o sup
-
port Re
lay T ransmit
ter

R
efl
ector and Parap
et Mount s
hown as u
sed w
i
th
P
arape
t Clamp fo
r w a
ll t
ype moun
ting

S
pec
ificat
ions
F
inish Gray cr
ackle
Weight 4
5 lbs
.
S
tock Iden
tif
icat
ion (Ref
lec
tor a
nd P
arape
t Mount ) _MI
-26187
Acce
ssory Parapet C
lamp _ _MI
-26189
Acces
sory Tripod _ _ _M 1 -
26047

P
arape
t C
la mp S
uppor
t Mount
, M
I-26
189
Descr
ip t
ion
The Parapet C
lamp isd e
signed t o mount on bui
lding p arapet
s
o
r w a
lls f o
r accommoda ting M icrowave R e
lay E quipmen t—
a
nd in s ome case
s te
levis
ion camera s
. T he clamp is made o f
r
ugged c o
ld rol
led st
eel a nd s
erves as an ad
justable platform
f
or ei
ther temporary or permanen t i
nsta
lla
tion, as de
sired .

Parapet C lamp
S
uppor t
, MI -26
189
,
a
su sed wi
th Hi-Ha
t
t
o s uppor
t RCA
F
ield Camera

S
pec
ificat
ions
F
inish G
ray c
rackle
Weigh
t 5
3 lbs
.
S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion M
I-26189

1
34
ELAY E
R QUIP
.

C
a mera H
i-Hat a
nd L
o-Hat
D
escr
ipt
ion
The camera H i- and L o-hats a re m ade a vailable as c amera
moun
ts for use in res
tricted q uarters w here a t r
ipod m ay n o
t
p
rove convenient
. Instal
lation o f the h i
-hat m ay s ave time o n
f
i
xed locat
ions from w h
ich f r
equen t p ickups a re m ade. Either
t
he hi
-hat or l o
-hat w i
ll a ccep t f r
ict
ion h ead M I
-26205A o r
t
i
lt h
ead M I
-26206, for studio o r f i
eld u se
, r espect
ively. B oth
c
amera hat u n
its m ay b e u sed i n comb ination w ith p arapet
c
lamp. \b1.
26189 and/or t ripod, M I-26047.

MI
-26
190
.2

S
pec
ificat
ions
Construction (
at a
lum
inum
, b
lue h
ammero
id f
i
nish
Height:
Lo-hat 4
"
Hi
-ha t 6
"
Weigh t
:
Lo-hat 1
4 l
b
s.
Hi
-ha t 1
7 l
b
s.
S
tock I dentif
ica
tion
:
Lo-hat M
I-26190
-1
L
o-Ha
t, M1
.26
190
-1 Hi
-ha t M
I-26190
-2

R
elay Antenna R
ing Mount
D
escr
ipt
ion
The RCA R elay An tenna R ing Moun t c on s
i s
t s o f a g imba l
r
ing a s
semb ly w hich s erves a s a c onven ien t " wall
-type" o r
f
i
xed-service moun t fo
r f our- and six
-foo t r ef
lec tor s. I t is par-
t
i
cularly r ecommended f or t he six
-foot r eflector a s a f i
xed -
l
oca
tion a s
semb ly. T he antenna r i
ng fastens d irec tly t o antenna
r
ef
lector bo s
ses p rovided. ( The tr
ansm i
tter o r re ceiver h ousing
w
ith it
s w ave g uide r ece
ive s support from t he r eflector .) W ith
t
he rear ring of t he assemb ly rig
idly b ol
ted t o i t
s s uppor t
, t he
m
iddle a nd f ront r i
ngs, w hich c a
rry the r elay e quipmen t a nd
r
ef
lec tor, m ay b e a d-
j
usted i n b oth h ori-
z
onta l and vert
ica l
p
lane s b y mean s o f
h
inged l inks a nd l o
ck -
i
ng b olts. A djustmen ts
p
rov ided o n t he g im -
b
al r
ing p erm it a
-
±7 1/2 degree h orizon -
t
a
l a nd v ert
ica l move -
ment.

A
ntenna Ring Moun t S
ketch showing
a
s used t
o mount mounting detai
ls
R
elay Re
flec
tor f
or Antenna Ring
Mount

S
pec
ificat
ions

R
ing D
iameter (
out
side) 3
4"
R
ing A
djus
tment
, Vert
ical a
nd H
orizon
tal ±7 12 d
egrees
F
ini
sh Umber g
ray c
r
ack
le
We
ight i
app
rox
.1 8
0 l
bs
.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
l-26207

1
35
R
ELAY E
QUIP
.

A
ttenuat
ing C
oup
ler
, M
I-26578
(
For T
est
ing Micro wave R
elay E
quip ment
)

F
eatures
• Convenien
t attenuat
ion o
f t
r
ansm
itter s
i
gna
l f
or mak
ing c
e
iver h
ous
ings a
re t
he s
ame a
s t
hose s
upp
lied w
ith s
t
andard
r
eceiver ad
jus
tmen ts
. a
ntenna w
avegu
ides
.

• Equ
ipped f
or r
apid a
t
tachmen
t t
o b
oth t
r
ansm
itter a
nd R
ece
iver a
djus
tmen
ts a
nd s
ens
itiv
ity t
e
sts a
re m
ade u
nder
r
ece
iver
.
s
imu
lated o
pera
ting c
ond
itions
. D
ependab
le r
esu
lts a
re p
os-

• P
rov
ides a
t
tenua
tion o
f approximate
ly 5 2 dh
, e
quiva
len
t s
i
ble a
t ad
is
tance n
orma
lly p
rov
iding l
e
ss t
han o
ne d
b o
f
t
o a
bou
t 10 m
iles o
f f
r
ee space t
ransmiss
ion
. f
r
ee s
pace a
t
tenua
tion
.

Wi
th t
he a
t
tenua
tor a
s t
he p
ath b
etween t
he t
r
ansm
itter a
nd
U
se
t
he r
ece
iver u
nder t
e
st, t
he s
t
reng
th o
f s
i
gna
l r
ece
ived i
sequ
iv-
When u
sed i
n c
onjunc
tion w
ith t
he TTR
-1A/11
3 T
ransm
itter a
len
t t
o t
he s
i
gna
l s
t
reng
th t
en m
iles f
rom a t
r
ansm
itter u
nder
a
nd TRR
-1A/1B R
ece
iver
, t
he A
ttenua
ting C
oup
ler f
a
cil
ita
tes n
orma
l o
pera
ting c
ond
itions
. No b
lock
ing o
f r
ece
iver s
t
ages
c
heck
ing o
f t
he m
icro
-wave r
ece
iver a
ssemb
ly f
or p
roper d
ue t
o e
xces
sive s
i
gna
l i
s p
resen
t, b
ecause t
he t
r
ansm
itted
s
ens
itiv
ity
, a
l
ignmen
t, s
i
gna
l-to
-no
ise r
a
tio
, t
uning
. a
nd o
ther s
i
gna
l u
ndergoes 5
2 e
l
h o
f a
t
tenua
tion b
efore b
eing f
ed t
o
s
imi
lar a
djus
tmen
ts. T
he a
t
tenua
tor may a
l
so b
e u
sed t
o d
is
- t
he r
ece
iver
.
s
ipa
te p
ower when a
l
ign
ing t
he t
r
ansm
itter
. A
ccura
te r
esu
lts
may b
e o
bta
ined b
ecause a
djus
t men
ts a
re made u
nder c
ond
i-
t
i
ons c
omparab
le t
o a
c
tua
l o
pera
tion
.
S
pec
ificat
ions
O
vera
ll L
eng
th, e
xclud
ing P
ins 9
4"

O
vera
ll L
eng
th, ui
t
l
e P
ins 2
5 %"
D
escr
ipt
ion
Wavegu
ide RG50 /U
T
he A
ttenua
ting C
oup
ler i
s a s
ec
tion o
f w
ave
-gu
ide
. T
ype /
34" x 1/
12" O
.D.
RG50 /U
, mod
ified t
o p
rov
ide a s
mal
l. e
as
ily h
and
led p
iece o
f C
oup
ling Nu
ts _Same a
s s
upp
lied w i
th st
andard
e
quipmen
t f
or m
aking r
ece
iver t
e
sts
. T
he a
t
tenua
ting ma
ter
ial a
ntenna w
aveguide

u
sed i
s l
amina
ted p
heno
lic s
hee
t, i
n
ser
ted i
n t
he w
avegu
ide A
ttenua
tion_ A
pprox
imately 5
2 d
b, e
quiva
len
t to a
bout
1
0 mi
les o
f f
ree s
pace t
r
ansmis
sion
w
ith a t
i
ght f
i
t
. Two s
e
t s
c
rews h
old t
he a
t
tenua
tor i
n p
osi
tion
.
C
oup
ling n
uts f
urn
idied f
or a
t t
o t
r
ansm
itter a
nd r
e
- We
igh
t __ 411 l
bs
.

1
36
M
OBILE

Mob
ile P
ower C
ontro
l Un
it, M
I-26293
F
eatures

• P
rov
ides l
i
ne v
oltage c
ontro
l n
ear o
pera
tor
's p
osi
tion
.

• \o
l
tme ter t
o c
heck s
upp
ly v
ol
tage b
efore i
t i
s a
ppl
ied t
o
o
ntro
l Unit
.
6
• \'
i
nfl
icter t
o c
heck v
oltage a
ppl
ied t
o e
quipmen
t.

• ,e
para
te c
i
rcu
it b
reaker
s f
or e
quipmen
t a
nd u
t
ili
ty l
oads
.

• \a
tthour
-demand me
ter t
o measure p
ower c
onsump
tion
.

• P
erm
its a
-
c o
pera
tion o
f t
e
lev
ision mob
ile u
nit l
i
ght
ing

• \
foun
ts c
onven
ien
tly o
n s
t
and n
ear w
all o
f mob
ile u
nit
.

U
se
T
he P
ouer C
ontro
l U
nit i
s d
esigned t
o p
r o
\i
de a means f
or
c
ontro
lling
, f
rom a c
entra
l p
oin
t, t
he l
i
ne ‘
ol
tage i
npu
t t
o
t
he e
quipmen
t u
sed i
n t
he t
e
lev
ision mob
ile u
nit
. I
n a
ddi
-
t
i
on, i
t i
s d
esigned t
o r
ecord t
he p
ower c
onsump
tion o
f t
he
e
quipmen
t. The c
ontrol is c
apab
le o f o
perat
ing fr
om a ny
t
wo-w
ire s
ys
tem p
roviding i
npu
t voltage
s b
etween 1
00 and 1
20
v
ol
ts o
r b
etween 2
00 a
nd 20 v
olts
, 6
0 c
ycles
, a
t 5 KVA
, pup
w
hich i
s s
uff
ic
ien
t t
o s
upp
ly p
ower t
o t
wo c
amera c
hains
, a
mas
ter moni
tor
, s
witch
ing
, a
udio a
nd r
e
lay t
r
ansm
itter
e
quipmen
t.

D
escr
ipt
ion
s
t
and l
oca
ted n
ear t
he w
all o
f t
he mob
ile u
nit d
irec
tly b
ehind
T
he P
ower C
ontro
l Un
it c
ons
ists o
f t
r
ans
former
s, c
i
rcu
it
o
ne o
f t
he o
pera
tor
s' s
ea
ts. Heavy s
hock moun
ts a
re p
rov
ided
b
reakers a
nd o
ther c
ontro
l a
ppara
tus f
or manua
lly r
egu
lat
ing
w
ith t
he c
abine
t.
t
he o
utpu
t v
ol
tage
. The e
quipmen
t i
s h
on-ed i
n a c
abine
t
1
8" x 2
4 1/
2" x 2
7", wh
ich i
s d
esigned f
or moun
ting o
n t
he T
hree me
ter
s a
re p
rov
ided: a l
i
ne i
npu
t v
oltme
ter
, a
nd o
ut-
p
ut v
oltme
ter a
nd a h
alf
-hour d
emand w
atthour me
ter
. A mas
-
t
er l
i
ne s
witch i
ns
ide t
he c
abine
t i
s a
cces
sib
le t
hrough a s
i
de
d
oor
. There a
re t
wo c
i
rcu
it b
reaker
s o
n t
he f
ron
t p
ane
l. One
,
r
a
ted a
t 4
0 amperes
, i
s i
n t
he l
i
ne t
o t
he t
e
lev
ision e
quipmen
t.
T
he o
ther
, a1
0
-ampere c
i
rcu
it b
reaker
, i
s i
n t
he c
i
rcu
it t
o t
he
u
t
ili
ty o
utle
ts. T
he u
t
ili
ty o
utle
t i
s i
n
tended t
o s
upp
ly t
he
l
i
ght
ing s
ys
tem o
f t
he T
elev
ision Mob
ile Un
it w
hen i
t i
s
s
t
ationary d
uring p
rograms
. T
hree p
i
lot l
i
ghts a
re l
oca
ted o
n
t
he f
ron
t p
ane
l. One i
s u
sed a
s a
n i
ndica
tor f
or t
he mas
ter
s
witch
. The o
ther t
wo a
re a
ssoc
iated w
ith t
he t
wo c
i
rcu
it
b
reaker
s. A
ll c
onnec
tions t
o t
he p
ower c
ontro
l u
nit a
re made
t
hrough c
onnec
tors moun
ted a
t t
he b
ottom
.

S
pec
ifi
cat
ions
L
ine I
npu
tVo
ltage 1
00
-220
, o
r 2
00-220 v
olts
, 60 c
ycles
,
si
ngle p
hase

P
ower H
and
ling C
apab
ili
ty (
t
o t
e
lev
ision e
quipmen
t KVA

P
ower H
and
ling C
apab
ili
ty I
t
o u
t
ili
ty o
utle
tsL 1 KVA

Ou
tpu
t V
oltages _
117 v
olts

D
imens
ions o
f C
abin
lq:
He
igh
t 2
7"
Wid
th 2
412 "
/
D
epth 1
8"
We
igh
t 2
50 l
b
s. a
pprox
.

I
nside V
iew o
f P
ower C
ontro
l Un
it S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26293

1
37
MOB
ILE

T
elev
ision Mob
ile Un
it, T
ype T
J-50A

F
eatures
• P
rovis
ion m ade for mount
ing v o
ltage control uni
t. The i nterior a rrangemen t p rovides a dequa te s torage s pace
• E
conom ical a nd c
onvenien
t t o mainta
in —standard chass
is. f
or three c ameras, their tr
ipods a nd the relay transm itt
ing p ara.
b
ola —un its w hich mu st be se
t u p o ut
side t he vehicle f or t e
le-
• Modern s t
yling conforms w i
th t ha
t o f RCA T e
levis
ion
c
ast
ing . E quipmen t w hich n eed n o
t b e r emoved f r
om t he
Equ
ipmen t.
v
ehicle, such a s the relay tr
an smitter control unit
, a udio a mpli-
• S
ix fe
et of h ead r
oom i n i
nter
ior
. f
i
er and m ixer , mon itors and the camera c ontrol unit, are shock -
• L
arge w indow s in d
riv
ing c ompartment. mounted o n am etal frame. A n a t
tract
ive ly fi
nished , linoleum
• A
ll glass isshatterproof. c
overed o perating t able is provided a djacen t to e quipmen t.
• C
omp lete and c onven ient st
owage f ac
ilit
ies. U
se of the Mob i
le U n
it g reat
ly simpl
ifies the w ork of tr
ans-
• P
rovis
ion m ade f o
r s i
x cable ree
ls. p
ort
ing the televis
ion e qu
ipmen t required f o
r f i
eld pickups.
I
talso s
aves c
on s
iderable w ear a
nd te
ar o n t
he t e
levi
sion unit
s
• I
nside ladder and h atch provides access to roof
.
a
s wel
l as time in se
tting t hem up for operation.
• Roof covered wi th special non-
skid t r
ead m a
teria
l.
• Adequate heating f a
cili
ties
.
• Complete c on
tro l room i n rear of truck. Descr
ipt
ion
T
he b ody of t he vehicle, bui
lt o n as tandard P /24on chassi s
,
i
s custom-buil
t t o p rovide a n a t
tractive, pract
ical a nd c oin-
p
act u n
it. T he s t
andard f i
nish i s i n t wo-
tone umber g r ay
U
ses
w
hich isb oth a t
tract
ive a nd d urable. ( Optional color
s c an b e
T
he RCA T e
levi
sion Mob ile Uni
t is ac u
stom -bui
lt veh
icle f
urn
ished.) T he roof i s re
inforced t o support the w eight o f
d
esigned t
o c
arry the te
levision e
quipmen
t n eeded to p
ick up t
he fi
e
ld camera s as w e
ll asthe relay a n
tenna a nd the operator s
.
o
utdoor sc
enes and relay t he p
ic
tures t
o a s tud
io or trans
- A
ccess to t he roo f is m ade e asy th rough u se of a n i n
side
m
itter r
oom for broadcast
ing . l
adder and a 2 4" x 3 6" rain-
tigh t hatch.

1
38
M
OBILE

A s
hor
t w hee
lbase ge
ts t he vehicle a
round s harp t
urns in nar
-
r
ow st
reets; la
rge, f u
ll-view s hat
terproof w indows fac
ili
tate
s
a
fe dr
iving in heavy traff
ic; and a 90-horsepower eng
ine pro-
v
ide
s s
peed on open roads a s w
ell aspulling power o
n the hi
lls
.
The f our c
able r ee
ls supp
lied a r
e moun ted o n swing ing arm s
h
ou sed i n ar ear c ompar
tmen t accessib
le t hrough t wo d oors
i
n t he back of the uni
t. When t he rear doors a re o pened, the
r
eels c an be s wung out into t
he c lear to faci
litate u nreel
ing
t
he c ab
le. Each r eel can accommoda te 2 00 f ee
t o f camera
c
able . If a
dditional cable is required, there i s space i n the
c
ompar tment for the addit
ion o f two cab le reel,
.
S
hock moun ts are a vailab le for u
se u nder t he o perator's table
i
n mounting p ower s upplies and p or
tab le sync g enerator. A lso
p
rovided is a moun ting p late for accommoda ting t he m icro-
wave re
lay t r
ansm i
tter h ead end. T ruck o verhead l ights a nd
t
wo 10 v o
lt u t
ility o utlets in ei
ther w a
ll a t the s ide of t he
o
perat
ing table are p rovided . Aconven ient shelf isi n
corpora ted
f
or re
lay transm it
ter c on trol and mon itor equipmen t. C ur
ta ins
a
re supplied f or c los
ing o f control s ec
tion t o p rovide a
d
arkened o perating a rea.
I
nside , the v eh icle h as a dequate h eating f ac
ilities for c o
ld
weather. A t rans former p rovided u nder t he hood a llows t he
s
witch ing a t t
he d ashboard p anel of truck l i
ghts t o r
egular a -
c
o
u t
lets w henever a va
ilab le. T he linoleum c overed o perat
ing
t
able a t the re ar r uns t he f ul
l w idth o f the Mob ile Un it
, and
p
rov ides c onven ien t op erating s pace for three o perators sea
ted
s
ide b y side. S wivel c hairs f or the o perators are p ermanen tly
moun ted t o the f l
oor. T he s torage l ockers for t he c ameras,
t
r
ipods a nd a cce ssories a re b uilt along the i n
side w alls of the
v
ehic le.

S
pec
ificat
ions
O
uts
ide D
imen
sion
s (
overa
ll): I
n
ter
ior v
iew
, look
ing aft
, showing ladder t
o r
oof
,
L
ength (
bumper t
o b
umper
) 2
69" a
nd opera
tors' p
osi
tions
W
idth 8
9"
H
eight 10"
E
quipmen
t S
upp
lied
I
ns
ide D
imens
ion
s:
W
idth 8
4" S
tock Ident
ifica
tion _ MI
-26981
H
eigh
t 7
2" 1TI504 Field T ruck _ MI-26290
H
eigh
t (
a
t o
pera
tor
s' t
ab
le) 6
7" C
able R eel
s MI
-26573
1Set of Shock Moun t
s ( t
ran
smitter c
ontro
l) M1-26758
C
ros
s We
igh
t 1
3
,500 l
b
s.
1Aud io Amp l
ifier Rack_ _ MI-26569
T
ire S
ize 7
50 x 2
0 1Tripod P la
te a nd Acce
ssor
ies MI
-26518-99
C
has
sis S
tandard 11
/2-
t
on 1
60" w
hee
lba
se A
ccessor
ies
F
ini
sh _ _ _Two
-tone umbe
r g
ray (
l
igh
t umber g
ray i
n
side
) Mob
ile l
'
o%
.,
•1
- o
n
lro
l U
nit M
I-26293

P
ROG S
OUND
S
TORAGE CABLE
STEP
R
EELS

MASTER
ABLE

MON
ITOR
T

ENG I
NE SW
ITCH
ING
'S

HATC H
OPERATOR

COMPART MENT SYSTE M


I I

0
1
] CAM CONT

r
-r
f
i
CAM CONT
STORAGE
50-
i
r

WI

S
TEP
z
o
3- 0 CAM CONT

I
n
ter
ior l
ayou
t p
lan o
f T
.
1-50
.4

1
39
R
CA E
quipmen
t

'
MIN
\
WJZ •T
V
T
ELEV
ISION

WJZ -TV. RCA f i


eld equipmen t in act
ion atop a WJZ -TV f i
eld tr
uck.
WJZ-TV a l
so u ses RCA t e
levision camera c ontro
ls, microwave relay
e
quipment
,s ync generators, s
tudio c
amera s
, vi
deo and aud
io control
-room
c
onsole
, comp le
te f i
lm fac
ili
ties, t
urntables
, microphones, Super
turnsti
le
a
ntenna
, and the 5-kw transmitter Type TT-5A .

WENR-TV . The RCA 5 -kw t e


levision
t
ransm itter Type TT -5A a nd RC A
1
0-kw FM t ransmit
ter T ype BTF -10B
a
t WE NR -TV . This sta
tion a lso i n
-
c
ludes an RCA S uperturnst
ile a ntenna ,
f
i
eld truck a nd f
ie
ld camera e quipmen t,
s
tudio camera s
, v
ideo and audio con t
ro l-
r
oom e quipmen t
, fi
lm p rojectors, f i
lm
c
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s, t urntab
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1
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f
T
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le
vis
ion S
t
at
ion
s
W XYZ -TV . One o f t he W XYZ -TV
s
t
ud ios s howing RCA s t
udio c amera s
a
nd t he RCA -equ ipped c ontrol r oom.
W XYZ -TV a l
so u ses RCA t e
levision
f
i
eld trucks, s
ync g enerator, m icrowave
r
e
lay e qu
ipmen t, fi
lm p rojec tors
, s l
ide
p
ro jectors, fi
lm c ameras , turntab les
,
m
ic rophone s, tr
an smitter e quipmen t—
i
ncluding the RCA TT -5A 5 -kw t r
an smit
-
t
er and a n RCA S uperturns t
ile antenna.

K
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sion fie
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ions —i, an RCA " studio
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on whee:
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c
on came ras
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a mera tipois, :imera c
on trol un
its
,
on-
the-a
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aLnera switching sys
-
t
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yn: generator
, m icrawa:e relay equipmen t
,
power supplie
s. XECA -TV a l
t
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ses RCA s t
udio
cuneras
, fi
lm e qapinent, t
imetables
, microphone s
,
L
nd a
n RCA S
u2er
turn
sti
le t
ntenna
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,
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, fi
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urntables
, m icrophone s a nd a n RCA
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turnstile a ntenna.

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I
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CA T
elev
ision Ca mera a
nd S
tud
io C
ontro
l
R
oom Equ
ip ment

T
S-10A S
witch
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ect
ion

TK
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ilm C
ame
ra

TK
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tud
io C
amera
TP
-I6A T
elev
ision P
rojec
tor

RCA T
elev
ision S
tud
io C
ameras a
nd a
s
soc
iated c
ontro
l e
quip
- c
a
ll b
uy t
o s
u
it h
i
s p
art
icu
lar n
eeds
. A
ll u
ri
ts h
ave m
atch
ing
men
ts a
re d
es
igned f
o
r a
l
l t
e
lev
ision i
n
sta
lla
tion
s, l
a
rge o
r a
ppearance a
nd umber
-gray f
i
nish
. Moreover
, t
hey a
re e
l
ec-
s
mal
l. I
tise
conom
ica
l f
or s
t
ation
s s
t
art
ing o
ut i
n as
mal
l w
ay, t
r
ica
lly a
nd m
echan
ica
lly d
es
igned t
o o
pera
te t
oge
ther
. A
ddi
-
b
ecau
se a m
inimum n
umbe
r o
f e
quipmen
t u
ni
ts w
il
l h
and
le t
i
ona
l u
ni
ts c
an b
e a
dded a
t a
ny t
ime w
i
thou
t f
e
ar o
f f
i
l
l-
t
he
ir e
ar
ly r
equ
iremen
ts. A
s t
hese s
t
ations g
row
, a
nd n
ew i
ng s
t
udio
s a
nd c
ontro
l r
oom
s w
i
th a n
umber o
f d
i
ssim
ilar
s
ource
s o
f p
rogram m
ater
ial b
ecome a
vai
lab
le, a
ddi
tiona
l c
omponen
ts.
e
quipmen
t u
nit
s c
an b
e a
dded w
ithou
t d
i
scard
ing p
rev
iou
sly At
yp
ica
l e
l
ectr
ica
l a
rrangemen
t o
f w
hat w
e c
ons
ider t
o b
e t
he
i
n
sta
lled e
quipmen
t. I
n t
h
is w
ay t
he s
mal
l b
roadcas
ter c
an b
as
ic c
ame
ra e
quipmen
t r
equ
ired f
o
r e
ven t
he s
mal
les
t s
t
ation
e
xpec
t t
o h
ave e
ven
tua
lly a s
t
ation w
hich d
upl
ica
tes i
n a
ppear
- w
ith s
t
udio c
ontro
l f
a
cil
itie
s i
s s
hown i
n t
he b
lock d
iagram
.
a
nce a
nd f
a
cil
itie
s t
hose s
t
ation
s w
hich s
t
art o
n al
a
rger s
c
ale
.

RCA a
dd-
a-un
it d
es
igns a
re a
l
so e
conom
ica
l f
o
r l
a
rger t
e
le-
v
i
sion s
t
ation
s; f
i
rs
t, b
ecau
se t
hey e
l
imina
te c
os
tly d
upl
ica
tion
o
f a
ppara
tus
, a
nd s
e
cond
, b
ecau
se t
he
ir m
anu
fac
ture i
n r
e
la-
t
i
vely l
a
rger q
uan
tit
ies m
ake
s i
tpo
ssib
le t
o o
fer b
e
tter q
ual
ity
a
t l
ower p
r
ice
s.

F
or a
l
l t
e
lev
ision b
roadca
ster
s w
ho p
lan t
o p
rov
ide s
t
udio a
nd
f
i
lm t
e
lecas
ts, t
here a
re f
i
ve b
as
ic t
ype
s o
f e
quipmen
t r
equ
ired
.
T
hese a
re
, n
ame
ly: (
1
) P
ickup e
quipmen
t, i
.
e
., s
t
udio c
amera
s,
f
i
lm a
nd s
l
ide p
rojec
tor
s; (
2
) as
wi
tch
ing s
y
stem f
or t
he c
am-
e
ras (
or f
o
r t
he s
t
udio
s); (
3
) s
ync g
enera
ting e
quipmen
t; (
4
)
p
rogram mon
itor
ing e
quipmen
t; a
nd (
5
) c
amera d
ol
lie
s a
nd
p
ede
sta
ls, l
i
ne a
mpl
ifier
s, p
ower s
upp
lie
s, e
t
c. T
hese i
t
ems c
an
b
e o
bta
ined s
epar
ate
ly, s
o t
ha
t i
n e
ach c
ase
, t
he b
roadca
ster 4
-
Sec
tion V
ideo C
onso
le

1
42
U
se i
smade o
f t
wo T
ype TK
-10A S
tud
io C
amera e
quipmen
ts, ,t
he v
ideo c
onso
le f
o
rmed b
y t
he c
amera c
ontro
l u
ni
ts

t
wo TK
-20A F
i
lm C
amera e
quipmen
ts, a TG
-1A S
tud
io S
ync a
nd o
ne s
wi
tch
ing u
nit w
il
l i
n mo
st c
a
ses b
e a
dequa
te f
o
r
G
ene
rator
, a
nd a T
S-10A S
witch
ing S
ys
tem
. T
he s
wi
tch
ing s
y
s. s
a
tis
fac
tory s
uperv
ision a
nd d
i
rec
tion o
f p
rogramm
ing
. T
his
t
er
n c
an h
and
le s
i
x i
npu
t l
i
nes
. A
s s
hown i
n t
he d
iagram
, t
wo
v
ideo c
onso
le i
smade u
p b
y b
ol
ting s
i
de b
y s
i
de o
ne c
amera
o
f t
hese s
i
x i
npu
ts a
re u
sed f
or r
emo
te l
i
nes s
uch a
s n
etwork
c
ontro
l s
e
ction f
r
om e
ach c
amera e
quipmen
t p
lus as
wi
tch
ing
o
r f
i
eld p
ickup
s, a
nd t
he o
ther f
our a
re d
iv
ided b
etween t
wo
s
e
ction
. T
he a
ddi
tion o
f t
r
im e
nd-
sec
tion
s t
hen f
o
rms a
n a
nrac
-
s
t
udio c
ameras a
nd t
wo f
i
lm c
amera
s. S
ync i
s f
ed f
r
om t
he
l
i
ve d
esk
-type c
onso
le. A
ny n
umber o
f t
hese u
ni
ts c
an h
e
S
ync G
enera
tor t
hrough a p
ulse d
i
str
ibu
tion b
ox t
o t
he TA
-5B
f
a
stened t
oge
ther
.
S
t
abi
liz
ing Amp
lif
ier w
hich c
omb
ine
s t
he s
ync w
ith t
he c
am-

e
ra v
ideo s
i
gna
ls. O
rdinar
ily
, v
ideo s
i
gna
ls f
ed t
o t
he r
emo
te

i
npu
ts a
l
ready c
onta
in s
ync w
hich i
s s
upp
lied b
y t
he f
i
e
ld S
ta
tions e
mploy
ing s
evera
l s
t
udio
s a
nd f
a
cil
itie
s f
o
r n
etwork

e
quipmen
t, o
r
, i
n t
he c
a
se o
f t
he n
etwork i
npu
t, i
ssupp
lied p
rogram
s w
il
l r
equ
ire a p
rogram d
irec
tor
's c
onso
le. T
his c
on-

a
tth
e s
t
ation o
f o
r
igin
. H
owever
, t
he S
t
abi
liz
ing Amp
lif
ier c
an s
o
le i
sst
yled s
imi
lar
ly t
o t
he v
ideo c
onso
le, b
ut t
he v
i
ewing

a
l
so a
dd s
ync a
u
toma
tica
lly t
o r
emo
te i
npu
t s
i
gna
ls w
hen mon
itor
s a
re b
uil
t i
n
side t
he h
ous
ing a
nd v
i
ewed t
h
rough a
n

n
ece
ssary
. o
pen
ing i
n t
he t
op o
f t
he c
onso
le. T
hus
, l
i
ght c
anno
t s
t
rike

t
he s
c
reen
s. T
he d
irec
tor
's c
onso
le i
s p
rov
ided w
ith t
hree

P
rogr
am mon
itor
ing e
quipmen
t r
equ
ired d
epends u
pon t
he mon
itor
s, t
wo f
o
r p
rev
iew a
nd o
ne f
o
r t
he p
rogram l
i
ne. A

n
umber o
f s
t
udio
s e
mployed b
y t
he b
roadcas
ter
. F
or t
he s
wi
tch
ing p
ane
l a
l
low
s t
he d
i
rec
tor t
o f
ade
, l
ap
-dis
solve a
nd

s
mal
ler s
t
ations w
ith p
erhap
s o
ne s
t
udio p
lus a p
rojec
tion s
wi
tch t
he v
ideo s
i
gna
ls.

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f S io C
tud amera
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nd C
ontro
l R
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quipmen
t

1
43
4= M
O

S
tud
io C
a mera E
quipmen
t, T
ype T
K-10A
F
eatures

• E
lec
tron
ic V
iewf
inder i
nc
luded a
- s
t
andard e
quipmen
t.

• F
our l
ens p
osi
tions p
rov
ided o
n ar
o
tatab
le t
urre
t.

• O
ptica
l fo
cus
ing eas
ily a
ccomp
lished b
y a k
nob o
n t
he
s
i
de of t
he c
amera
.

• S
tudio Camera i
s s
upp
lied a
s s
i
ngle
, c
omp
lete
, c
ompac
t
p
ackage
.

• H
inged d
oors a
nd cover
s p
erm
it e
asy a
cce
ss t
o c
amera c
i
t
.-
e
m
its a
nd con
tro
ls.

• F
our t
a
lly l
i
ghts
, t
wo o
n t
he f
r
ont o
f t
he c
amera
, o
ne o
n
r
ear o f c
amera and one be
side the v
iewf
inder k
inescope
,
i
ndicate t
o the c
ameraman a
nd per
formers when t
he c
amera
i
so n-
the-a
ir.

• A c
omb inat
ion microphone a nd headset f
or each ope
rator
p
roduces program sound in o ne e
arphone and order wire
c
onver
sation in t
he microphone and other e
arphone
.

• Two phone j
ack
s o
n c
amera —one f
o
r c
ameraman
, o
ne f
o
r
p
roduc
tion man.

• Camera mount
ing des
igned for as
t
andard t
r
ipod
, ac
rane
t
ype dol
ly or st
udio p
edes
tal
.

U
ses
T
he TK -10A Studio C
amera E qu
ipment i s d
esigned to p
ick
u
p s c
enes produced i
n t
elev
ision st
udio
s, and p rov
ide com-
p
osi
te video s
igna
ls t
ha
t c
an be fed t
o atelev
ision tr
ansmi
tter
.

The camera uses an I mage Orth


icon pickup tube which r
e-
q
uires much l es
s l igh
t t han former st
udio cameras
. U nde
r
n
orma l l
igh
ting c ondit
ions 1 7
5-150 f
oo
t-candle
s Ia n e
xcel
len
t
pic
tti
re i
s obta
ined .

Descr
ipt
ion
S
tud
io C
amera moun
ted o
n TD
-1.4 P
ede
sta
l D
olly
The TK -
10A S tud
io C amer a E quipmen t consists o f the C am-
e
ra i t
self
, w hich c an b e moun ted o n ac r
ane t ype d olly or
s
tudio p ede stal, a C amera C ontrol moun ted i n a d esk-type
c
onsole s ection, and p ower s upp l
ies d es
igned f o
r r ack moun t
- v
ideo preamplif
ier tubes a re moun ted o n a shelf %ski
t t he
i
ng. T he size a nd gener al a ppearance o f t
he c onsole s ec
tion i s c
ircu
it components ea
sily access
ible o n at e
rminal board below
i
dentical to t h
at of the Film C amera E qu
ipmen t and t he Studio t
he she
lf. The def
lection a nd h igh v o
ltage pulse supply c i
r-
Swi
tching S ystem . T here fore, the s t
udio c amera c ontrol u ni
t c
uits a
re mounted i n as imilar m anner o n th
e o ther si
de o f
c
an b e used i n conjunct ion w ith o ther st
udio a nd f i
lm u n
its
. t
he camera
. Hinged d oors o n ei
ther s i
de of the camera s w
ing
Any n umber o f these c on sole sec
tions ( one f or each c amera) d
own t o p
rovide easy access to t h
e c amera ci
rcuits.
c
an h e bolted t ogether to f orm a c onvenient d esk-
type c onsole
.
F
our EKTAR t ype lenses are mounted o n al ens t
urret w hich
S
TUD
IO CA MERA c
an b e rota
ted b y ah andle at the re
ar o f the camera. T hese
The g eneral arrangemen t o f t h
e c on trols a nd c omponen ts o f l
ense
s a re re
latively s mal
l d ue to t
he s mall si
ze of the photo-
t
he S tudio C amera r esemb les that o f the RCA F ield C ame ra. c
athode i n the pickup t ube
. T hey are a va
ilable in si
zes from
L
ike t he f i
eld c amera , t he s tudio c amera e mp loy s i mage 3
5 mm f 3
.3 t o 135 mm f 3
.8. Optica
l f o
cu s
ing i s a
ccomp li
shed
o
rthicon d ef
lection c ircuits, a p ic
ture p reamp lifier, a nd a n b
y a djustmen t of a k nob o n the side o f the camer a
. T h
is
e
lectronic viewfinder w h
ich i s moun ted d irectly o n t he c ame ra. k
nob move s the p i
ckup t ube and its focus and def
lection c o
il
The v iewfinder, w h
ich e nab les t he c amera m an t o v iew t he a
ssemb ly with r espec
t t o the le
ns.
s
cene h e is picking u p, u ses a 5i n
ch p icture t ube ( RCA -
5FP4A) w h
ich o perates w ith a n i mage b righ tness s a
tisfactory C
ontrols f
or the st
ud io c
amera c ircu
its a
re lo
ca ted on the rear
f
or v iewing s c
ene s e ven i n brightly l ighted s t
udio s. S uffic
ien t o
f the camera i n two rows b ehind hinged c overs
. A l
l t he
se
g
ain i s ava
ilable t o i nsure a s harp v ies ti
nder i mage , e ven c
ontrol
s are n ormally pre
set a nd d o no
t requ ire adjustmen t
-
when h and l
ing d ark s cenes . Camera c i
rcu its are a rranged o n d
uring a program. C ommun icat
ion a nd ta
lly light ci
rcuits are
e
ither s i
de o f t h
e t ube a nd c oil a ssemb ly. O n o ne s i
de , t he p
rovided in the camer a c
able.

1
44
S
tudio C
amera C ontro
l Un
it I
nc
iden
t Illumina
tion (m
in ) 2
5 foo
t-cand
les
c
onsis
ting of TM -5A Mon itor I
nc
iden
t I luminat
ion f
or B
est R
esu
lts_
100 t
o 2
00 foo
t-cand
les
a
nd C amera Control C ha
ssis P
ower Source 17 vo
lts
, 69 cyc
les
(
111
-20055) mounted i n console P
ower Consumption:
h
ous
ing (MI-20260B (
a
) Hea
ter S upply C amera Contro
l 3
75 w
atts
(
b) Two WP -33B P ower Suppl
ies 8
00 w
atts
(
e
) One 580-C P ower Supply 3
70 w
atts
(
c
]) Current Regulator 1
5 w
atts

T
ota
l f
o
r O
ne C
amera C
hain 1
560 w
atts
S
TUD IO CAMERA CONTROL
The S tudio C amera C on trol e n- MECHA MCAL S PECIFICATIONS
a
ble s the video o perator t o mon - C
amera ( i
nclud
ing V
iewf
inder
)
i
t
or a nd c on trol t he q uality o f L
ength 3
5"
t
he p ic
ture s ignal p roduced b y W
idth 1
3"
t
he s t
udio c amera . I t i s ad esk- H
eight 2
0"
t
ype c onsole s ec
tion w ith a
TM -5A c ame ra mon itor moun ted C
aniera Control Con
sole
:
i
n t he u pper p ar
t, a nd t he c on- D
ep th 3
6"
t
rol c hass
is moun ted i n t he com - Width 1
314 "
/
p
ar tmen t b
elow . T he c amera Heigh
t (overal
l) 4
1"
mon itor h as a 1 0-
inch p ic
ture We
ights:
t
ube f or disp laying t he p icture, C
amera (wi
thou t lense
s i
ncluding View
finder
)_ _ 105
a
nd a 5 -
inch o sci
llograph t ube C
amera Control C onso
le Assembly
which r eproduce s t h e p ic
ture
(
i
nclud
ing Mas ter Moni
tor ) 140 l
bs
.
s
igna l % avefor tn
. C on tro ls f or C
amera Cable 0
4 l
b
s. per foo
l
g
ain a nd b lack l evel s etting a re
b
rough t o u
t o n t he mon itor
f
r ont p anel
. T
ube Co mp
le men
ts

T
he c ontro l c ha s
sis c ontains t he n ecessary c i
rcu i
ts f or amp l
i- TK-
10A S tud
io C amera I RCA Image Orth
icon (Studio
f
y
ing t h
e i
deo s i
gna l, e s
tab lishing b lack l evel
, m ixing in a t
ype), 1 RCA 6 AG5, 3 RCA 6 AK5, 1 RCA 6J6, 3 RCA
s
awtoo th c orrecting s igna l
, a dding p ic ture b lank ing t o t he 6
SN7GT , 2 RCA 6 SL7GT, 1 RCA 6 BG6G, 1 RCA 6 AS7G.
p
icture s i
gna l, a dding t he s ynchron izing s ignal, a nd p rov
iding 1 RCA 1B3GT/8016 , 1 RCA 6 V6GT, 1 RCA 6L7.
3s eparate o utputs. I t i s av ert
ically moun ted c has s
i s w
ith a S
tudio View Finder___2 RCA 6 AG7, 1RCA 6J6, 1RCA 6 V6GT,
b
racke t p ro jecting f rom t he t op p art of t he c hassis s upport
ing 1 RCA 6 H6
, 2 RCA 6 SN7GT , 1 RCA 6 SL7GT , 1 RCA
t
he o pera ting c ontro ls. F our c ommon ly u sed c on trols project 6
1366G, 1RCA 1 B3GT/8016, 1RCA 6 AS7G, 1RCA 5 FP4A.
t
hrough t he d esk t op s urface . T hese a re: S
tudio Camera C ontrol _6 RCA 6 SN7GT, 1RCA 6 S
1-
17, 2 RCA
L O rthicon F ocu s 6AG7, 2 RCA 6 AL5, 1 RCA 6 Y6G
, 4 RCA 6 AC7.
2
.B eam C urrent T
ube Complement f
o
r Power S
upp
ly 580
-C, WP-33A, and C
ur-
3
.T arget r
en
t Regula
tor a
re l
i
sted e
l
sewhere i
n t
his ca
talog
.
4
. I mage F ocus
Three l ess f requen tly u sed c ontrols are r ece ssed u nder a s mall
p
ane l i n t he t op s urface. E
quip men
t F
urn
ished
The c on tro l u nit c omp lete w ith i t
s c ontro ls c an h e removed Nock I dent
ification M
I-26900
e
asily f r om t he c on sole b y r emov ing t he l ower f ront panel Equipmen t b e
low p lus m iscel
laneous cab
les, f
i
t
tings and h ard
-
a
nd s l
iding t he u nit o ut. A ll e l
ectrical c onnec tions a re m ade ware iss upplied)
w
ith p lug-in c onnec tors
. 1 Studio C amera M
I-26000-A
PO WER S UPPL IES 1 Camera V iew f
inder M
I-26005
1 Came ra C ontrol C hassis M
I-26055
Four p ower s upplie s a
re r equired f o
r each camera c hain. These
1 Mas ter Mon itor TM -5A M
I-26135.A
a
re a s fo
llow s: I R egulated P ower S upp ly MI
-21523-B2
I
.T ype WP - 33B t o supp ly B+ t o m as
ter mon itor. 2 R egulated P ower S upp lies M
I-26985-B
2
.T ype WP -338 t o supp ly 8+ t o camera a nd viewf inder. 1 C urrent R egulator MI
-26090
3
.T ype 5 80-C t o supply B+ t o c
amera c ontrol and t o current I C onsole Hou s
ing M
l-26266.B
r
egulator. 1 Blower M
I-26579-A
4
.C urrent regu lator to supp ly constant current t
o came ra focus 1 L ens 5 0mm f 1.9 MI
-26550-1
c
oil
. 1 L ens 9 0mm f 3.9 MI
-26550-2
These f our p ower s upplie s a re designed f or 4444 m
uting ii a 1 L ens 3 5mm 1 38 Ml
-26550-3
s
tandard r ack i n the st
ud io c ontro
l r oom. 1 Set o f Tube s f o
r M I.26900 consis
ting of
(1) 5 CPIA , 1 I5 FP4A , 1 1 86P Iand I1) Image Orthicon
S
pec
ificat
ions
Number o f L
ines 5
25 Accessor
ies
Odd Line In
terlac
ing 2to I
F
rame R ate 3
0 per se c
. 8
.
5 in. f
3.9 L ens M
I-26550.4
F
ield Rate 6
0 per se c
. 3
5nim f3
.3 L ens _ M
I-26550-9
P
icture Signal Leve
l 15 vo
lts, p
eak
-to-peak m ax. 1
3 in. f
3
.5 L ens _ M
I-26550-10
(
conform s t
o RMA s tandards ) 1
7 in
. 15
.0 L ens M
I-26550-7
P
icture Polari
ty a t O utpu t _ B
lack n egat
ive C
amera C able ( l
eng th to be s
pecif
ied b
y custome
r) MI
-94-C
Impedance of C oaxial T ransmission Line 7
5 o hm s V
ideo C oax C able RG 1/u MI
-83
Maximum L ength C amera C able 1
000 ft
. V
ideo C oax C able RG 5 9/u MI
-75
To
ta l I
ncluded A ngle o f Lenses: Power C able 1 2
-cond ., Shie
lded MI
-80
(
a ) 35 mm 1 3.3 E k tar 5
0° I
nter Commun ica
tion C able 8
-cond.
, Sh
ielded MI
-82
(
b) 5 0 mm 1 .9 E ktar_ Pu
lse Distribution B ox M
I-26757
(
3 lenses 3

S
tudio C ame ra D olly MI
-26040
f
(d
)) 1
c 93
05mmmm ff
31
.1 Ektar f
urniss
hed
he )
d) 2
0
13°
° S
tudio C amera P ede stal MI
-26035
(
e
) 8.
5 in
., f
3.9 I
l
ex 8
° C
amera F r
iction H ead MI-26205-A
(
f
) 1
3 in
., 13
.5 Il
ex s
o Meta
l T ripod TD -11 A MI
-26046
S
ti l
i
o C
a mera P
edes
tal
, T
ype T
D-1A
F
eatures
• P
ede
sta
l move
s s
moo
thly a
nd s
i
len
tly
.

• Rugged
ly c
ons
truc
ted f
o
r d
urab
ili
ty.

• Mechan
ica
lly b
alanced f
or e
ase o
f o
pera
tion
.

• E
asi
ly m
aneuvered i
n s
mal
l a
reas
.

• A
ttrac
tive
ly f
i
nished i
n w
rink
le e
name
l a
nd s
t
ain
les
s s
t
eel
.

U
ses
T
he S
tud
io C
amera P
ede
sta
l, M
I-26035 p
rov
ide
s ac
onven
ien
t
a
nd u se
ful moun
ting p
ede
stal f
or t
he t
e
lev
ision c
amera
. I t i
s
d
esigned fo
r use in t
he st
udio a
nd in o
ther i
ndoor place
s
w
here t
e
lecas
ts m
igh
t b
e m
ade
. Moun
ted o
n t
he p
ede
sta
l, t
he
c
amera c
an b
e moved f
r
eely and qu
iet
ly a
bout t
he te
lecas
ting
s
i
te. A cr
ank h
andle on the pede
sta
l ra
ise
s or lowers the
c
amera to any height b e
tween a pprox
ima tely 40 i
nches a nd
f
i
ve feet a
bove t
he floor
. P anning a nd t
i
lting of t
he camera is
p
rovided by aF r
iction H ead, w h
ich although shown i n the
p
hotograph
, is s
upplied s eparate
ly, as M I
-26205
. The Frict
ion
Head, wh
ich can b
e used t
o moun
t e
i
ther fi
e
ld o
r st
udio t
ype
RCA c ameras t
o the pede
sta
l, i
s d
escr
ibed i
n de
tail on a
s
eparate s
hee
t.

D
escr
ipt
ion
The ilus
trat
ions show the S tudio C amera P edestal w ith and
w
ithout camera mounted. As p reviously mentioned, t he wheel
w
ith the crank handle is used f or r
aising and l owering the
c
ame ra
. Because o
f fine mechan ical balance i
n the g ear mech-
a
nism, very li
tt
le efort is requ ired either t
o raise o r lower
t
he camera.

F
ully e
xtended
, the ove
rall h
eight o
f p
edes
tal i
s54"
.
F
ric
tion head f
or mounting c
amera issupp
lied s
epa
-
r
ate
ly a s MI
-26205
.

The large w heel steers t


he three r ubber
-tired wheels o n which
t
he pede s
tal r ides
. I n st
eering
, t hese th
ree w heels turn in any
d
irect
ion s imu ltaneou s
ly becau se of ac hain w h
ich l ink
s them
t
ogether. T he s mall pedal shown l ower
s ac aster w hich efec-
t
i
vely r ai
ses aw heel and m akes t he pedes
tal m aneuverable
a
bou t ap oin t
. T he p edes
tal isf in
ished i n umber g ray and is
-
Ivi
ed t o m atch other RCA t elevis
ion e quipmen t.

S
pec
ificat
ions
Overal
l D imen sions (
not in
clud
ing Fr
.ct
icn H
ead):
Height ( Max
imum) 5
4 inches
Height ( Min
imum) 3
2 inches
Width a nd D epth (max
imum a t b
ase) 3
9 inches
Weight 4
50 l bs
.
S
tock I dentif
ication MI•26035

A
ccessory
S
tud
io t
ype c
amera moun
ted o
n t
he p
ede
sta
l. F
ric
tion H
ead M
l-26205
.A

1
46
S
tud
io C
a mera D
olly
, T
ype T
D-5A

V
iew s
how
ing r
ear w
hee
ls t
urned a
tri
ght a
ngle
s. F
ric
tion h
ead f
or moun
ting c
amera i
ssupp
lied s
epara
tely a
s .
1
1.26205
.

F
eatures
• Rubber-tired wheels insure s t
h
. q u
iet movemen t
. s
wung a round , w hile th e fr
ont e nd o f the c has s
is p i
vots o n a
• P
rov is
ion f or t
urn
ing r ear wheels 90°
. c
aster. The c aster i slowered s imu l
taneou sly w ith t he turning o f
t
he rear w heels. T he c ontrol for this o pera t
ion i st he "trol
ley -
• S
ystem o f coun
terbalanced w e
igh t make s c
ontrols easy t
o
s
witch" h andle n ear t he front o f the c has s
is. T his feature o f
operate.
t
urning t he w hee ls and l owering a fif
th w hee l p erm i
ts the d ol
ly
• S
top s provided fo
r h o
lding d o
lly in fi
xed posi
tion. t
ob e moved s idew ise, w h
ich i sof cour se a dvan tageou s in s mall
• F
inished i n umber g r
ay w r
inkle a nd sta
inle
ss st
eel. s
tudios. T he c rane b oom o n w hich t he camera i s moun ted c an
b
e r a
ised t o ah eight of 7 4 in
che s (above t he f l
oor ) or l owered
t
o ah e
igh t o f 2 3 inches. T his boom i s ra
ised a nd l owered b y
Uses
t
he i nc
linrd c on trol w heel at the r ear. T he c ontro
li w heel i n
The S tudio Came ra D olly i s d esigned f or use i n televis
ion f
ront of t his tu rns the b oom t urret o n the c has s
is. Mechan ica l
s
tudios. One of the mo st i mportan t uses of t
h e dol
ly i sto dolly d
esign i s s uch t h
at v ery l i
tt
ie e fort i s requ ired t o t urn t he
t
he c amera in a nd o u
t o f scene s
. T he b oom u pon w hich t he c
ontrol w heels.
c
amera i s moun ted c an b e raised o r lowered , or swung c om -
p
letely around. S hots c an b e m ade f r
om u nusual a ng
le s
, a nd Spec
ificat
ions
movemen t of the camera c an b e s l
ow a nd steady. T hus
, i tpro-
v
ides t he te
levision s t
ation w ith f ac
ilit
ies t o pr,oloce more Overal
l D imen s
ions (w
ithou
t F
ric
tion H
ead) :
efec
tive, more i n
teresting p rogram s
. T he d ol
ls u
sually Height ( Maximum) 6
8 inches
manned b y t
wo o perators, one w ho m aneuver s I I
i
. dolly a nd Length ( I
ncluding Boom) 8
1 inches
t
he o ther who t ra
ins a nd f o
cuse s t he camera . Length ( Chassis
) 6
5 inches
Width ( Cha s
sis) 3
5 inches
Descr
ipt
ion Weight 71
5 l b
s.
S
tock I dent
ifica
tion _ MI-2604
11
T
he S tudio Camer a Do
lly i
ssimilar t
o the do
lly used in f
i
lm
p
roduction s
. An i mpor
tant d
iference i
stha t t
he rear whee
ls of
t
he te
lev is
ion d o
lly can be turned at ri
gh t ang
le s a
s shown Accessory
i
n the p hoto. This al
lows the rear end o f t
he d ol
ly to be F
ric
tion H
ead M
1-26205
-A

1
47
e
ntire s
tud
ios
,for i
ns
tan
c ••

•Action in t
h
is TV s
tud
io isbe
ing cov
- men
tist
opsw
ith s
o many TV s
t
ation men
.
e
red by p
ic
ture
-and-
sound p
ick
-up un
its— RCA TV s
tud
io e
quipmen
tisi
n
tegra
ted
a
l
l RCA
. J
ust o
ne c
omb
ina
ti n
, t
his
, t
o work t
oge
ther l
i
ke t
he mechan
ism i
na
among d ozens of dif
erent st
ud o equ
ip- watch
. RCA TV s tud
io equ
ipment is
ment arrangemen t
s now b e
ing e l
ivered un
iquely v
ersa
tile
. I
tcan b
e u
sed i
n a
ny
t
o more t han 50 of the n
ation' l
eading c
omb ina
tion bya
ny st
ation
,large o
rsmall
.
t
elev
ision st
ations
. I
tcan besupp
lemented byadd
itionalunit
s
As workable a
nd ve
rsa
tile
, w b e
lieve
, —without do
ing away w ith the in
itia
l
a
sthe pick-up e
quipment in an mo tion
- e
quipment
. RCA TV s tud
io e qu
ipment
p
ic
ture studio
,th
isse
t-up hasthe e
lec
trica
l p
roduce
s sharper p
icture con
trast w
ith
a
nd mechanical f
ac
ilit
ies requ
ir dt oh an- g
rea
td ep
th o
ffo
cus—and w
ith l
e
ssexpen
-
d
le a
ny show inthe s
tation—an w ith the s
i
ve li
ght
ing
. RCA TV s
tudio e
quipmen
t
s
ame profe
ssional r
esults
. Itinc u
des t wo i
sd e
signed a
nd bu
ilt b
y acompany we
ll-
s
tud
io cameras u
sing the n ew s d
io -type k
nown i n t
he i
ndustry f
or i
t
s c
ont
inued
RCA i mage or
th icon pick
-up t be— w ith i
nteres
t i
n t
he p
erformance o
f t
he e
quip-
o
ne c amera moun ted on anew rane-type men
t—af
ter i
t
'
s i
nyour s
t
ation
.
d
olly, and o
ne came ra mounted on ap ed- Why n
otle
tan RCA T
elev
ision Spec
ial
-
e
stal
-type do
lly. Itinc
ludes ahigh-f
idelity i
s
t he
lp you p
lan y
our TV sta
tion? Cal
l
microphone, a nd a s pec
ial
-type m icro- h
im i n. Or write Dept. 19 KC, RCA
phone b oom t
o f o
llow the a
ction sw
iftly. Engineering Products
, C amden, New .1
1.
1.1
11
111
1 =1
1 •, •••••

Good r
eason why RCA s
tud
io e
quip
- J
ersey
. No charge
. No o b
liga
tion
.

44 1 .0 " .

R
CA Studio
M
icrophone B oom, R
CA S
•ud
io Pf C
1 0 0.11

T
ype MI.26574 ?
6035

R
CA S tud
io Dolly,
T
ype MI-26040
AT
ypica
l T
VSt
ation S
t
udio —RCA T
hroughou
t
M ore than 5 0 te
levis ion studios a re be:ng
equipped b y RCA i n dozens of diferent corn-
.
bina t
ions t o At indiv
idua l sr
ation n eeds a nd
budgets
. Profess
ional performance—w ith perfect
p
icture-and-sound pick-ups every t
ime.

1
49
1
1
11 =
11
111

T
elev
ision S
tud
io C
ranes
,
T
ypes T
D-30B
, C
, D

F
eatures
• Make
s p
oss
ible d
rama
tic v
iew
ing a
ngle
s.

• Smoo
th p
ann
ing o
f l
a
rge s
t
udio s
c
ene
s.

• P
rov
ide
s g
rea
t f
l
exib
ili
ty a
nd mob
ili
ty.

• P
rov
ide
s l
ens h
eigh
t o
f 2t
o 1
0 f
e
et f
r
om f
l
oor
.

• S
teer
ing u
nit a
l
low
s c
omp
lete "
turn
-around
."

• O
pera
tor
's s
e
at a
nd f
oo
t-opera
ted p
ann
ing c
ontro
ls p
rov
ided
. b
oom a
rm, a
nd p
ara
lle
l a
rm m
ade o
f c
as
t a
lum
inun
t a
l
loy
, t
he

w
eigh
t b
ox, t
he c
enter p
ost w
ith p
ann
ing a
nd t
i
l
t b
rake
, t
he

U
ses s
t
eer
ing u
ni
t a
nd t
he t
urre
t t
ab
le. T
he o
pt
iona
l e
quipmen
t

t
ha
t d
eterm
ine
s t
he t
ype o
f c
rane c
ons
ists o
f t
he d
r
ive u
nit
.
T
he Hous
ton T
elev
ision C
rane
s a
re d
es
igned f
o
r u
se i
n l
a
rge
j
a
cks a
nd h
ydrau
lic p
ump
.
t
e
lev
ision s
t
udio
s a
nd e
nab
le t
he o
pera
tor t
o o
bta
in d
rama
tic
v
iew
ing a
ngle
s, s
moo
th p
ann
ing o
f l
a
rge s
cene
s, a
pproache
s T
he t
ur
ret t
ab
le i
s a
n i
n
tegra
l p
art o
f t
he c
r
ane a
nd i
s p
er
-
a
nd r
e
trea
ts t
ha
t a
dd l
i
fe a
nd i
n
tere
st t
o t
e
lev
ision p
rograms
. m
anen
tly moun
ted o
n t
he p
l
atform
. I
t i
scapab
le o
f 1
80
-degree

r
o
tat
ion
, a
nd c
onta
ins t
he o
pera
tor
's s
ea
t, f
oot p
eda
ls f
o
r

r
o
tat
ing t
he t
ur
ret t
ab
le a
nd a
n a
dju
stab
le f
r
ict
ion t
ype t
u
rre
t
D
escr
ipt
ion
l
o
ck w
ith
in t
he o
pera
tor
's r
each
.
T
he Mode
l TD
-30B D
eLuxe T
elev
ision C
rane p
rov
ide
s al
ens
h
eigh
t o
f f
r
om 2 t
o 1
0 f
e
et f
r
om t
he f
l
oor
, f
u
ll 3
60
-degree T
he c
enter p
ost i
s at
e
lescop
ing t
ube
. I
t p
erm
its t
he b
oom t
o

p
ann
ing a
round t
he c
r
ane b
ase
, 1
80
-degree p
ann
ing o
f t
he b
e p
anned a f
u
ll 3
60
-deg
ree
s a
nd l
i
fted u
p 5
-degree
s a
nd d
own
t
urre
t t
ab
le, a
nd 1
00
-degree
s u
p a
nd f
l
own l
i
f
t. T
he c
r
ane w
il
l 1
5 d
egree
s f
r
om t
he h
orizon
tal p
osi
tion
. A h
ydrau
lic c
y
linde
r

p
ass t
hrough a d
oorway 3
6 i
nche
s w
ide b
y 6f
e
et h
igh
, a
nd w
ith 1
5
-inch e
x
ten
sion i
s moun
ted i
n t
he t
e
lescop
ing t
ube
. I
t

w
eighs a
pprox
ima
tely 1
,
200 p
ounds
. T
he Mode
ls TD
-30C a
nd i
smanua
lly o
pera
ted b
y ah
ydrau
lic p
ump w
ith t
he h
and
le o
n

TD
-30D C
rane
s d
ifer f
r
om t
he Mode
l TD
-30B o
nly i
n t
he t
he s
i
de o
f t
he b
ase
. A f
l
ow r
e
str
ictor
, l
oca
ted i
n t
he c
y
linder

a
cce
ssor
ies i
nc
luded
. T
he c
rane c
ons
ist
s o
f t
he b
ase
, p
la
tform
. b
ase
, l
imi
ts t
he d
own s
t
roke s
peed i
n c
a
se o
f a
cc
iden
tal d
am-

1
50
C
AMERAS

a
ge t
o t
he h
ydrau
lic l
i
nes
. T
he p
ann
ing b
rake i
shand
-ope
rated S
pec
ificat
ions
b
y mov
ing t
he s
mal
l l
ever o
n t
he b
ase
. I
t c
an b
e a
dju
sted t
o Ma
in B
oom P
ann
ing A
ngle 3
60°
a
ny d
egree o
f f
r
ict
ion d
esired
. A
n a
utoma
tic l
o
cking p
in p
re-
T
urre
t T
able P
ann
ing A
ngle _
_18
0° o
r 9
0° e
ach s
i
de o
f c
enter
v
ents t
he u
se o
f t
he h
ydrau
lic p
ump w
hen t
he p
ann
ing b
rake
O
vera
ll L
eng
th (
max
imum/ 1
3 f
t
. a
pprox
.
i
s o
ut o
f i
t
s n
eutra
l p
osi
tion
. T
he t
i
l
t b
rake i
s o
pera
ted b
y
O
vera
ll H
eigh
t (
max
imum 1
_ 8% f
t
. a
pprox
.
h
and
les o
n b
oth s
i
des o
f t
he b
oom c
a
sting a
nd c
an b
e s
e
t t
o

a
ny d
egree o
f f
r
ict
ion
. O
vera
ll W
idth 3f
t
. a
pprox
.

T
he s
t
eer
ing u
nit i
sof as
pec
ial d
es
ign t
ha
t p
erm
its t
he c
r
ane TYPE TD
-30B DELUXE TELEV
ISION CRANE

t
o b
e c
omp
lete
ly t
urned a
round w
i
thin a 6
-
foo
t r
adius a
nd i
t C
omp
lete w
ith P
ower Drive, Remo te C on
trol Un
it, H
ydraul
ic
L
ift
, J
ack As
sembly
, E lec
trica
l C ircui
try a
nd Mode l TCT
a
l
low
s i
tto b
e p
laced s
quare
ly a
gains
t aw
all w
i
th v
ery l
i
t
tle
T
urre
t T
able
.
m
aneuver
ing
. I
t i
ncorpora
tes a"
lock
-preven
ting a
rm" w
hich
S
hipp
ing We
igh
t (
c
rated) 3
,
250 l
b
s. a
pprox
.
a
l
low
s as
harp t
urn w
ithou
t r
unn
ing t
he r
i
sk o
f j
amm
ing t
he
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26037
-1
s
t
eer
ing mechan
ism
.
TYPE TD
-30C TELEV
ISION CRANE
T
he mo
tor d
r
ive u
nit c
ons
ists o
f a s
pec
ial
ly d
es
igned 2
-
hp Complete w i
th H ydraulic Lif
t, Hand Brake a nd TCT T urret
T
able. ( Power D rive, Remote C
ontro
l U n
it, Jack Assemb ly
10
-vo
lt d
-
c s
e
rie
s-wound mo
tor
, s
uppor
ted o
n r
ubber moun
ts.
a
nd E lectrical Circuitry no
t inc
luded.
l
I
tis c
oup
led t
o a1
0 :1 d
iferen
tia
l d
r
ive b
y a Mor
se-Morf
lex S
hipping We igh t (crated) 3
,080 lbs
. a pprox.
C
oup
ling t
o p
rov
ide s
moo
th s
i
len
t o
pera
tion
. A c
ontro
l u
nit S
tock I dent
ification MI-26037-2

t
ha
t c
onta
ins t
he mo
tor c
ontro
l, r
ever
sing s
wi
tch a
nd b
rake TYPE TD
-30D TELEVIS
ION CRANE

c
ontro
l p
erm
its v
ar
ious d
egree
s o
f a
cce
lera
tion a
nd d
ece
lera
- B
asic Crane Un i
t c
omp le
te %y
id' TCT Turre
t T ab
le and H and
B
rake. ( Does no
t i nc
lude acce
ssor
ies li
s
ted w i
th o ther
t
i
on. T
he c
ontro
l u
nit (
not s
hown) c
an b
e o
pera
ted a
t t
he models.
)
c
rane
, o
r r
emo
tely
, i
fde
sired
. T
he b
rake i
s as
o
leno
id-opera
ted S
hipp
ing We ight (
cra
ted) 3
,
000 lb
s. approx.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26037
-3
f
r
ict
ion
, a
i
r-coo
led d
i
sk t
ype
, c
ontro
lled b
y ac
arbon p
i
le t
ha
t

g
ive
s t
he o
pera
tor a b
rak
ing p
owe
r p
ropor
tiona
l t
o t
he p
re-
- Accessory
s
ure a
ppl
ied t
o t
he b
rake h
and
le. F
r
ict
ion H
ead M
I-26205
-A

The T e
levis
ion S tudio Crane
s
hown a t l
ef
t is e
qu ipped w
ith
S
tudio C amera TK -I0A. Lens
h
eights up t
o 10 f
eet fr
om fl
oor
make dramatic vi
ew ing ang
les
p
oss
ible
.

1
51
S F
I
LM E
QUIP
.

F
i
lm P
rojec
tor
, T
ype T
P-16B
F
eatures
• S
imple
, stra
ightforward f
i
lm p
ath p
rov
ide
s f
o
r q
uick a
nd
e
asy t
hreading
.

• R
emovab
le f
i
lm g
a
te m
ake
s a
per
ture c
l
ean
ing e
asy
.

• C
ons
tan
t l
i
ght s
ource p
rov
ide
s u
tmo
st s
imp
lic
ity i
n d
es
ign
.

• F
ilm le
ngths u
p t
o 2
000 f
e
et c
an b
e u
sed w
ithou
t r
eplac
ing
r
ee
ls.

• C
oated l
ense
s m
inim
ize r
e
flec
tion
s a
nd i
mprove c
ontra
st.

• R
esolv
ing power of l
ens i
s 6
0 l
i
nes p
er m
ill
ime
ter a
t a
ny
p
oin
t in t
he f
ie
ld.

• P
rojec
tor c
an b
e opera
ted o
n ac
urren
t s
upp
ly o
f 5
0 c
yc
les
a
s wel
l as 6
0 c
ycle
s.

U
ses
The TP-
16B F i
lm P ro
jec
tor i s used i n t
elevis
ion s
tudios to
p
rovide regular program m a
teria
l u s
ing standard 16mm s ound
mot
ion-p
ic ture f
ilm. To obtain t
he v ideo signal
, t
he pro
jector
i
s used i
n c onjunc
tion w i
th the TK-20A F i
lm Camera
, a nd
t
he two u
nits are mounted in s
uel
ta p o
sit
ion th
at t
he TP-16B
p
rojects a picture direc
tly onto t
he mo saic of t
he p
icture
t
ube i n t
he f i
lm camera.

The TK-20A F
ilm Camera i
s s
imi
lar t
o as t
udio camera e
x
-
c
ept t
ha
t i ti
sn o
t p
rov
ided w
ith any o
pt
ica
l focus
ing sys
tem
.
I
ns
tead
, the opt
ical sy
stem o
f the projec
tor is u
sed t
o si
ze
a
nd fo
cus the p
icture wh
ich i
sprojec
ted o n t
he pi
ckup t
ube
mo
saic
.

I
t i
s n
ot n
ece
ssary t
o h
ave a s
epara
te c
ame
ra f
o
r e
ach p
ro-
j
ector
. If t
he fi
lm pro
jector
s are arranged i
n p
air
s, a mult
i-
p
lexing ar
rangement may be e mp
loyed t o m
ake one camera
s
erve bo
th projec
tor
s, and a s
l
ide projec
tor i
n a
ddit
ion
. Since
p
rojec
tor
s a
re o
rdinar
ily used i
n pa
irs (f
or s
how
ing a
l
terna
te
r
ee
ls) th
is i
s avery prac
tica
l a
rrangement
.

D
escr
ipt
ion
T
he TP-16B P
rojec
tor i
sen
tirely se
lf-conta
ined and, w
ith the
e
xcep
tion o
f t
he fi
lm fe
ed arrangemen t
, is en
tire
ly enclo
sed.
T
he p
rojec
tor h
ous
ing i
s p
rov
ided w
ith a
n a
t
trac
tive umber
-
g
ray c r
ack le f i
nish m a
tching t h
at o f o ther RCA t e
levis
ion T
he fi
lm feed ar
rangement of the TP -
16B i s i
den
tica
l t o t
hat
e
quipmen t. T he p rojec
tor proper i s moun ted on ah eavy cast o
f the st
andard pro
jec
tor w i
th t he e xcep
tion tha
t t he pu
ll-
b
ase frame. T his f r
ame i n t
urn is moun ted b y means o f le
vel- d
own c l
aw w orks a
t ag rea
ter s peed. Film is f
ed fr om the
i
ng screw s on ap edes
tal of matching d esign and f in
ish. This u
pper reel under a large six
teen -
tooth f e
ed s p
rocke t a
nd
p
edestal greatly i mproves the appearance a nd provides ac on- t
hrough t
he preci
sion made fi
lm gate
. L
ight, c
ontro
lled b
y a
v
enient p lace f o
r moun t
ing c
ontro
l s and f i
eld-supply for r
o
tating s
hut
ter, is p
rojec
ted through t
he fi
lm at th
is po
int
.
t
he s pecial t hree-phase mo tor w h
ich i s a f ea
ture o f the T
he f i
lm i
sp ul
led down t h
rough the g
ate
, asingle fr
ame at
TP
-16B
. at
ime
, b
y t
he p
ull
-down c
l
aw j
us
t b
elow t
he g
a
te.

The optica l p rojec


tion s ys
tem c onsis
ts o f a1 000-watt ai
r-b
last
- S
ince te
levi
sion standard s ( and proper s ynchronization) r e
-
c
ooled i ncande scent lamp, as i
lver-
coated p yrex g lass r
ef
lector
, q
uire t
ransmiss
ion of 6 0 fi
e
lds ( 30 fr
ame , in
terlaced) p er sec
-
alarge t wo-elemen t a spher
ic condenser l ens, a nd a 3.5 inch
, o
nd, and mo t
ion p i
cture f i
lm i s m ade for p roject
ion a t 2
4
F
.2 "coa ted" p roject
ion l ens
. T his sys
tem p rovide s p
lenty of f
rames per se
cond, some means mu st be provided f or conver
-
i
lum inat ion o n the mo saic of the camer a icono scope and is
, s
ion f
rom t he one rate t o the other. In the TP -16B t his is
o
f course, much s impler than sy
stems u sing s wi
tched o r pu
lsed (
l
one by "scanning" t he fi
rst fr
ame t w
ice, the s econd f rame
l
i
gh t source s
. t
hree t
imes
, the t
hird t w
ice, the four
th three time s
, and s o on
.

1
52
T
he a
ver
age r
a
te, t
hen i
s 21
/2 s
c
ann
ing
s p
er f
r
ame —wh
ich
. P
rov
ision f
or Re mote Contro
l
mul
tip
lied by t
he 2
4 f
r
ame
s p
er s
e
cond
, p
rov
ide
s 6
0 s
c
anned C
on trols moun ted o n the pro
jector i n
clude " S
tandby," "Emer-
f
i
elds per s
e
cond. g
ency R un
," " Star
t," " S
top" a nd " Remo te." When t he r
emo te
s
witch i s operated, " S
tart" and " S
top" c on
trols a
t ar emo te
I
f t
he "
pul
l-down" c
ould b
e a
ccomp
lished d
uring t
he v
er
tica
l
l
ocation m ay b e u sed t o contro
l o peration. These circu
its
b
lanking interval -1/750th o f a s e
cond, every 1/60th o f a
o
pera te th
rough r elays a nd a m aster c ontactor mounted o n
s
econd —no f urther mod ificat
ions o f the s t
andard p rojec
to r
t
he p
ede
sta
l.
w
ou ld b e necessary
. U n
for tuna
te ly th
is is n o
t m echanical
ly
p
ossible. T
herefore, af u
rther s t
ratagem ise mployed. This con-
s
i
sts i n t
he use o f shor
t l i
ght f l
ashes so t
imed t h
at t he fi
lm
p
icture i s projected o n t he p ickup t ube mo saic f or only Ma
intenance F
eatures
1
/1200th o f as econd, every 1/ 60th of as econd. T hese fl
ashes E
asy a
nd q
uick m
ain
tenance i
s o
ne o
f t
he f
e
ature
s o
f t
he
o
ccur d uring t he ver
tical r e
trace t ime and a re p rovided b y TP
-16B p rojec
tor
. T he fie
ld p ower s upply
, control c i
rcuits
ar o
tary shut
ter w h
ich con si
sts of an 18
-inch m etal disc with a a
nd a l
l e
xternal c
onnectors in t
he pedesta
l are eas
ily reached
s
lot cut in i t
s periphery. T his disc is driven a t as peed of b
y r emov
ing t he pedes
tal side c
overs
. T he preamp l
ifier a nd
e
xactly 3600 rpm b y as pecial 3-
phase synchronou s mo tor
. This e
xci
ter fi
lamen t supply unit are avai
lable w hen t he c over
a
rrangemen t isp ossib
le b ecause the mosaic o f t
he p i
ckup t ube p
la
te, h
eld by two thumbscrews
, is r
emoved
. The projec
tor
"
s
tore
s" t
he p
ic
ture d
uring t
he i
n
terva
l b
e
tween f
l
ashe
s o
f l
amp i
sreached t
hrough a h
inged d
oor
. The f
i
lm g
ate a
ssembly
i
lum
ina
tion
. i
sea
sily r
emoved f
or c
leaning
. Al
l par
ts o
fthe f
i
lm feed s
ys
tem
S
ynchron
iza
tion o
f t
he TP
-16B P
rojec
tor w
i
th t
he t
e
lev
ision a
re in t
he o
pen where they may h
e cons
tan
tly ob
served
.
s
y
stem i
sas
sured b
y v
i
rtue o
f t
he f
a
ct t
ha
t b
oth t
he t
e
lev
ision
s
ynchron
izing g
enerator (wh
ich drive
s the b eam in t
he c
amera
p
ickup t
ube) and the mo
tor w h
ich drive
s t he p
rojec
tor s
hut
ter
Spec
ificat
ions
h
ave a common s ource o
f p ower
. T o insure th
at the s
hut
ter
F
i
lm T
ype S
tandard 1
6mm
w
il
l be i n st
ep a tal
l time
s al a
rge-s
ize motor w
ith a separate
ly
e
xc
ited d -
c f i
eld isused. The d
-c fi
eld, b
eing po
larized, make s F
i
lm C
apac
ity 4
00
' t
o 2
000
'
t
he mo tor a lways "lock" in proper phase re
lationship w i
th
F
i
lm S
peed 2
4 f
r
ame
s p
er s
e
cond
t
he sync g enerator
. T he power supply f
or the motor f i
e
ld i s
m
oun
ted i
n t
he p
ede
sta
l. S
hut
ter S
peed 6
0 f
r
ame
s p
er s
econd

P
rojec
tor L
ens L
ine 4
8" a
bove f
l
oor

A
udio Ou
tpu
t P
ower +4 VU a
t 1
000 c
yc
les
S
ound S
yste m O
utpu
t I
mpedance "
50/500 o
hms
An umber o
f unu
sua
l fe
atures are i
ncorpora
ted i
n t
his -
ound
F
requency R
esponse ±2 d
b f
r
om 8
0 t
o 3
000 c
yc
les
u
ni
t. One i
sthe u
se o
f r
adio
-frequency vol
tage (
28 k
c) on t
he d
b f
r
om 8
0 t
o 4
000 c
yc
les
e
xciter l
amp fil
ament. Th
is p
reven ts hum a nd noise fr
om being Hun
t a
nd N
oi.e L
eve
l 1
0 d
b b
e
low o
utpu
t l
e
vel
i
ntroduced b y the lamp it
self. A nother fea
ture i s the fa
ct
t
hat the exc
iter lamp mount ing and s ound c a
rriage are (Br
- D
imen
sion
s H
eigh
t 6
8"; L
eng
th 3
2"; W
idth 1
6 3/
4"

e
ast in one piece
, t
hereby insuring p ermanent accurate a
l
ign- We
igh
t _Pro
jec
tor 9
0 l
b
s.; P
ede
sta
l 1
35 l
b
s.; T
ota
l 25 l
b
s.
ment. S
ti
ll another is t
he use o f th
e f amous RCA -developed
T
ube
s R
equ
ired 1 RCA
-927
, 1 RCA -
1620, 1 RCA
-6J7,
r
o
tary s
t
abi
lizer o
n t
he s
ound d
r
ive
.
2 RCA-6V6GT/G
, 3 RCA -5U4G
, 1 RCA -5Y3GT/G .
P
rojec
tor Lamp T-
12
An audio preampl
ifier i sbui
lt into the base of the p
rojector.
Th
is a mp
lif
ier
, which i s o
f conventiona
l d esign, emp
lo ys an P
ower Required
RCA-1620 as ap hoto-cell amplif
ier, an RCA -6J7 as av ol
tage 2
09
-220 v
olts
, three
-phase 250 w
atts
1
05-
125 v
olts
, si
ngle
-phase 1
200 w
aits
ampl
ifier and RCA 6 V6FT/G a s an output t ube. A tapped
o
utput t ran
sformer p rovides o utput impedance s of 250 o r S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26930
-A
5
00 o hm s
. O u
tput l e
ve l is +4VU a t 1000 cycles w
ith l e
ss
t
han 1% t
o
tal r
-m-
s h
armon
ic d
i
stor
tion
.

The a
udio a mpl
ifier i
s as
semb led o n a s ma
ll cha s
sis which E
quipment F
urn
ished
c
an be e
asi
ly r emoved fr
om t he b ase h
ousing. Also moun ted P
rojec
tor H
ead M
I-26
125
-A
o
n th
is panel is the 2
8 kc oscilla
tor w h
ich s upp
l ies vo
ltage
P
ede
sta
l _MI
-26
132
f
or t
he f
i
lamen t of t
he e
xci
ter lamp a nd a power supp ly u
sing
a5Y3
-GT/E w h
ich s
upp
lie
s p
la
te v
ol
tage f
o
r t
he a
mpl
ifier P
rojec
tor 1
%
I(P
tor F
ie
ld P
ower S
upp
ly _ _
N
I1-
263
1•1
a
nd o
sci
lla
tor
.

A s
ound e
qua
lizer p
ane
l i
s a
vai
lab
le a
s a
n a
cce
ssory f
or t
he
p
rojec
tor sound c hannel and i
s iden
tif
ied as MI
-263
13. T he Accessor
ies
u
nit is c
onstruc
ted t o be moun
ted c onven
ient t
o the audio l
on
im F
i
lm P
rojec
tor E
qua
lizer M
I-26313
c
ontro
l po
sition so tha
t the f
i
lm sound may be e
as
ily ad
justed
P
ane
l a
nd S
hel
f (
s
uppor
ts 2 M
I-263131 _ _
MI-2658
1
f
or proper re
spon se
. The compensa
tion in fr
equency response
i
s necessary because o
f the wide var
iat
ion i n record
ing o f R
ack Moun
ting C
ontro
l P
ane
l _ _
MI-2632
1
a
nd p r
inting of 16mm fi
lms. A s
ingle c
ontro
l isused in at i
lt
TP
-9A Mu
ltip
lexer M
I-26318
-A
c
i
rcui
t wi
th a s
tra
ight t
hrough cen
ter p
osi
tion; w
ith t
hree h
igh
b
oos
t and t
hree low b
oost po
sit
ions o
f 2.
5 d b s
t
eps e
ach. TP
-1A S
l
ide P
rojec
tor M
I-26
130

1
53
T
elev
ision F
i
lm P
rojec
tor
, T
ype T
P-35B

F
eatures
• H
ighly ef
ic
ien
t p
ulsed l
i
ght s
ource
, n
o s
hut
ter m
echan
ism
r
equ
ired
.

• Q
uie
t o
per
ation
.

• E
xce
llen
t p
ic
ture d
ef
ini
tion
.

• C
omp
lete
ly e
nclo
sed u
nit —even t
o f
i
lm m
agaz
ine
s.

• V
ery l
it
tle hea
t o
n f
i
lm —
sti
lls o
f a
ny f
r
ame o
f t
he f
i
lm c
an
h
e p
rojected
.

• RCA s
ound h
ead u
sed —re
sponse f
l
at o
ut t
o 6k
c
.

• L
igh
t output o
f p
rojec
tor f
avor
able f
or p
roper o
pera
tion o
f
f
i
lm camera
.

U
se
T
he TP
-35B 3
5mm T
elev
ision P
rojec
tor i
s d
es
igned f
or u
se
i
n te
lev
ision s
t
ations a
s a me
ans f
or u
ti
liz
ing st
andard 3
5mm
s
ound motion p
icture f
i
lms a
s p
rogram mate
ria
l. The TP
-35B
c
an be u
sed as t
he s
ing
le source o
f progr
am m ater
ial for t
he
t
e
lev
ision s
t
ation
, or i
tm ay b
e al
terna
ted with "
l
ive" programs
a
nd network s
how
s t
o a
dd v
ar
iety t
o t
he s
t
ation
's p
rogram
s
chedu
le.

T
he TP
-35B P
rojec
tor i
s d
es
igned f
o
r u
se w
ith t
he TK
-20A
F
ilm C amera
. I n the s
imp le s
t a r
rangemen t
, t he p ro
jector is
mounted in such a pos
ition t hat itp ro
jects mo tion p i
ctures
d
irec
tly on t
he pickup tube i n the TK-20A F i
lm C amera. T he
v
ideo si
gnal p
roduced b y the c amera isthen fed t o t
he studio
c
ontrol room
. A s ing
le TK -20A F ilm C amera c an s e
rve t wo
mo
tion p
ic
ture p
rojec
tor
s a
nd a s
l
ide p
rojec
tor b
y u
s
ing a
Mul
tip
lexer
. T his dev
ice e mploys a s
l
ide p
rojector and t wo
m
irror
s mounted a t t
he required a
ngle t
o d
irect the p
ictures
f
rom ei
ther p
rojector on
to the pi
ckup t
ube o
f the fi
lm camera.

D
escr
ipt
ion
T
he TP
-35
11 l
'
rojec
tor i
, e
n
tire
ly e
nclo
sed
. T
he h
ous
ing i
s l
i
ght l
amp
. Power f
o
r th
is l
amp isfurn
ished b
y ap ower s
upply
f
i
nished in an a t
tractive umber
-gray c r
ackle fi
nish, ma
tch
ing w
hich i
s moun
ted in t
he p
rojec
tion room c
ontro
l rack which
t
ha
t of other RCA e quipmen
t. Sha
tterproof g
lass windows p
er
- c
onta
ins t
he mon
itor
ing e
quipmen
t a
nd r
emo
te c
ontro
l p
ane
l.
n
t
it view
ing the o peration o
f t
he mechan ism wi
thou t r
emov
ing A c
ontrol b
ox o
n t
he rear o
f t
he pro
jec
tor c
ontain
s the n
eces
-
a
ny door or cover. s
a
ry s wi
tche
s fo
r st
art
ing and st
opping. F
or the use o
f two
p
rojectors
, achangeover panel isprovided. This panel, which
F
i
lm i
s f
ed f
r
om t
he u
pper f
i
lm m
agaz
ine d
own t
hrough t
he
i
sr a
ck -moun
ted direct
ly below the video monitor i n the pro-
f
i
lm f eed sprocke t and t hrough the fi
lm g a
te i n the pi c
ture j
ec
tion room, c
ontains sw
itches fo
r st
arting and st
opp ing ei
ther
h
ead. A t th
is p o
int, ligh
t p roduced by ap ulsed-l
ight l amp i s p
rojector
, and for changing over from o ne projector to t h
e
p
rojected through t he fi
lm . The pu
lsed-l
ight s y
stem e limina te, o
ther. The changeover s w
itche
s c on
trol r e
lay
s w h
ich s w
itch
t
he need for as hutter mechan ism. I
tc onsis
ts of a n el
ectrically t
he op
tica
l s
y
stems (
dou
se a
nd u
ndouse
) a
s w
ell a
s t
he s
n
iim
l
o
perated g as
-fi
lled l amp w hich produces short p ulse
s o f light c
i
rcui
ts.
a
t the required r a
te o f speed. The fi
lm t hen p asses over t he
s
ound d rum t o the lower f i
lm m agazine i n th e pedestal o f F
or t
he p
urpo
se o
f u
s
ing s
t
andard mo
tion p
ic
ture f
i
lm, w
hich
t
he projector. r
uns a
t an a
verage speed o
f 24 fr
ames per s
econd, on at ele
-
v
i
sion sy
stem which has abas
ic ra
te of 3
0 fr
ame s p
er second,
A
lso c
onta
ined i
n t
he p
ede
sta
l i
s ap
ower s
upp
ly w
hich f
ur
-
anew type i
n
term i
ttent h
as been de
signed
. T h
is in
term it
tent
n
i
shes d-
c v o
ltage f
or t
he f
ie
ld of t
he d
riving mo
tor
, and a i
s a3-
sided g
eneva movemen t dr
iven at a
n average speed of
t
e
rmina
l h oard on w
hich i
s moun
ted t
he r
elay f
or t
he p
ulsed
-
2
4 c
yc
les p
er s
econd
. P
ull d
own t
ime i
s120° (
a
s c
ompared t
o

1
54
F
I
LM E
QUIP
.

9
0° on as t
andard theatre projec
tor ). Show ing time is al
ter- s
t
opped and c
hange
-over r
e
lay
s opera
ted e
i
ther a
t t
he p
ro-
n
ate
ly 168° a nd 312° ( a
s c o mpared to 2 70° o n astandard j
e
ctor o
r f
rom t
he c
ontro
l r
oom.
t
hea
tre pro
jector). This arrangemen t perm its a 5% 6 0-cycle
Mo
st mov
ing p
arts o
f t
he p
roje
ctor a
re a
utoma
tica
lly a
nd c
on-
l
i
ght pu
lse to be pha
sed so t h
at three pulse
s o ccur dur
ing t he
t
inuou sly lubr
icated. A p ump i n
side the h ou sing de
liver
s a
3
12° showing interval, a
nd 2 p u
lses occur during t
he 168°
c
on t
inuou s flow of oil fr
om t he r e
servoir at t he b
ase of the
s
howing i
nterval
. T his re
sul
ts in 60 p
ictures or 30 t
e
levis
ion
main f rame to t
he rotary lubr
icator w h
ich t hrow s t
he oi
l over
f
rames p
er second, w h
ile t
he a
verage s
peed of t
he fi
lm remain
s
t
he g ears a
nd to every bearing. An oil si
ght g auge p
rovides an
a
t 2
4 f
r
ame
s p
er s
econd
.
i
ndica t
ion o f t
he a mount of oil in the reservoir.
T
he TP-35B d es
igned for t
e
levi
s ion by RCA, emp
loys the mos
t
a
dvanced f e
atures known to the fi
e
ld o f fi
lm p
rojec
tion and
Spec
ificat
ions
i
t
s applica
tion to the p
roduct
ion o f te
levi
sion p
rogram s
. One
o
f the b
asic un
its of t
he e
quipment i
s t
he Brenker
t BT90 F
i
lm T
ype S
t
andard 3
5mm
P
rojec
tor Head employ
ing t
he s
pecia
l g
eneva movement a
nd F
i
lm C
apac
ity 2
000
'
o
ther fe
atures n
eeded t
o mee
t t
he s
t
andard
s s
e
t u
p f
or t
he F
i
lm S
peed 2
4 f
r
ame
s p
er s
econd
t
e
levis
ion s y
stem
.
L
igh
t P
ulse -5% d
ura
t ion -60 t
imes p
er s
e
cond (s
ynchron
ized
T
he s
ound h
ead i
sthe s
t
andard RCA h
igh q
ual
ity u
nit u
sed w
ith fl
yback time o
f c
amera p
ickup t
ube)
i
n al
l B renke rt t heatre projectors
. F or the TP-35B, i tinclude s P
roje
ctor L
ens L
ine 4
8" a
bove f
l
oor
aspecial salient-po le synchronou s mo tor. The p rojection le ns P
roje
ction D
istance (
6%" f
oca
l l
eng
th l
ens
) -37"
c
omb ine s the f avor able f e
atures associated with h igh q ual
ity
A
udio O
utpu
t I
mpedance 5
00 o
hms b
alanced
p
rojection l ense
s, s uch a s
: f l
a
tness of fie
ld, f
reedom f r
om c olor
D
imen s
ions (
over
all):
f
r
inge s, excellent c ontr
ast, and d ef
inition. Durable a nti
-reflec-
H
eight 6
'3 "
t
ion c oa
ting s increa se l i
gh t tr
ansm iss
ion a nd i mprove i mage W
idth 1
6 1/
2"
c
ontrast through e l
im ination of internal ref
lections. T he le ns D
epth 3
4"
mount i sh erme tically s e
aled t o prevent the e n
trance o f d ust We
igh
t._ 4
00 l
b
s. (
approx
.)
o
r mo isture.
P
ower R equirements ( Pro
jec
tor):
Auxi
liary e qu
ipment, n
ot ap art of the basic projec
tor a s
sem- P
rojector Mo tor 2
00 wa
tts, 2
08 v
olt
s, three p
hase
b
ly, isn ormally h
oused in as t
andard c ab
ine t rack loca
ted in P
rojector Mo tor F
ield Supply 1
00 watts
, 15 v
olts
.
s
ingle p
hase
t
he p rojec
tion room. This r
a ck-moun ted e qu
ipmen t i nc
ludes P
ulsed L ight Supply _ 4
50 wa
tts, 2
08 vo
lts
, t hree p
hase
t
he p ulsed li
ght power supp
ly , exc
iter l amp s upply, remote 2
00 wa
tts, 15 vo
lts
, single p
hase
c
ontro
l p
ane
ls, a
nd a 1
0
-inch p
ic
ture mon
itor
. C
ontro
ls a
re E
xciter L amp S upply_ _ 4 5 wa
tts, 15 vo
lts
, s i
ngle p
hase
a
rranged s
o t
ha
t e
i
ther o
f t
wo p
rojec
tor
s c
an h
e s
t
arted a
nd T
ube C
omp
lement (f
or Projec
tor on
ly):
3—RCA 5 U4G
1—Exc
iter Lamp, 10 v. 5a.
1—Type 8
68 Photo C e
ll (
for S
ound H
ead)
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26925

E
quip ment F
urn
ished
P
roje
(tor H
ead M
I-26
120
P
rojec
tor Mo
tor F
ie
ld S
upp
ly M
I-26314
P
rojec
tor P
ede
sta
l M
I-26304
-A
P
rojec
tor C
ontro
l B
ox _ M
I-262
10.A
S
ound H
ead M
I-26300A
L
amp House a
nd Op
tica
l S
ystem M
I-26762
U
pper F
i
lm Magaz
ine MI
-26301
I
.
ens M
I-26317
S
e
t o
f I
n
terconnec
ting C
able
s M
I-26731
-A
T
ube
s a
nd S
pare
s (
Sound H
ead) M
I-9625
.B
O
ne C on tp
lete C abinet R ack of Equ ipmen
t M
I-26927
.A
i
Con s
isting of the f o
llowings it
em s) :
Exciter Lamp S upply MI
-9607
Tube s and S pares ( Lamp Supp ly) MI
-9636
Receiver Mon itor and P ane
l MI
-26323
P
rojector C ontrol P anel MI
-26321
P
ulsed L ight U n
it MI
-26303-A
F
use P anel MI
-4395-B
B 1P
reamp
lif
ier M
I-11218
-A
P
reamp
lif
ier P
ower S
upp
ly M
I-26320
BR
-2A P
ane
l (
Preamp
. a
nd P
owe
r S
upp
ly) MI
-11598
S
helf P
reamp
lif
ier a
nd P
owe
r S
upp
ly) M
I-11599
S
e
t o
f T
ube
s (
Preamp
lif
ier
) M
I-11288
V
iew of Projec
tion Room Con
tro
l R ack
, MI-26927
-A,
w
hich c
ontains mon
itor
ing a
nd c
ontrol e
quipment T
ube (
Preamp
lif
ier a
nd P
ower S
upp
ly) M
I-11262

1
55
F
I
LM E
QUIP
.

F
i
lm C
a mera E
quip ment
, T
ype T
K-20A
F
eatures

• E
i
ther p
osi
tive o
r n
ega
tive f
i
lm c
an b
e u
sed
.

• T
ube
s a
nd p
art
s a
re e
as
ily a
cce
ssib
le.

• Ope
rat
ion i
ssimp
le f
ew c
ontro
ls a
re u
sed
.

• C
amera c
an b
e o
pera
ted 5
0 f
e
et f
r
om c
ontro
l c
onso
le.

• O
sci
llo
scope i
n mon
itor c
an b
e u
sed f
o
r measur
ing p
ulse
s.

• 1
0-
inch al
umin
ized t
ube f
o
r p
ic
ture mon
itor
ing p
rov
ide
s
v
ery b
righ
t p
ic
ture
.

• C
lamp ci
rcui
t e
l
imina
tes l
ow-
frequency m
icrophon
ics f
r
om
v
ideo s
i
gnal
.

U
ses
The RCA F i
lm C amera E quipmen t c onsist
s o f aFilm Came ra
,
aC amera C ontrol Un i
t, a nd a s
sociated p ower s upp
lies and
c
ables. This camera chain w hen proper ly se
t u p wi
th a mot
ion
p
icture fi
lm p rojector or as l
ide projec tor, and suppl
ied with
s
ynchronizing signals,wil
l p roduce standard v ideo si
gnalswhich
c
an b e fed to t he te
levision t r
ansm itter. By u se of an RCA
Mul
tiplexer, w hich is a sma
ll, c
ompac t device h
aving two
m
irrors moun ted at t
he r
equired a
ngle, as i
ngle f
i
lm camera
c
an be ar ranged to s
erve t
wo fi
lm projec
tors and a s
l
ide pro
-
j
ec
tor. T he TK -20A can b
e used wi
th e i
ther 16MM o r 3
5 MM
p
rojec
tor
s.
F
ILM CAMERA
I
n t
he i
lus
tra
tion
, t
he f
i
lm c
amera i
s s
hown moun
ted o
n a
p
ede stal
, w h
ich p rovides fo
r p ermanen t moun t
ing t o t
he fl
oor.
D
escr
ipt
ion I
ft he c amera i sto be moun ted o n aw a
l l t
rack, the pede
stal
o
f c ourse is not required. C onta
ined i n the fi
lm c amera case
T
he Fi
lm Camera Equipmen t i
sdesigned to meet t
he require
-
a
re t he RCA 1 850A Icono.cope p ickup tube, blanking and d e
-
men
ts of any si
ze telev
ision st
ation. Ordinar
ily
, t he f i
lm
f
lect
ion a mp
l if
iers and a 6-s
tage v ideo preamp l
ifier
. Since the
c
amera i
spermanent
ly moun ted t
o the f
loor in t
he projec
tion
p
i c
ture f rom t he projec
tor i s fo
cu sed direc
tly o n the mosaic
r
oom, a
lthough it a
l
so c an b
e moun
ted on aw al
l tr
ack s
o
o
f t h
e I conoscope, no focus
ing l enses a
re required for t
he fi
lm
t
ha
t itc
an be moved e
asi
ly toa
ny o
ne o
f s
evera
l f
i
lm pro
jec
tor
s
c
amera .
i
ns
tal
led in t
he room.
CAMERA CONTROL
The Camera C ontrol Un i
t c ons
is ts o
f ac hass
is t ype u nit c on-
The C amera C on
trol c on
sists o
f the c ontro
l u ni
t proper and
t
a
ining c i
rcu its for c ontrol of the signal generated i n the f i
lm
t
he T ype TM -5A C amera Mon itor. The c ontrol u n
it con
tains
c
amera, a nd a T ype TM -5A C amera Mon itor f or a nalysis o f
apicture si
gnal amp l
ifier fed b
y the preamp lif
ier in t
he cam-
t
he video s igna l and o b
servation o f it
s picture q ua lity
. T he se
e
ra, p u
lse line amp l
ifiers to feed driving s i
gnals fr
om t he
t
wo u n
its are moun ted i n ad esk-type console s e
ction w hich i s
s
tudio sync generator to the camera
, a nd s everal con
trols di
-
l
ocated in the t r
ansm itter room o r stud
io c ontrol r oom. T his
r
ec
tly assoc
iated w i
th t he opera
tion of c
ircui
ts in t
he c
amera.
c
onsole section c an b e g rouped w i
th o ther c onso le h ousing s
A
ll componen ts of the control uni
t are mounted on acha
ssi
s
(wi
th e nd se ct
ion s fo r tr
im) t o f orm a n eat conven ient o per-
i
ns
tal
led i n the console desk direc
tly be
low t he c
amera mon-
a
t
ing d esk. T he mon itor unit c onta
ins a1 0-
inch p ic
ture t ube
i
t
or, the controls project
ing t h
rough a s l
oping pane
l on th
e
a
nd a 5 -
inch o sc
illoscope . D-c voltages for the TK -20A c amera
t
op of the c onsole
.
e
quipmen t are supplied b y t
wo Type WP -33B h eavy d u
ty
r
egulated power s upplies
. These power supplie
s a re rack.
mounted in t
he c
ontrol room or t
r
ansmit
ter r
oom . The TK-20A E
lectrica
lly
, t he C
amera Monitor i
s id
entical t
o the TM -5A
e
quipmen t is f
in
ished i n umber gray to match other RCA Mas
ter Mon i
tor used wi
th the fi
eld came ra equ
ipmen t
. It
t
e
levision equipment. c
ontains a1 0
-inch a
lum
inum-backed K
inescope fo
r o b
serva
tion

1
36
T
ube C
omp
ler
.en
t
F
ILM CAMERA F
ILM CAMERA CONTROL
1 RCA 1850-A 3 RCA 6AC7
3 RCA 6SL7GT 2 RCA 6AL5
5 RCA 6SN7GT 8 RCA 6SN7
-GT
1 RCA 6 AC7 3 RCA 6AG7
1 RCA 6BG6G 1 RCA 6Y6
-G
1 RCA 6Y6-G 2 RCA 6SH7
1 RCA 6 V6
-GT
3 RCA 6AK5
2 RCA 6AG5
1 RCA 6J6
T
ube c omp lement f
o
r WP
-33B P ower Supp
ly i
s l
i
sted
o
n page 13
. 136
1
S
tok I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-269
10

E
quipmen
t S
upp
lied
(E
quipment be
low pl
us M isce
llaneous C
able
s, F
i
tting
s, H
ard
-
ware
, e
tc
., iss
upp
lied)
IFi
lm C amera MI
-26020
-A
F
i
lm C amera Pedes
tal MI
-26050
1Camera C on
trol Chass
is MI
-26075
1Master Monitor Chas
sis M
I-26135
-A
C
ame
ra C on
tro
l Un
it show
ing in
ter
ior ar
rangemen
t. Thi
s u
ni
ti 2R
egulated P ower Suppl
ies M
I-26085
-B
i
s n
ormal
ly h
oused in t
he master con
tro
l con
sole
. 1C
onsole Hous ing M
I-26266
-B
1S
et of T ube
s f o
r M I
-26910 c
ons
ist
ing of
(
1
) 5 CPIA, (11 18
16P1, 1) 1850-A
o
f t h
e compo s
ite v ideo si
gna l fed t o the transm i
tter
, a nd a
1B
lower M
I-26579
-A
5
-
inch o s
cil
lo scope f or vi
ew ing t he signal w aveform a nd f or
q
uickly and a ccurately measuring s ignal levels
. A c alibra
tion
c
i
rcu it i
n t he mon itor perm i
ts q uick r eference t o a f ixed A
ccessor
ies
v
oltage l
evel
. C ircuits in t
he c amera mon i
tor i nc
lude s eparate I
n
tercom C
able 8 C
ond
. Shie
lded M
I-82
l
ow-capac
ity i nputs
, v ideo a mplif
iers a nd scanning g enerators V
ideo C
oax Cab
les RG 1/u M
I-83
f
or bo
th t he K ine
scope a nd o
sc
illoscope tubes
. Trans
formers V
ideo Coax Cab
les RG 5
9/u M
I-75
w
ith
in t he TM -5A p rov
ide fi
lament voltage
s for al
l tube
s in P
ulse D
istr
ibu
tion Box M
I-26757
t
he moni
tor. Plate vo
ltages a
re s
uppl
ied b y one o
f t
he WP -
33-B
p
ower supplie
s.

PO WER S UPPL IES


The T ype WP -33B H eavy Du ty powe r supplies each f u
rnish
e
xtreme ly we
ll-regula
ted c l
-c vol
tages at loads fr
om 2 00 te 600
m
i l
liamperes. O utput voltages are ad
justable between 2 60 and
2
95 v olts
. The c omponen ts are assemb led o n reces
sed t ype
c
ha s
sis for moun ting in s t
andard cabinets or open r a
cks.

Spec
ificat
ions

PO WER REQU
IREMENTS
L
ine R
ating 1
05
-125 v
o
lts
, 6
0 c
yc
le, s
i
ngle p
hase
P
ower 1
000 w
atts
C
urren
t 1
0 1amps.
P
ower Fac
tor 094

I
NPUT S
IGNALS
Horiz
. Drive 4v
ol
ts, 1
5
,750 c
ps
, 1
0% p
ulse w
idth
Ver
t. Dr
ive 4vo
lts, 6
0 c
ps, 4% pulse w
id th
CRO D r
ive ( op
tiona
l) 8v
ol
ts, mixed 3
0 cps and 7,
875 cps
Mixed S
ync ( op
tiona
l) 4v o
lts
, RMA s ignal
Mixed Blanking 4v
ol
ts, RMA s
i
gna
l

OUTPUT S
IGNALS
P
ic
ture O
utpu
t 15 v
.peak
-to
-peak (
p
icture s
i
gna
l)
R
emo
te Mon
itor O
utpu
t 1
.
5 v
.peak
-to
-peak (
p
icture s
i
gna
l)
F
requency Respon
se F
la
t w
i
thin 1 d
b t
o 6m
egacyc
les p
iro
l o
r
rangvntent o
f TK-20A F
ilm Camera, TP-
16A F
ilm
I
nput Impedance fo
r P
ulse
s H
igh P
rojector a
nd TP-98 F
ilm Mu
ltip
lexer

1
57
• ••

R
CA I
V
R
CA 3
5-1
11r
11

7
V F
I
LM 1
901E T
OR F
I
LM C
AM

R
CA T
V
F
I
LM C
AMERA

1
,
1 R
CA 1
5
-mn T
V
P
L X
F F
I
LM F
ROLCTO
• S uper
ior Fi
lm Program m ing Every Time
. Ac om-
H L
ID
p
letely e
quipped TV f i
lm-pro jec
tion room by RCA
—one o f nearly 10 different combinations now
being del
ivered to more than 5 0te
levision s
ta
tions
throughou t t
he country.
e
nt
ire f
i
lm-pro
jec
tion r
ooms
,

o
"
e
t
,
e40
ec
e
Yroom for a typical small television station —
OU a
re l
ook
ing a
t ac
omp
lete f
i
lm p
rojec
tion Why the e
xtraord
inary a
cceptance o
f RCA fi
lm
p
roject
ion equipment by more t
han 50 t
e
lev
ision
one o
f near
ly ten d
iferent "a
ll-RCA" c
ombina- s
t
ations?
t
ions now b e
ing del
ivered to more t
han fi
fty
s
tat
ions t
hroughout t
he coun
try. Because a l
l RCA p rojec tion u n its a re u nified
a
nd d esigned t o work t oge ther i n a ny comb ina -
As r e
liable a nd p racticable as the project
ion t
ion . . enab ling e ach s tation t o s elect just t he
r
oom o f amodern t heatre, t
his simple, i
ntegrated p
roper u ni
ts f or i t
s s pec ial n eeds a nd b udge t
.
e
qu ipmen t is designed t o h andle fi
lm p rogram Because RCA makes i tp rac tical f or a s tation t o
material of every descr iption —stat
ion identif
ica- s
tart sma l
l a nd a dd pro jection u n
its a s itgrows —
t
ion sl
ides,n ewsreels,c ommerc ia
la nnouncemen ts
, withou t d
iscard ing a ny o ft he o rigina l equipmen t
.
s
hor ts
, fea
ture fi
lms , cue-ins for l
ive-
talen
t shows , Because RCA makes e very th ing r equ ired in at e
le-
e
tc. And o ne o
perator can r un i
t! v
ision fi
lm -projec tion room —and a ccep ts c
omp lete
Al
l-RCA f rom floor to c eil
ing, the ins tal
la t
ion r
espons ibility f or t
he o ver-a ll p erformance o ft he
i
ncludes e verything n eeded t o produce b righ t
, e
qu ipmen t. B ecause each s tation l ayou t isplanned
f
l
ickerless
, d ependab le t e
levision pictures : A TV c
orrectlyf rom t he star
t, b y t e
lev ision e xperts who
f
i
lm c amera; An ew 3 5-mm f i
lm projec tor
;A1 6-mm u
nders tand t he b usiness t horough ly.
f
i
lm p rojector; A mu lt
ip lexer for using t wo p ro- • • •
j
ec
tors w ith one fi
lm c amera ; and r ack-moun ting No n eed for expensive experiments with your
p
ower s upplies
, amp l
ifiers,a nd monitor .P rojec tor own f ilm-pro
jection room . .ify ou l
et an RCA
sw
itching f or the en
tire r oom i sunder f inger-tip Television Spec
ialis
t help you wi
th the p
lanning.
c
ontro l f
rom t he room i t
self—or from t he stud io Call h
im . Or wr
ite Dept. 1
9 IA, RCA Engineer
ing
c
ontro l r
oom . Produc ts
,C amden , New J
ersey.

• •

RCA Mu l
tiplexer, Type T P- RCA 1 6-mm F i
lm P rojector, RCA F i
lm C amera, T ype RCA 3 5-mm F ilm P ro
jec tor
, RCA F ilm C ame ra Mon itor
9
6. P roduces u n
interrup ted T
ype 1 6B. Popula r low -
co st T
K-20A . A h
igh-con
trast T
ype TP
-3511 P
ro jects Rack. T h
is i s the c ontrol
p
rojection o
f mult
i-reel p
rojector. Se
lf- con'ained . f
i
lm c a mera haying unusual s
harp, f l
ickerless p ictures c
en ter o f t he p rojec
tion
f
i
lm s w ith o n
ly o ne f i
lm S
imple. L ow c os t
. E nable s s
tabi
lity. I t is used w ith —and h igh-f
ide l
ity s ound. r
oom . I t h ouses t he am -
c
a mera. C
omple t
s, with a
ny s t
ation to u se the f i
lm e
i
the r 1
6-mm o r 3 5
-mm B
r
ill
ian t l i
ght o utput w ith p
lif
iers, al
l n ecessa
ry r ack-
s
l
ide p rojec
tor f o
r s tat
ion p
rogramm ing n
ow a
vail- f
i
lm p rojecto
rs, a nd sl
ide r
eglin
ib le h eat
ing o f film moun ted p owe r s upplies,
b
reaks, c omme rc
ials, e t
c. a
ble. P
roduce s b
ril
liant p
rojectors. a
nd film g a
te . Can p roject a
nd t
he k
inescope f
or
p
ic
tures a nd h igh-quality s
i
ngle f rame s a s s t
il
ls. v
iew ing t he f i
lm p ictures
.
s
ound.

1
59
F
I
LM E
QUIP
.

F
i
l m Mu
ltip
lexer
, T
ype T
P-9B
F
eatures
• P
erm
its u
se o
f as
i
ngle f
i
lm c
amera f
or t
wo f
i
lm p
rojec
tors
.

• A
ccom )
)
))d
ates s
l
ide p
rojec
tor MI
-26130 a
vai
lab
le e
xtra
.

• Emp
loys l
ong l
i
fe f
ron
t-sur
face o
ptica
l t
ype m
irror
s.

• A
ids p
rogram c
ont
inu
ity
.

• I
ntroduces n
egl
igib
le o
ptica
l d
is
tor
tion
.

• D
esigned f
or u
se w
ith 1
6mm a
nd 3
5 mm p
rojec
tors
.

• Emp
loys n
o mov
ing p
arts
.

U
ses
The Film Mu l
tiplexer is a device for use i n the televis
ion
p
rojection room . It enables te
levis
ion s t
ation p ersonnel to
p
ermanen tly arrange a sing
le f i
lm camera a nd two f i
lm p ro
-
j
ector
s s o t
hat ei
ther pro
jector can be used w i
th the film cam-
e
ra, without need for moving the uni
ts a bout the room .

The Mult
ip lexer employs t
wo m irrors mounted at the required
a
ngle to r
eflect t
he image f
rom either pro
jector onto the pickup
t
ube in the f i
lm camera. In addition
, as mal
l slide p ro
jector
mounted j ust above the two m irrors provides a means f or
s
tat
ion iden ti
fica
tion
. T he image f rom the s l
ide p rojec
tor is
f
ocused directly on the t
ube in t he f
ilm camera.

D
esc
rip
tion
The Film Mu ltiplexer c onsists of ap edestal which is made u p
o
f pipe and s ui
tab le moun ting f l
anges . Two f ront-
surface mir
-
r
ors are moun ted a nd p rovision f o
r i ncorpora
ting a s l
ide pro
-
j
ector
. T he pedes tal is fi
tted w ith a f l
ange at the bottom f o
r
b
olting to the f l
oor. T he r ecommended s lide projec
tor is an
E
astman T ype A -2 Kodas l
ide P rojec tor with a 100-wa
t t p
rojec-
t
ion lamp. T he Mu lt
iplexer ( MI-26318 ) is fi
nished i n umber
g
ray 1 0 ma
tch o ther RCA t elevision e quipmen t.

F
ilm Mu lt
ip lexer s hown
w
ith S
lide P ro
jector
MI
-26
130 moun ted
a
top

S
pec
ificat
ions
P
ower R
equ
iremen
t (
for p
rojec
tor l
amp)
10 v
olts a
-
c, 5
0/60 c
ycles

D
imens
ions (
overa
ll):

H
eigh
t 5
4"

W
idth 1
3"

We
igh
t 4
0 l
bs
.

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-263I8

T
ypica
l p
rojec
tion i
ns
tallation s
how
ing Mul
tiplexer w
ith t
wo
A
ccessory
Fi
lm Projectors a
nd F
ilm Camera S
l
ide P
rojec
tor TP
-1A) M
I-26
130

1
60
P
rojec
tor C
hangeover P
ane
l, M
I-2632
1
F
eatures
• Mounts i
n s
t
andard 3
5 mm e
quipmen
t
r
ack
.

• C
ontrol pane
l provide
s s
t
art
, s
top a
nd
c
hangeover of l
igh
t and s
ound
.

• Wi
ll c
ontro
l t wo p
rojector
s ( 16mm
a
nd 3
5 mm i n a
ny c
omb inat
ion/.

U
ses
The Te
levis
ion P ro
jec
tor C hangeover Pane
l is employed il OVER/. A ssocia
ted t a
lly l i
ghts
, s l
ide projector o
n-of
f s wi
tch.
TV p
rojec
tion rooms f
or t
he st
art
, stop o
r s
imul
taneous change
- s
l
ide p ro
jector f ader c ontro
l f or control
ling lamp brightness
o
ver o
f li
ght a
nd sound i
n 16mm a nd 35 mm h
int p
rogr
. •g. a
nd tal
ly ligh
t a re also p rovided. All ci
rcui
ts and push-button
c
ontac
ts terminate i n t erminal str
ips moun ted at the rear of
Descr
ipt
ion t
he changeover p anel.
T
he p rojector pane
l i s a s
t
andard 19" rack e
quipmen
t type Changeover p ush-button c ontrol p ro‘i de
s f or s witching c om-
a
nd consists of t
wo b anks o
f swi
tche
s, e
ach hav
ing 3 momen- p
an ion c i
rcuit relays a ssocia ted wi tIi ei
ther 1 6mm o r 3 5min
t
a
ry-contact p ush b u
ttons ( START, STOP a nd CHANGE - TV p rojector
s. T hese c ircuits a nd relays a re r
emo te f rom the
c
hangeover p anel and a re l ocated Within t he projec tors and in
TV e quipmen t r acks. T he M I-26321 p anel i s p rovided a s
s
tandard e quipmen t w i
th TV P rojector E quipmen t R ack. Used
i t
i his manner o r as as epara tely moun ted p anel
, i tp rovides ex
-
R
ear v iew
t
reme f l
exibil
ity i n the c on
tro l a nd switching of t wo p rojec
tors
s
how ing
any c omb ination o f 1 6mm a nd/or 3 5mnd a nd o ne s l
ide
s
witches.
p
rojecto r
.
r
elays a nd
t
e
rmina l
s
t
rip. S
pec
ifica
tions
P
rojedor P
ane
l Wh
ith
_ 1
9"
P
rojec
tor P
ane
l He
igh
t 17
/8"

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26321

S
ound E
qua
lizer a
nd P
ane
l
F
eatures
• P
anel and -I.I
t a
« l
a
te, u
p t
o
3equa
lizer,
.
• E
qual
izer p
rov
ide
s frequency c
ompen
-
s
a
tion fo
r 16mm sound.
• P
anel fl
ush mounts in s
t
andard r
elay
r
ack and may b
e lo
cated i
n TV s
tudio
c
ontro
l room.

U
ses S
pec
ifica
tions
E
qualizer
, M I-26313
, is u
sed in con
junction wi
th 1 6mm sound F
or Equalizer (
See curve)
f
or p
roviding p roper f
requency compensat
ion
. P ane
l and shelf
. E
qual
izer D imens
ion l
ong
, 3 %
‘i
tl
e, 29
/32" high
M
I-26581, i
s u sed as aconvenien
t moun ti
ng and may be r ack P
ane
l W id th 1
9"
p
anel moun ted. P
ane
l H eight
S
tock Ident
ifica
tion:
D
esc
rip
tion Equa
lizer MI
-26313
Equalizer. M I-26313, consis
ts of ac ompensa tor network wh ich P
anel and S helf MI
-26581
t
i
lts frequenc ies a bou
t t he 1000 c ycle p oint in 2d b steps (see
c
urve b elow/. There i s an i nsert
ion l oss o f 7 .
2 d b in t he A
ccessor
ies
"
f
lat" p osi
t ion. Three , 2-db steps o n either s ide o f the "f
lat" L
ine Trans
former _ MI
-1000
-13
p
osition a re p rovided: o ne is f or h igh-frequency b oost
, t he H
-Pad _ M14171
-3(
1
o
ther f o r l ow-frequency b oos
t. I npu t a nd o utput i mpedance s
a
re 2 50 o hms . P anel a nd S hel
f, MI -26581, a s described a bove
i
sa vailable s eparately
-for moun ting u p t
o t hree equalizer units
.
LO W rAFC
,

• H
I GH FP ,

R
ear '
,kW
o
f Panel !
Gm F.P
IEG
I

a
nd Shelf
w
ith equal- E .A.LIZ ATI O N
* OM SWITC H SET TING I
NDICATE D • •

i
z
er moun ted

A
,A 8 g
— 8
2 g
g.
FREQUENCY -CYCLES /SEC

1
6
1
F
I
LM E
QUIP
.

K
inepho
to E
quip ment
, T
ype TMP
-20B

F
eatures
• P
rov
ide
s p
ermanen
t f
i
lm r
e
cord o
f t
e
lev
ision "
I
ndio s
hows
.
f
i
eld p
ickup
s, e
xcerp
ts f
r
om s
pec
ial b
roadca
sts
.

• U
ti
lize
s s
t
andard 1
6mm mo
tion p
ic
ture f
i
lm.

• R
ecord
s p
osi
tive o
r n
ega
tive i
mage
s.

• A
ccommoda
tes 1
200 f
e
et o
f f
i
lm.

U
ses
RCA K inephoto Equ ipment
, Type TMP -20B w hen used with a
s
ui
table camera,* provide
s ame thod to r
ecord t
elev
ision image
s
o
n mo t
ion picture fi
lm fo
r sub
sequen t u
se aste
levis
ion program
ma
terial
. V ideo signals fed t o the TMP -20B a ppear o n a
k
inescope, and in turn are recorded on fi
lm b y the camera.
There are m any u ses f or t
he TMP -20B : ( 1) O utdoor p ickup
o
r n e
twork p rograms c an be r ecorded f or la
ter broadcas ting .
An examp le o f t
his migh t be the b roadcas t
, to al a
rge e ven ing
a
udience , of pol
itica
l o r spor
ts e ven ts picked u p and r ecorded
i
n the a f
ternoon ; ( 2
) t he TMP -
20B p erm its the recording o f
s
cenes wh ich m ight be u sed in c onjunction w ith studio s cene s
f
or p lays, or f or cl
ien ts' advertising c ommerc ial
s; ( 3) t he
TMP -20B p rovides a means f or s yndication o f te
lev
ision s how s
t
o other televi
sion stat
ions ; and ( 4
) i tallow s p
rogram m ater ial
t
o b e checked a nd e dited to s uit the s ta
tion, o r perhaps t he
a
dvertisers n eeds.

Descr
ipt
ion
The TMP -20B K inepho to E quipment c onsist
s basical
ly o f a
p
roject
ion t ype kine scope w ith its as
sociated con tro
l p ane
l,
v
ideo a mplif
ier
, d eflect
ion c i
rcuits and p ower supplies. As
i
lustra
ted, the kinescope a nd c amera* a re moun ted o n top
adouble cabinet ra
ck w hich h ouse
s the rack-mounted s e
ctions
.
T
he c amera a vailable for use w ith the TMP-20B i s des
igned
w
ith a p recis
ion t iming shu tter w h
ich exposes e xac
tly 525
p
icture li
ne s per f rame. The c amera permi
ts e xposure of a TMP
-20B K
inepho
to Equ
ipment w
ith Type TVK
-7.
513
c
omp le
te television frame, after which the fi
lm i stranspor
ted 1
6mm Motion P
ic
ture Came
ra
f
or exposure o f the next f
i
lm f rame. The t
ime for moving t he
f
i
lm e quals ha l
f o f the te
lev ision fi
eld
, so tha
t o ne f i
e
ld i n
e
very fi
ve p rovide s the t
ime f or moving t
he fi
lm.
T
he b ui
lt-
in osc
illoscope prov
ides a mon
itor
ing w aveform T
ube C
omp
lement:
f
or mainta
ining the nece
ssary ad
jus
tmen
ts on the k
inescope 3 RCA OD3/VR-
150 4 RCA 6
AS7-G
c
i
rcui
ts. 5 RCA 1
B3-GT 2 RCA 6
BG6-G
2 RCA 5
V4-G 1 RCA 6
SL7-GT
The TMP -20B h a
s b een d
esigned t
o provide t
he be
st resul
ts in
4 RCA 5
R4-GY IRCA 6
V6
k
inescope p hotography and the k
inescope image
s h ave proper
2 RCA 6
AG5 3 RCA 6
Y6-G
b
rightnes
s a nd o ther q ua
lit
ies for o pt
imum p hotographic
3 RCA 6
AH6 1
6 RCA I
2AU7
r
esul
ts. 1RCA 3KP1
3 RCA 6
AL5
4 RCA 6
AQ5 1 RCA 5WP11
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-15005
-B
S
pec
ificat
ions
(
Exc
lus
ive o
f C
amera
)
E
quip ment S
upp
lied
P
ower S
ource 10
-120 v
ol
ts, 6
0 c
yc
les
, 7
50 w
att
s
(
1
11
(11
1(
1e s Projec
tion Kinescope, Video Amp lif
ier, 3
0 kv S up
.
V
ideo I
npu
t _S
tandard RMA 2 v o
lt peak t
o p
eak comb
ined p
ly, Scope P ower Supply
, D ef
lection and Blanking Panel
.
v
ideo s
ynchroniz
ing and b
lank
ing s
igna
l S
cope a nd C on
trol Panel, Bias S upply
, B lank C has
sis
.
I
npu
t I
mpedance 7
2 o
hms WP -33A P ower Supply, Frame s
, D oor
s, Side P ane
ls and
Bases.
)
O
veral
l D imen
sion
s:
L
ength 5
0"
W
idth 9
6" A
ccessor
ies
H
eight 5
6" 1
6mm Te
lev
ision Mo
tion P
icture Camera
, TVK -75B
We
igh
t (
not i
nc
lud
ing (
amera) 5
00 l
b
s. (
approx
.) (
inc
luding two f
i
lm magazine
s and l e
ns) M
I-15006
-B
S
ound R
ecord
ing E
quipmen
t O
n a
ppl
ica
tion
•RCA 1 6mm T
elev
ision Mo
tion P
ic
ture C
amer
a. T
ype
TVI
C-75B
. Hou
ston D
eve
loper MI
-26602

1
62
F
I
LM E
QUIP
.

Auto mat
ic F
i
l m Deve
lopers
, T
ypes TVF
-2A a
nd 4A

F
eatures
• c
omp
lete
ly s
e
lf e,Iit i 1.

• E as y t
o o
pera
te.

• P
rovide
s r ever
sal proce
ssing o
f b
lack a
nd w
hite 1
6
Wu
's I Type TVF-2A1.

• P
rov
ide
s for deve
loping o
f nega
tive o
r p
osi
tive 1
6n
ini
f
i
lms o
f a
l
l type
s (Type TVF4A )
.

• C
omb ine
s w i
th RCA K inepho
to e
quipmen
t t
o f
a
cil
ita
te TY
p
rogramm ing p
oss
ibi
lit
ies.

• T
hree f
i
lm m
agaz
ine
s w
i
th 1
200
-foo
t c
apac
ity
.

U
ses
Houston a u
toma tic fi
lm d evelope rs are available f o
r u se b y
TV s ta
tions in provid
ing f i
lm p rocessing f a
cili
ties
. They a re
s
ui
tab le for use in conjunction w i
th RCA K inephoto e quip-
ment in expanding 16mm TV p rogramm ing
. T he T ype TVF -2A S.
i
s designed f or the reversa
l p rocess
ing o f b lack a nd w hite
1
6mm f i
lms
, a nd the T ype TVF -
4A f o
r d eveloping n egat
ive
o
r p osi
tive fi
lms o f a
ll types.

Descr
ipt
ion
Both u nits a re s emi-por table, i n th at t hey a re moun ted o n
i

asters f or e a se i n mov ing t o s uitable l o
cation s a nd a re
e
qu ipped w ith l ocks t o h old t hem s tat
ionary d uring o peration
o
f t he e quipmen t. T he m ach ines a re c on structed a lmo st e n
-
t
i
re ly o f st
ain le s
s s teel w ith t he e xcep tion o f cas
ting s, motor s
,
f
i
lm r ol
ler s and o ther d eta i
l p arts. T he s o
lu tion a nd w ash tank s
,
d
rying c abine t
, t wo s o
lution c irculating p ump s, ar e frigeration
s
ystem , as olution h eater, t hermome te r
, f ootage c oun ter, thr ee
e
lectric mo tor s, a nd a dvanced d esign f i
lm t ranspor t mechan i sm
w
ith v ariable s peed t ransm ission, c omp rise t he b asic p arts.
Heat l amp s for h eating a nd a f i
l
ter f or c l
ean ing t he c irculating
a
ir f o
r t he d ry-box a re also p rov ided . T hree f ilm m agaz ines o f
1
200 -
foo t capac ity a re prov ided f or lo ading t he expo sed f i
lm i n
ad ark r oom a nd t o a l
low o peration o f t he m ach ine i n w hite
l
i
gh t. A ir s queegee o utlets a re p rovided a f
ter t he f i
rst rin se
a
nd b efore t he d ry-box t o b e f ed f rom a n air p res sure l ine.
Where n o s uch s ource o f a ir i s a vailable, a s upp lemen ta ry s
olution level m a
intained i n the v ar
ious tanks b y o verf
low
a
uxiliary s i
lenced a nd f i
lte red a ir blower f or remo te moun ting d
rain s a
t the top. Thi
s o verf
low i spiped to as i
ngle drain li
ne
i
s ma ilab le a s M I-26606 . a
t the rear of the machine. Proce s
sing speeds for r
eversal fi
lm
a
re d ependent u pon the manu facturer'
s spec
ifi
cations and type
TYPE TVF -2A FOR REVERSAL PROCESS ING u
sed. S peeds o f 18 t o 35 feet per m inute are possible, de-
Replen
ishers for t he fi
rs
t and second d evelopers
, t he b l
each p
enden t on t he fi
lm t ype.
a
nd t h
e h ypo are a lso f
urn
ished. T he rep
lenisher b ottle
s a re
f
i
tted w i
th g l
ass p etcocks and the rate of r ep
lenishmen t is TYPE TVF4A FOR NEGAT IVE OR POS IT IVE PROCESS ING
g
auged b y ca
librations on the r
eplenisher brackets
. T he fre
sh The Hou s
ton T ype TVF4A , N egat
ive or P o
sitive
, a utomatic
r
eplenisher s
olution i sadded at the bot
tom o f the t anks and f
i
lm d eve
loper, i salmo s
t ident
ica l to t
he T ype TVF -2A. I
t is
d
esigned f o
r de‘eloping of posi
tive o r n
egative f i
lms. In si
ze,
i
ti sthe s ame. R ep
lenishers i
n t he Type TVF4A a re for bo
th
t
he d eveloper s olu
tion a nd the h ypo. Processing s peeds for
n
egative a re 18 to 35 fe
et per m inute, a
nd f or posit
ive, 25 to
1
5 feet p er minu te
, dependent o n the f
i
lm t ype.

S
pec
ifica
tions
P
ower S
upp
ly (Type TVF -2A a nd 4A) 20 v ol
ts a -c
,
6
0 cyc
le, s i
ngle phase
, 32.06 a mperes, 7k .v
.a.
Water R equiremen ts 7% g a
l, per m in.
L
eng th O verall 7
6"
Wid th 2
6 %"
Heigh t 6"
Net We ight 1
400 lb s
.
C
ra ted G ross We ight 200 lb s
.
To
ta l S hipping S pace 12 cu. ft
.
E
qu ipmen t F urnished (
See d escr
iption )
Type TVF -2A 1 6mm A utoma t
ic Fi
lm D eveloper
(
f
or r eversal proces
sing) MI
-26602
Type TVF4A 1 6mm Au toma t
ic Fi
lm D eve
loper
(
f
or n egative o r pos
itive proces
sing) MI
-26604
V
iew c
o
l Aux
iliary P
hotog
raph
ic A
ir U
nit
, M
I-26606 Type TVF -6A A ir Un i
t f or Fi
lm D eveloper MI
-26606

1
6
3
F
I
LM E
QUIP
.

1
6m m Double-head C
ontac
t P
r
inters
,
T
ype TVF-8A
F
eatures
• P
rov
ides t
elev
ision s
ta
tions i
vi
th q
uick
-pr
int
ing me
thod f
or
1
6m i
n p
ic
ture a nd s
ound fi
lms.

• C
ont
inuous c
ontac
t p
r
inter
.

• F
lex
ible i
n o
pera
tion
.

• E
asy t
o u
se —con
tro
lled b
y o
ne o
pera
tor
.

• S
peeds o
f 6
0 o
r 1
20 f
t
/min
. p
rov
ided
.

• A
djus
tab
le p
r
int
ing h
eads a
nd e
nclo
sed d
rive mechan
ism
.

U
ses
The Hous ton C ontinuous C ontact P r
in ter may b e u sed b y
t
e
levision s t
a t
ions t o prov ide a q uick me thod o f p rinting
1
6mm s ound a nd picture f i
lms . It i
s d esigned f or c ont
inuous
c
ommerc ial u se a nd f our p r
in t
ing p rocedures a re p ossible:
(
1) C ompos ite P r
in t —One r ol
l o f posi
tive s tock w ith p icture
n
egative t hreaded o ver o ne h ead a nd s ound n egat
ive o n t he
o
ther; ( 2) Doub le P rint---Two r ol
ls o f p ositive s tock a nd
o
ne n ega t
ive w ith a per
tures a d
justed f or pic ture o r s ound:
(
3 ) Single P rint —Using e ither h ead independen tly
, w ith o ther
s
ide o f mach ine emp ty;; a nd ( 1) D oub le P rin t-
-Us ing b oth
h
eads i ndependen tly w i
th t wo r ol
ls of n ega
t ives.

D
esc
rip
tion
The d ouble-head d es
ign , wi t
h s e
lective a per tures t hat m ay
b
e i ndividua l
ly. adjusted , perm its f l
exibility of o peration. T he
p
rinter i sd es
igned p rimar ily f or compos ite prin ting, although
e
asily t hreaded f or a ny o f t he f our p ract
ica l p rinting p ro-
c
edure s men t
ioned a bove . For c ompos ite p r
int ing, t he pic
ture
n
ega tive a nd t he u nexpo sed p os
itive f i
lm p ass t hrough o ne
g
ate a nd t he s ound n egative a nd t he p osi
tive t hrough t he
s
econd g ate
. T his results i n as ynchron ized p os i
tive p rint pro-
duced b y a s ingle o perator. The p r
in ter o pera tes i n ei
ther
d
irection, thus e liminating e i
ther e xtra h andling , o r rewinding
o
f t he fi
lm n egative, a ddit
iona l p rints b eing m ade s imply b y S
pec
ifica
tions
t
hread ing a n ew r oll o f posit
ive s tock.
l
'
imer R
equ
iremen
ts 10 v
olt
, 8 amps
., 60 c
ycle
,
The li
ght in
tens
ities o f two pr
in t
ing h eads are independently s
ingle p
hase
a
djus
tab le and o fer 2 l ogari
thm ica
lly g raduated e xposure D
-c P
ower t
equ
iremen
ts _
l15 v
olt
, •1
.amps. (
200 wat
t lamps(
a
djus
tmen ts
. These a djus
tmen ts can be made wh ile the fi
lm is
r
unning. The opera tor m ay set the light adjus
tmen t for the F
i
lm _ _16mm
, s
i
ngle o
r d
oub
le p
erfora
ted
f
ol
low ing s cene wh i
le o ne s cene is running. T he l i
ght w il
l A
per
ture
s (
3) p
ic
ture
, f
u
ll. s
ound
r
ema in at the p roper exposure f or the s cene b e
ing p rinted
a
nd w il
l n o
t c hange unti
l t he scene change n o
tch r eaches the P
rin
ting H
eads 2
p
roper p osi
tion. When t his occurs
, the l i
ght a d
jus tment w il
l
P
rin
ting L
amp
s 2
00 w
att
, 10 v
olt d
-e
c
hange a u
toma t
ical
ly to the value se
t for the new s cene. Provi-
s
ion i s made f or a fi
l
ter h o
lder assemb ly for emu lsion c e-r
- L
anip R
heos
tats 1
0 o
hm, 5
0 w
att
r
ectill
ll if des
ired.
P
rin
ting D
irec
tion__ H
eads o
r t
a
ils
The p
rin
ter is provided wi
th s e
lective speeds of ei
ther 6
0 or
R
eel C
apac
ity 2
000 f
t
.
1
20 fe
et per m inute
. T he slower s peed is usual
ly employed
f
or c
ut nega
tives and the fa
ster speed for duplicate n
ega
tives
. Mo
tor H
.P.
, 10 v
olt
, 6
0 c
ycle
s, a
-
c c
apac
itor s
t
art

The drive mechan ism, lamp h ouses and e lec


trical in
stallat
ion Fuse
s 1
5 amp
. a
-
c, 1
0 amp
. d
-
c
a
re enclosed i n the u pper c abinet and a re e as
ily accessible
D
imens ions H
eigh
t 7
9 %"
, W
idth 5
5 %"
, D
epth 2"
t
hrough a large rear door for inspect
ion a nd m aintenance. T he
r
eel clutche
s h ave been s pecial
ly d es
igned t o p rov
ide a l i
ght Weight
, Um -ra
ted 6
35 l
bs
.
h
old-back tension on the f i
lm i n the takeoff and a ti
ght d rive
t
ens
ion o n the takeup. The c hange o f tensions i s a
ut o matic1
025 l
b
s.
Weight
. C ra
ted
a
s the prin
ter i
s r
ever
sed
, a
nd n
o m
anua
l a
djus
tmen
t i
s S
tock Ident
ifica
tion (Type TVF41A 16mm
n
ece
ssary
. D
ou lde
-Ilead Con
tact Pr
inter 1 M
I-26608

1
61
S
TUD
IO C
ONTROL

P
rogra m C
ontro
l P
ane
l, M
I-2622
1

F
eatures
• D
esigned f
or u
se i
n T
S-2
11A R
elay
. SUi
t
ching !
-
•-t
ern
. t
o p
ermi
t r
emoval o
f t
he Mas
ter Mon
itor
. Acover is p
rov
ided
o
n t
he b
ack o
f t
he P
rogram Con
tro
l pane
l f
or p
rotec
tion o
f t
he
• 6i
npu
t c
hanne
ls.
s
witch a
ssemb
lies
. The push bu
ttons a
re a
rranged i
n t
wo r
ows
• 2o
utpu
t c
hanne
ls. o
f six w
ith o
ne add
itional r
e
lease bu
tton in e
ach r
ow. A
bove
t
hese a
re s
ix t
a
lly limp
s fo
r use a
s a
c
tive c
hannel i
ndica
tors.
• Manua
l f
ad
ing c
ontro
l.
L
amps are r
emovab
le from t
he f
ron
t o
f t
he p
anel
. Connections
• T
ally l
amps t
o i
ndica
te d
i I
s i
n u
se. a
re made t
o ate
lep
l t
ype t
erminal b lock w
hich may b
e
• Moun
ts i
n s
t
andard c
onso
le s
ec
tion
. MI
-26266
. l
oca
ted i
n t
he l
ower i
o
n i
on of t
he Ill n
sole
.

U
ses S
pec
ifica
tions
The p
ush b
utton c
i
rcu
its a
re a
rranged f
or u
se w
ith t
he R
elay L
amp V
oltage 1
2 v
olts
Sw
itching Uni
ts in the TS
-20A s
ys
tem . Remote s
witching may
C
ircu
it _Three make c
ontac
ts f
or e
ach p
ush b
utton
, w
ired
t
hen b e a
ccomp l
ished b e
tween 6 inputs a
nd 2 o utputs
. I n
t
o terminals on t
elephone b
lock.
a
ddit
ion, afader le
ver a
ssembly c
ons
isting o
f t
wo levers which One si
de o f lamp
s c omm 4
4 w ired t
o terminal block
.
may b
e o
pera
ted i
ndependen
tly o
r l
ocked t
oge
ther i
sprov
ided
. Fader potent
iometer and i
nterlock con
tacts wired to ter
-
P
oten
tiome
ters g
eared t
o t
hese l
evers a
re t
he p
roper v
alue minal b
lock.
f
or use wi
th t he TA-10A M ix
ing Amp l
ifier. Thus
, bo
th in
- D
imensions 1
3" wide
, 57,
41" h
igh, VA" high
s
tan
taneous s
witching and manual
ly c
ontrolled f
ading a
nd l
ap
- L
eng
th o
f C
able 4
5"
d
isso
lving e
fects may b
e ob
tained by u
se of t
his p
ane
l a
nd it
s We
igh
t A
pprox
ima
tely 1
6 l
bs
.
a
s
sociated e
quipment. I
n
ter
lock con
tacts o
pera
ted by t
he l
ever
s S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-26221
a
re p
rov
ided f
or t
a
lly l
amp c
ontro
l.

D
escr
ipt
ion
T
he MI
-26221 P
rogram C
ontro
l P
ane
l i
sespec
ial
ly d
esigned f
or
moun
ting i
n a
n MI
-26266 C
onso
le S
ect
ion i
n w
hich i
s a
l
so
moun
ted a TM
-5A Mas
ter Mon
itor
. T
he p
ane
l h
inges d
ownward

R
ear v
iew of Ml-26221 Con
trol Pane
l showing p
rotect
ive bwk The Program C ontro
l P anel may b e moun
ted i
n C onsole
cover
, panel wiring sw
itches and t
e
rminal block. Mas
ter Monitor Sec
tion. Adapter mount
ing p
ane
l i
s s
upplied.

1
65
S
TO W C
ONTROL

T
elev
ision Sw
itch
ing P
ane
l, T
ype T
S-1A

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i
4
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k e

F
eatures
• Accommoda
tes s
i
x inpu
t lines —prov
ide
s o
utpu
ts f
o
r l
oca
l way, al ocal mon itor c onnec tion w i
th a c apaci ty u p t o 2 00
moni
tor a
nd 2 r
emo
te line
s. mm f c an b e u sed . In c ases w here t he mon itor c apac i
ty i s
l
ess, f ixed p add ing c ondensor s c an b e p aralle led w i
th t he
• I
n
terlocked p
ush b
utton s
witche
s p
reven
t a
cc
iden
tal o
ver
-
l
ap
. o
utpu t t o b r
ing t he t o
tal u p t o 2 00 mm f. T his i s d one t o
p
reven t d isturb ing t he respon se o f the mon i toring n e
twork .
• I
ndica
tor l
i
ghts f
or e
ach p
ush b
utton
. As c an b e s e
en i n the c ircu it d iagram , t he " Line 1 " a nd
• C
ompen
sat
ing n
etwork
s i
n t
he i
npu
t. "Line 2 " o utpu ts a re b ridg ing t he mon i
tor l ine. T herefore,
s
hor t, l ow-capac ity o utpu t c ab les s hould b e u sed . T he u sual
• C
oax
ial c
onnec
tor
s, i
npu
t a
nd o
utpu
t. method i st o connec t the outpu t l ines to ar ack-moun ted TA -1A
• S
t
andard r
ack
-moun
ting a
s
semb
ly. D
is tribu t
ion Amp lif
ier, w hich i n t urn feed s t he t ransm itter
a
nd mon i
tor l i
ne s.
A r ear v iew o f t he T S
-1A S w i
tch ing P anel i s s hown b e
low .
Use The s ix c oaxial j a cks grouped o n t he right s i
de a re t he i nput
The T S
-1A S wi
tch ing Panel p rovide s an easy a nd convenient f
or t he s ix v ideo l i
nes. T he t hree a t the l eft a re the o u
tpu t
means for sw
itching a ny o ne of s i
x diferen t input video sig
- c
onnec tors. A t ransformer moun ted o n the c ha s
sis s upplies
n
als t o the te
levision t r
ansm itter o r t o local a nd r emote t
he t al
ly l i
ght v oltage. A-c p ower f or this is brough t i n o n a
monitors
. Itisa n inexpensive me thod w h
ich c an be e mployed s
tandard c onnec tor o n the l ower l e
ft corner.
when the fad
ing o r la
p-di
s solv
ing f e
atures of t he more e l
ab-
o
rate T S
-10A S witching Sy stem a re n o
t r equired.
Spec
ificat
ions
Overa l
l D imensions
:
Descr
ipt
ion
H eight
A
s can b e seen i n the above p hoto, the S w
itching P anel e m- W idth 1
9"
p
loys three bank s of six swi
tches m arked "Line 1 ," "Line 2," Dep th
a
nd "Mon i
tor." E ach b ank handles s ix i
nput s i
gnals a nd pro-
I
npu t C ircui
ts 6
v
ides ins
tan t se
lection w ithout dis
turb ing the frequency c har-
a
cter
ist
ic s of t he in coming l i
nes. T he ta
lly l ights f o
r t he Outpu t Circuits 3
t
hree banks a re independen t. Energized b y the s w
itches, t
hey Impedance s:
i
dent
ify w hich i nput s i
gnals are b e
ing f ed t o the respect
ive Inpu t 7
5 o
hms (
RG/59U or RG/11U)
o
utput lines. O utput 9
3 ohms (RG/62U)
The S w
itching Panel isd esigned t o p
rov ide a cons
tan t m a
tch- Weigh t 1
3 l
b
s.
i
ng termination to al
l the input lines
, i ndependent of the o ut
- P
ower R equirements
p
u t l
oad. Each incoming line passes through a 75 ohm c onstant (
f
or l amps) 17 vo
lts
, 50
-60 c
ycle
s, 0.2 amps.
r
esis
tance n e
twork , a
nd ist erminated i n a7 5
-ohm resistor
. T he F
inish Umber g
ray enamel (
to m atch other
monitor push b u
ttons s w
itch a h igh i mpedance, low -capaci
ty, RCA Te
levision u n
its)
l
ine to the cen
ter point of a ny one of t he
se network s. I
n t h
is
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26237

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NPUT CONNECTORS
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66
S
TUD
IO C
ONTROL

S
tud
io Ca mera Sw
itch
ing E
quipmen
t,
T
ype T
S-10A
F
eatures
• S
ystem w il
l a ccommoda te s i
x s ignal inputs
.
• Manua l f a
d ing c ontrol a l
lows c hoice of any f ad
ing s peed.
• Remote s ignals c an b e p reviewed b e
fore b eing s witches
o
n-the-air.
• Ful
l c omp lemen t o f ta
lly l i
gh t
s.
• Tal
ly l igh
ts a t o n
-the-air c amera s are a c
tivated b y the
sw
itching s y
stem .
• Local s ync a utoma t
ically a dded w hen r emote s ync f a
ils
'
• Pr
ivate o r c onference c ommun ica t
ion c an b e m aintainec
be
tween a ll s tat
ions .
• I
ntercommun ication c an b e opera ted w i
th o ther equipmen t
of.
• Al
l p er sonne l h ave a ccess to p rogram s ound .
• S
tabilizing a mplif
ier a utoma tically c orrects p ic
ture s
synel
r
atio fo r tran sm i
tter.

Uses
The T S-
10A S tud io C amera S wi
tching S ys
tem i s designed f o
r,
u
se b y telev ision s t
ations o b
taining v ideo s ignals f r
om more
t
han o ne l i
ne . B riefly
, t he T S-
10A w i
ll a l
low a s ingle v i
deo
o
perator t o d o t hese t hings: ( 1) S elect a ny s i
gnal f rom s i
x
i
nput l i
ne s; ( 2
) s w
itch t he d es
ired s ignal i n
to t he o n-
the- a
ir
l
ine; ( 3
) f ade o r dissolve t wo l o
cal s ignals simu l
taneou sly a t T
S-10A wi
th Mas
ter Moni
tor
a
ny s peed; ( 4) f ade i n or fade o u
t a ny o ne signal; ( 5
) s witch i
n C
onso
le Hous
ing
i
nstantaneou sly f r om o ne s i
gnal t o a nother; a nd ( 6
) s uper -
impose t wo l ocal s ignals w i
th a ny desired d egree o f m agni
tude
f
or each s ignal.
c
onnected t o separate banks of camera selec
tor s wi
tche s
. They
I
ntercommun icat
ion c ircuits in the T S-10A a l
low p rogram p er- h
ave c ommon o utputs
, h owever
, s o that they c an serve one
s
onnel t wo-way c onver sation. I n add ition, v olume •controlled c
amer a s i
ngly o r t wo cameras together i n al ap-di
ssolve or
p
rogram s ound i ss upplied t o al
l p ersonne l through o ne e ar- s
uperimpo sit
ion . T he t
hird p
icture a mpl
ifier fe
eds the mon i
tor
p
ieee o f t heir h eadse t
. i
nput. T he t wo s ync a mp
lif
iers automatically add l ocal s
ync
t
o the video s i
gnal w hen remote sync fa
ils o r when local s
ync
Descr
ipt
ion i
so therwise r equired.
T
he T S•10A S tudio C amera S witching E qu ipmen t c ons ists o f
t
he swi
tching a mplifier c has
sis-type u n
i t, a TM -5A Mas ter Mon - Spec
ificat
ions
i
t
or, two WP -33B P ower S upp lies a nd a TA -5B S tab ilizing P
ower L ine R equirements
Amplif
ier. The s w
itch ing a mplifier i s moun ted i n t he l ower 1
00
-120 v ol
ts, 50/60 cyc
les
, 1060 ( max.
) w at
ts
c
ompartmen t o f an RCA d esk-type c onso le s e
ction , a nd t he (
include spower required bythe t
wo WP-33A Power Supplies)
TM-5A Ma s
ter Mon itor i s moun ted a bove i t
. T he TA -5B I
nput Signal:
S
tabi
lizing Amp lif
ier a nd WP -33B P ower S upp lies a re a lso L
ocal I nput
c
hass
is-
typ e units de s
igned f or moun ting i n as t
andard e quip - (
v
ideo f rom c amera control
) 15 v
.p eak
-to
-peak
ment rack
. E quipmen t also included a re i ntercom c on tro l b ox, A
uxiliary Input (a
s remo te
) 1
.
5 v
.m in
. p eak
-to
-peak
6headsets
, 1b lower k i
t. v
ideo
, 18-33 % sync
The c on tro ls f or t he s witch - I
npu t I mpedance :
i
nga mplifier p ro ject t hrough L
ocal I npu t 7
5 ohm s
t
he i n c
lined t op p ane l o f A uxi
liary I nput
t
he d esk . T hese c ontro ls c on - (a
s remo te) 7
5 o
hms, var
iable line t
erminat
ion
s
i
st o f t wo b ank s o f p ush Outpu t I mpedance Approx. 2
000 ohm s
b
u t
tons f rom w h
ich t he o n- Load I mpedance 7
5 ohms
t
he-air s i
gna l iss e
lec ted , t wo Mechan ical S pec
ifi
cations (
Conso
le Sec
tion):
t
ogg le s witche s f or c ontro ll- Dimen s
ions ( overa
ll) 4
1" High, 13" W ide
, 6" Deep
i
ng l ocal a nd r emo te s ync , We ig:i
t 46 lbs
.
g
ain c ontro l s for t wo r emo te Finish D
ark umber g ray
i
npu t l ine s, at hree-po sit
ion Tube C omp lemen t:
s
witch f or s e
lec t
ing e i
ther 4 RCA 6 AG7 1 RCA 6SN7/GT
t
he o n-the -air s igna l o r o ne 2 RCA 6 AC7 1 RCA 6 SL7/GT
o
f t he t wo r emote s igna ls f or S
tock I den t
ification MI-26965
p
rev iew d isplay o n t he mon -
i
tor, f ading a nd d i ssolv ing Equipmen t S upplied :
(Equ ipmen t b elow p lus m isce
llaneous cables
, f
it
ting s
,
c
on trols, a nd t ally l igh ts
h
ardware , e tc
., are s upplied)
s
how ing w h
ich i npu ts a re
1Stud io C amera S wi
tch ing C ontro
l C ha
ssis MI-26235
b
eing u sed . 1 TA-5B S tabilizing Amp l
ifier MI-26160 -A
The switch
ing a mpl
ifier con- 1 Master Mon itor C hassis MI-26 135-A
s
is
ts o f 3t wo-s
tage p icture 1C on sole Hou s
ing MI-26266 -B
ampl
ifiers and 2 t wo-stage 1Blower MI-26579 -A
s
ync r elay in
terlock amp l
i- 2R egu lated P ower S upp l
ies MI- 26085-B
f
i
ers. Two o f the p icture 6H ead sets MI-26570 -6
ampl
ifiers have the
ir i nputs 1Set o f T ube s Including ( 1 )5CP1A, (1) 1816P4
C
loseup o
fTS
-10A C
ontro
lPane
l 1Stud io I ntercom C ontrol B ox _ MI- 26568

1
67
T
his RCA S witching S ystom c onii!ts
o
f a mas :er " on-the-ail" mor i
t3r
a
nd o sci
llo scope , aw ain-I-igh c on-
t
rol pant _ ( enlarged v i
ew , a bov e)
a
nd m ixing ampLf ier, be
low . T1i s
e
qu ipmen t b eco mes o w o f t a
'e
s
t
andard -s ize s es:
t .ons a f RCA 's
u
niobn il
i v ideo c onso e ( top o f
p
age )
. Any c ombma tion orc aw e ra-
c
ontro ls and mon ito r
si sp o
ss ible to
f
i
ty cur p art
icu lar st
a ion .
6
p
l
its
ecld g
o l
ed
l
on
o
fa
lt
el
v
is
io
npr
o
g
ramm
a
t
er
ia
l
N
ew R
CA C
ame
ra S
w
itch
ing U
n
it p
r
ovide
s c
o
nven
ien
t,
p
u
sh-bu
tton c
o
ntro
l a
tyo
or v
i
deo c
o
nso
le

H ERtroEl, cienntoenre focom


l
e
n
i
t
v
, is ac
pac
r y
is
t
our
ion p
on
ro
-
-
Ta
l
wh
ly li
gh
ich i
npu
ts p
t i
rov
sbe
ide a
ing u
n ins
sed a
tant check o
nd whe
n
ther a
F
ADING CONTROL g
rams. In
to itcan be I-r
o h
ta s many as r
emo te signal is being r eceived. If re
-
s
ix v
ideo inpu
ts —f rom s dio c ameras, mote s
ync f a
ils f
or any r
eason , local s
ync
f
i
lm cameras, relays
, a nd n
etwork. O ne a
utomatica l
ly takes over
.
o
perator c
an hand le t
ie k The monitor i
n t
he t op o
ft he conso
le
MON
ITOR SW
ITCH
3
-pos
ition
: p
rogra m l
i
nt.
, Twe
lve diferenttypes ot s
witch
ing a
re s
ect
ion al
lows the operator t
oe i
ther v
iew
e
i
ther o
f t
wo r
e mo
tes y
our assurance o f as mc t
h, drama
tic t
he on-
the-air s
ignal or preview o ne of
p
resentation, wha te‘er h e program. t
he two r
e mote s
ignals.
L
ook atthe p oss
ibil
ities
: An unusual
ly fl
exible intercom s wi
tch -
GA
IN FOR R
EMOTE
Your o pera tor c an i n
s n tly sw itch : i
ng system ( not shown) i s i
ncluded t o
• I
NPUT (
#6
)
(
1) b etween t wo l ocal c mera s igna ls; p
erm i
t priva
te, specia
l-group , or confer-
(
2) b etween t wo remor 2Si nals; (3) f rom e
nce commun icat
ion b e
tween p ractically
l
oca ltor emo te; ( 4) f
rom r mo te tol ocal; a
l
lp ersonnel. Al
l have access t
op rogram
R
EMOTE I
NPUTS (
5) f rom l ocal t o black s reen ( no s ig- s
ound t hrough o ne earp iece o f their
na
l) ; (6) from r emo te to Eack ( screen) ; h
eadsets.
(
7) f rom b lack t o remo te. With t he s pe- Here, we believe, i
s as wi
tching s ystem
c
ial manua l f ader c ontrol ec an, a t e ny t
hat r epresents the mos t advanced e ngi-
R
ELEASE B
UTTONS d
e s
ired s p
eed : ( 9) fade 3Ut ocal to b lack ; n
eer ing i n te
levision sta
tion t echniques .
(
10) f ade in l ocal from b c k; (11)l ap- I
tw illh elp you simplif
yt elevis
ion st a
tion
d
isso lve b etween a ny t w l
ocals ; ( 1 2) r
ou tine —br ing n ew possibilit
ies to t e
le-
s
uper impose t wo l oca
ls a d a djust t he v
ision p rogramm ing. Be sure t o get the
T
ALLY L
IGHTS l
evel ofe ach . A ll sor
ts oft .'
ck efec ts a re c
omp lete story
. Wr ite Dep t
. 3 0-L, Rad io
a
nd sw
itches f
or r
e mo
te s
ync
possible b y mov ing tl-e t o levers t hat Corpora tion o f Amer ica, E ngineering
make u p t
he f ader c ontrol. Produc ts Depar tmen t, Camden , N . J.

C
AMERA SW
ITCHES
2 r
o ws
) h
and
le 4 i
nputs f
ro m P
ROGRAM S
OURCES

U
I
s
tud
io a
nd f
i
lm c
a meras a
nd 2
i
e mo
tes t
o p
er m
it f
ading
, i
nstan-
i
on s
ssss w
itch
ing
, s
pec
iale
f
fec
ts.

T
ALLY L
IGHTS
f
or s
ix i
nputs

• •

GA
IN FOR R
EMOTE
I
NPUT (
#
5) R
CA S
tud
io C
a me
ra (
Swi
tch
ing RCA's Mob
ile S
tar
lit
" (
Swotching RCA Fi
len Ca me
ra (Switch
ing Un it
U
nit h
and
les u
p t
o f
our
) Un
it c
an hand
le t wo r
e motes
) hand
les two w
ith 2 s
tud
io c a me
ras)
S
TUD
IO C
ONTROL

S
tud
io Re mo
te C
ontro
l E
quip men
t,
T
ype T
C-65A
F
eatures
• P
rov
ide
s r
emo
te c
ontro
l o
f v
ar
iou
s r
ack
-moun
ted t
e
lev
ision
u
ni
ts.

• A
dap
ted t
o moun
ting i
n ad
esk s
e
ction o
f c
ontro
l c
onso
ls.
o
r i
n as
t
andard r
ack
.

• P
rov
ide
s c
entra
l c
ont
rol p
osi
tion f
or u
nits mo
lli
f
ied I
.
,
a
ra
te r
ooms
.

• O
ften r
educe
s c
os
t i
n r
unn
ing v
ideo l
i
nes
.

• O
ffer
s b
et
ter e
fic
iency i
n c
ontro
l r
oom o
pera
tions
.

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Remo
te C
ontro
l Equipment
Moun
ted i
n Conso
le Hous
ing S
ect
ion
. M
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ELAY R
ECE
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ontro
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on-
M
I-26247
s
i
sts o
f f
i
ve s
epara
te c
ontro
l p
ane
ls, ac
onso
le h
ous
ing s
ec
tion
w
hich m
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ideo c
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s, a
nd a moun
ting
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ter w
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he f
i
ve d
iferen
t c
ontro
l p
ane
ls, w
hich c
an b
e o
bta
ined s
epa
-
P
OWER C
ONTROL r
a
tely
, p
rov
ide f
or r
emo
te c
ontro
l o
f r
ack
-moun
ted t
e
lev
ision

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ni
ts s
uch a
s t
he mono
scope c
amera
, p
ower r
e
lay p
ane
l, r
e
lay

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a
w ca
w IM P 11
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r
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a
ce
mp
iver
l
if
, s
ier
ync
. Up t
g
enera
o s
i
x s
tor
uch p
ane
(
phas
ls c
ing
an b
e i
n
sta
l
c
ontro
l
led i
), a
n t
nd
he u
pper
s
t
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liz
ing

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c
ompar
tmen
t o
f t
he h
ous
ing
. T
he p
ower c
ontro
l p
ane
l w
il
l
M
I-2625
1 c
ontro
l u
p t
o f
i
ve p
ower s
upp
lie
s, a
nd t
he sy nc g
enera
tor p
ane
l
w
il
l c
ont
rol t
he p
has
ing o
f t
he t
wo s
ync s
i
gna
ls. I
f l
e
ss t
han
s
i
x c
ontro
l p
ane
ls a
re u
sed
, b
lank p
ane
ls c
an b
e o
bta
ined t
o
f
i
l
l e
mpty s
pace i
n t
he h
ous
ing
. T
he c
omp
lemen
t o
f c
ontro
l
p
ane
ls a
nd b
lank p
ane
ls moun
ted i
n t
he h
ous
ing p
rov
ide
s a
v
ery a
t
trac
tive d
esk s
ec
tion
, a
nd p
erm
its f
u
ture e
xpans
ion o
f
B
lank P
ane
l MI
-26253 r
emo
te c
ontro
l f
a
cil
itie
s.

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70
S
TUD
IO C
ONTROL

PANEL ADAPTER (
MI-26254
)

T
he P
ane
l A
dap
ter w
hen u
sed w
ith a
ny o
ne o
f t
he r
emo
te
c
ontro
l p
ane
ls a
dap
ts t
hem t
o moun
ting i
n a
ny s
t
andard r
ack

P
ane
l Adap
ter MI
-26254

Descr
ipt
ion
S
pec
ificat
ions
T
he f
i
ve d
iferen
t r
emo
te c
ontro
l p
ane
ls, a
s w
ell a
s t
he v
an
i US
P
owe
r R
equ
iremen
ts 1
20 vo
lts
. 60 c
ycle
s. 10 wa
tts
a
dap
ter
s, a
nd b
lank p
ane
ls a
re d
escr
ibed i
n t
he f
o
llow f
or ta
lly l
i
ghts and r
elays
p
aragraph
s:
P
ane
l D
imens
ion
s 1" l
eng
th, 2%" w
idth

MONOSCOPE CAMERA (
MI-26248
) R
afk P
ane
l A
dap
ter 1
9" l
e
ngth
, 31
/2"w
idth
T
he Mono
scope C
amera R
emo
te C
ontro
l P
ane
l c
ons
ists o
f t
vo
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26985
p
oten
tiome
ter
s w
ired t
o at
e
rmina
l b
oard i
n t
he r
ear
. Th
ise

p
oten
tiome
ter
s p
rov
ide r
emo
te c
ontro
l o
f v
ideo g
a
in a
nd f
o u
s E
quipmen
t S
upp
lied
:

o
f t
he mono
scope c
amera
. E
ngraved p
ane
l m
ark
ings p
erm
it n
- 1 Mono
scope C
amera C
ontro
l P
ane
l M
I-26248

a
t
ant c
heck f
or p
roper s
e
tting o
f c
ontro
ls. 1P
ower C
ontro
l P
ane
l M
I-2625
1

1R
elay R
ece
iver P
ane
l M
I-26247
PO WER CONTROL (
MI-26251)
1S
ync G
enera
tor P
has
ing P
ane
l M
I-26249
T
he P
ower R
emo
te C
ontro
l P
ane
l c
ons
ists o
f f
i
ve o
n-of t
og l
e
1S
tab
iliz
ing Amp
lif
ier P
ane
l M
I-26250
s
wi
tche
s, f
i
ve t
a
lly l
i
ghts
, a
nd f
i
ve s
mal
l c
ard h
older
s f
or s
wi c
h
1B
asic Moun
ting P
ane M
I-26252
i
d
ent
ifica
tion
s. T
he f
i
ve s
wi
tche
s c
an o
pera
te a
s m
any a
s v
e
1C
onso
le H
ous
ing S
ect
ion M
I-26266
-B
d
iferen
t p
owe
r s
upp
lie
s, b
y o
per
ating 1
20
-vo
lt r
e
lays i
n h
e
1B
lank P
ane
l M
I-26253
p
ower s
upp
ly l
i
nes
. R
elay
s f
or t
h
is p
urpo
se a
re moun
ted i a
r
e
lay p
ower c
ontro
l p
ane
l w
hich i
sava
ilab
le a
s MI
-26271
.

RELAY RECE
IVER (
MI-26247) Accessor
ies

T
he R
elay R
ece
iver R
emo
te C
ontro
l P
ane
l c
ons
ist
s o
f w
o C
abine
t R
ack Moun
ting A
dap
ter M
I-26254

p
oten
tiome
ter
s, a
n AFC o
n-of
f s
witch
, at
aly l
i
ght a
nd a l
e
- T
elev
ision C
abine
t R
ack M
I-30951 s
e
rie
s

p
hone j
ack f
or c
heck
ing i
ncom
ing s
ound o
n aw
ire l
i
ne. h
e P
owe
r R
elay P
ane
l M
I-2676
1

t
wo p
oten
tiome
ter
s c
ontro
l v
ideo g
a
in a
nd r
ece
iver t
un' g
;
t
he t
a
lly l
i
ght i
ndica
tes w
hen t
he r
ece
iver i
stu
rned o
n.

S
YNC GENERATOR PHAS
ING (
MI-26249
)
T
he S
ync G
ener
ator P
has
ing R
emo
te C
ontro
l P
ane
l c
on s
t
s
o
f t
wo p
oten
tiome
ter
s, t
wo t
a
lly l
i
ghts a
nd a p
has
ing i
ndic t
or
o
n-of
f s
wi
tch
. T
his p
ane
l w
il
l p
rov
ide f
or p
has
ing o
ne o
f w
o

l
o
cal s
ync g
ener
ator
s w
ith a r
emo
te s
ync g
ene
rator
. T
he tl
y

l
i
ghts i
ndica
te w
hich l
o
cal g
enera
tor i
sin u
se
.

S
TABIL
IZING AMPL
IFIER (
MI-
26250
)
T
he S
t
abi
liz
ing Amp
lif
ier R
emo
te C
ontro
l P
ane
l c
ons
ist o
f

t
hree p
oten
tiome
ter
s f
or c
ontro
lling p
ic
ture g
a
in, t
he p
icure
c
l
ipper a
nd s
ync l
eve
l i
n t
he c
i
rcu
its o
f as
t
abi
liz
ing a
mpl
i e
r
.

BAS
IC PANEL (
MI-
26252)

T
he B
asic P
ane
l p
rov
ide
s f
o
r moun
ting u
p t
o s
i
x r
emo
te

t
r
ol p
ane
ls (
or b
lank p
ane
ls) i
n t
he u
pper c
ompar
tme
r o
f
t
he c
onso
le h
ous
ing
. T
he b
as
ic p
ane
l i
s p
rov
ided w
ith o
ur
f
a
stener
s w
hich h
old i
tse
cure
ly t
o t
he f
l
ange
s o
f t
he h
oui4ng
. B
asic P
ane
l MI
-26252

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U
DIO C
ONTROL

R
emote Contro
l Sw
itch
ing S
yste m
,
T
ype T
S-20A
F
eatures
• Emp loys r e
lays f or local and r emo te ‘ i
ileo switching.
• C
an b e used f or studio o r mas ter c ontrol swi
tch ing.
• P
erm its u se o f a l
l p rogramm ing t echniques such a s f ading and
b
etween l ocal s ignals.
• C
en tral
izes c oaxial c able connec tions.
• C
oax ial cable c onnections n o
t r equ ired at operating p os
itions.
• P
rov ides c ircuits f or tal
ly l i
ght o pera
• P
rov ides c ontro l circuits for sync i n
terlocks
.
• De
sign p erm i
ts e xpansion o f fa
cilities without obsolescence o f o
rig
ina
l e
quipmen
t.

U
se
The RCA T ype T S-20A R emo te C on trol S witch ing S ystem i s d es
igned f or u se i n
t
e
lev is ion s t udio c on tro l a nd mas ter c on tro l r ooms . I t c ons ists o f d iferen t t ype s
a
nd q uan ti
t ie s o f e qu ipmen t d epend ing u pon t he s ize a nd t ype o f s wi
tch ing o pera -
t
• d
e s
ired . T he e qu ipmen t may b e u sed f or s wi
tch ing a m inimum o f six i npu ts
t
o t wo o u
tpu ts o r a max imum o f t we lve i npu ts t o s i
x o utpu ts ( f
ive o utpu ts i f t a
lly
l
igh t r elay p ane l i s u sed).
F
o r t he s tud io c on tro l r oom t he s ystem c an b e s et u p t o prov ide c omp le te f a
cili t
ies
f
or p rogram mon itor ing , p roduc tion t a
lk b ack a nd v ideo s w i
tch ing b etween t ele-
v
ision s t
ud io c ameras , f i
lm c ameras , r emo te p ick -up s o r n e
twork p rograms . C on tro ls
c
an b e p rov ided f o r f ading a nd l a p-dis solv ing b etween l o cal s tudio v ideo s igna ls.
The s y s
tem c an p rov ide f or p rogram p rev iew ing a nd o ther mon i
tor ing f unctions
s
ince u p t o f i
ve p rogram mon itor -
. c an b e f urn ished .
For t he mas ter c on tro l r oom t he s ystem c an b e s e
t u p t o p rov ide c omp lete v ideo
s
w itch ing a nd mon itor ing f acili
ties w i
th in t he l imits n oted a bove .
The p ush-bu tton c on tro l p ane ls d es igned f or t he s ys
tem c an b e h oused i n c onso le s
i
n c onven ien t p osit ion f or mon itor ing t he v ideo f ac
ilitie s. k ctua l s witching i sa ccom -
p
lished r emo tely b y d -c r elays w hich a re h oused i n r acks a t a ny d esired l oca tion
i
n t he c ontro l r oom . B y i nstalling a p ane l o f j acks a nd v ideo p a
tch c ords i n
a
d jacen t r ack e qu ipmen t, s witch ing o f a l
l s ources o f s igna ls t o t h
is p osi
tion a nd
t
o t he mas ter c on tro l c onso le, o r d irect ly t o t he t ransm i
tter , c an b e a ccomp lished
quick ly a nd e f
ficien tly . S pecial h igh -speed t rans fer r e
lays a lmos t p
lete ly e l
im ina te
p
ic ture d isturbance c aused b y. ' A
si t
ch ing .
The u se o f d -c r elays i n t he TS -20A s y stem a dds t o t he o vera ll flexib ility o f t ele-
v
ision s t
ations l a you ts a nd s imp lifies t he a dd ition o f s t
ud io f acilities when e xpanded
opera ting s chedu les r equ ire t he u se o f more t han o ne c on trol r oom . T he RCA
Remo te C on tro l S w itch ing S ystem p erm its t he b roadcas ter t o e lemina te t he c ostly
e
xpense o f i nsta lling i ntricate ‘ i
ileo l ines t o i nterconnec t t he t e
lev ision s t udios
a
nd c ontro l r ooms .

D
escr
ipt
ion
T
he complete TS-20A Remo te C ontrol Switch
ing S
ystem c
ons
ists of s
evera
l t
ypes
o
f ind
ividual un
its which fal
l i n t he f
ollowing c
a
tegor
ies
. For b
reak
-down see
e
quipment li
st
ing under "Spec
ificat
ions".)
A
. The v
ideo r e
lay swi
tch ing c
hassis a
nd panels used to extend f
unctions ofbasic u
nits
.
B
. The push-button panels tfo
r o pera
ting the video relays) w hich are availab
le f o
r
s
evera
l s witching schemes a nd ntoui
iling arrangemen ts.
C
. The program o r master monitors
, for use in conjunct
ion w i
th p ush-button panels
.
D
. The various conso
les f or ii
ng the push-but
ton p anels and mon itors
.
E
. S
tandard componen ts.

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P
ush Bu
tton Panel M1-262204. T h
is i
s one of fi
ve dif
ferent
p
ane
ls a
vai
lab
le for mounting i
n the TCZA Program Director
's S
tandard rack c
onta
ining r
elay chass
is.
C
onsole
. ampl
ifiers a
nd p ower s
uppl
ies.

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S
TUD
IO C
ONTROi

RELAY SWITCHING
The b asic r elay s w itch ing c hass is s upp lied s
m
id i t he TS -20A S ys tem p rov ides f or
-
%i t
ch ing s ix v ideo i npu t c hanne ls t o t wo
outpu t l i nes. A ll s ix i npu ts c an b e u sed
f
or l oca l s igna ls . However , t wo c hanne ls S
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ot
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may b e u sed f or r emo te s igna ls s ince t hey
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Follow ing a re t he u ni
ts i ncluded: ( A)
B
as ic R e lay Chas s is (MI -26231) ;( B1 Two
Basic R elay P ane ls (MI -26233). T he n um -
so
v
OSOs O
UT
S S T
o
0o
0
s S
t
rO
Tes .
S
1
b
er o f o utpu ts may b e i ncreased t o a TI
S
TI s
7
vSn
o,L S
C
.
max imum o f s ix ( f
ive i ft a
lly l i
gh t r elay
C
A
.1 S
p
ane l i s u sed) b y t he a dd ition o f B asic it
-
Relay P ane ls ( MI -26233)—one p ane l f or s.
S
O-C
e
ach o utpu t . T he B asic R e
lay C has sis P
a
o. s o
ps,
c
on ta ins a c a
thode c oup led o utpu t t ube POS::;
S * Scs ,s

f
or e ach c hanne l t o i s
o late t he S

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s
igna l f r om a ny o utpu t l ine. T he \ t
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ITON M
OWTO
M
d
iary R elay C hass is ( MI-2623 1),
d
es igned f or i nsta llat ion i ir .. h
elm % S
O• C
t
he B asic R elay C has sis. p ro%i d.- s ix a d- T.% "
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d
itiona l i npu ts f o r t wo o utpu t c hanne ls.
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I
Here t he n umber o f o utpu ts c an b e i n
-
c
reased t o s ix b y moun ting f our A uxi l
iary L
ayou t diagram s how ing t yp ical e qu ipmen t emp loye I in o ne
Relay P ane ls ( MI -262321 i n t he A ux il- v
ers
ion o f T S-20 .4 s ystem u sing t he P rogram C onsole, TC -5A
i
ary C has sis. T he T ally R e lay P ane l
( MI-26234) c an b e moun ted i n t he B asic o r i n t he A uxi l
iiry Specifica tions
Relay C has sis. T his p ane l i s d esigned f or moun ting % here t he Power R equ iremen ts :
s
ixth r elay p ane l w ou ld b e l o cated . I f T a
lly R e
lay P ane ls .are Relays _24 v olts t i
-
c
u
sed , t he n umber o f o u tpu ts i s limited t o am ax imum o f l i
ve. t
nip lif
ier s 2
80 v olts d -
c
PUSH -BUTTON P \NELS F
ilamen ts 15 v olts a -
c
RCA h as d esign in I f i
ve d iferen t p ush -bu tton v ideo c ontro l V
ideo I npu t C hanne ls_ 6min .
, 1 2 max .
p
ane ls t o h and le a ll o r o nly a f ew o f t he s witch ing a nd f ading Nideo Ou tpu t C hanne ls 2m in.
. 6 max .*
f
unc tions . T hree o f t he u nits i nclude s witching a nd f ading a nd I
npu t I mpedance 75 o hms**
t
wo o f t he u nits i nclude o nly s witch ing . MI -26220 -1 h am l e
s I
t
inin i
t I mpedance High***
t
we lve i npu ts a nd f our o u
tpu ts w ith f ader; M I-26220 -Z t welve Nideo T rans fer R elay A djus tmen ts f o
r__ _ _Over lap s w itch ing
i
npu ts a nd t hree o utpu ts w ith f ader; MI -26221 , s ix i npu ts m i
l Gap s w itch ing
t
wo o utpu ts w ith f ader; a nd MI -26222 , a nd MI -26223 , e tch Dimens ions :
h
and le s i x i npu ts a nd t wo o utpu ts o nly. MI -26220 -1 a nd 2 % ere Basic R elay C hass is 2614 "h
/ igh, 1 9" wide, 91/ 2" d eep
d
es igned p rimar i
ly f or p rogram d irec tor' s conso le t ype TG -51 Aux iliary R elay C hassis 2
1" h igh , 19" wide, VA" d eep
i
nsta llation . T he M I-26221 , 2 6222 a nd 2 6223 s witch p ane ls i t
ave
Tube C omp lemen t:
b
een d es igned f or u se i n c onso le s e ct
ions f or m aster s w
itch l ig
.
Basic R elay C hass is 6 RCA 6 J6 o utpu t t ubes
A
l l t he b u t
tons a re o f t he p ush t ype a nd a t ally l i
gh t i s asso-
Tube C omp lemen t IFor c omp lemen t tube l i
st
ings r efer t o
c
iated w ith e ach o ne . A r elease b utton i s located i n e ach -ow
c
atalog p age s o n i ndividual e quipmen ts)
o
f c hanne l b ut tons .
S
tock i den tificat• Schedu le 2 6990
MONITORS Equipmen t S upp lied T he T S
-20A S ystem i nc
lude s the f ollow -
The TC -5A P rogram D irec tor 's C onso le w ith i t
s P rog-am i
ng e qu il S
u
i
t w hich m ay b e u sed i n many d iferen t c om-
Mon i tor s (MI -26 140) m ay f orm a p ar t o f t he T S
-20A s ystem . b
ina tions deter mined b y i ndividua l s tar require men ts.
The p ush -bu tton s witch p ane l M
I -26220 -1 o r 2 ) i s moun ted
1. Relay Sus i tching U nits :
a
s ap ar t o f t his c onso le . T he M I
-26221 a nd M I-26222 s nitch
p
ane ls a re d es igned f or n (((( i
n a s ingle c onso le s ec
- Basic R elay C hassis MI-26231
t
ion ( sloped p ort ion) % hich i s at r igh t a ngles t o t he p ane l B
a- ic R e
lay P ane l MI-26233
o
n w hich r emo te c ontro l p ane ls a re l ocated ( s
ee d ata s hee t Aux il
iary R elzt‘ \ C haSSis MI -26230
S
tud io R emo te C on tro l E qu ipmen t, M I-26985). T he M I-36223 Aux il
iary R e
lay P ane l MI-26232
s
w itch p ane l moun ts i n t he u pper s ec tion a nd s pace r equ ired T
a l
ly l igh t R elay P ane l MI-26234
i
se qual to tha
t of two smal
l r emote c on
trol panels
. W ith t
he B
. P
ush
-Bu
tton P
ane
ls:
MI-26221 and MI-26222 p
anels, a Master Mon i
tor, TM -5A, may
P
riigram Control P anel (wi
th fader1 MI
-26221
b
e moun ted in the same c onsole
. W ith the MI -26223, h
er
\
Lister Control Panel
r
emo te panels may b e moun ted i n the same c onsole and a N
lasier Control Panel MI
-2622 2
3
master monitor in an a
djacent console housing.
rogra m C
P ontro
l Pane l (
part o
f 26975 I_ _M I
-
26220
-1 or2
AMPLIF IERS AND PO WER SUPPLIES C
. Moni
tors:
The amp lif
ier s assoc iated w ith t he sys
tem i nclude T ypes TA -1A
Mas
ter Mon
itor M
I-26135
-A
D
is tribu tion Amp l ifier s
, TA -5I3 o r 5C Stabi
liz ing Amp l
ifier s and
P
rogram Moni
tor Ip
art o
f 2
6975) MI
-26140
Type TA -10A M ix ing Amp li
fiers. T he n umber r equ ired , o f
c
our se, d epends o n t he s ize of t he i
nstalla
tion . T he Distribr tion I
)
. Conso
le Un
its:
Amp lifier make s p ossib le mu ltiple dis
tribu t
ion o f video s igials. Progra m D
irec
tor
's Conso
le M
I-26975
-1 dim 8
while t he S tab il
iz ing Amp lif
ier . %hich i n a ddi t
ion t o i nse r
ting C
onsole H
ous
ing MI
-26266
l
oca l sync , also c orrec ts r e
lative s ync a nd p icture l evels. T hese 1
3
10%er f
or \
I.-
ter Mon
itor MI
-26579
u
n i
ts a re d escribed i n RCA s ales li
terature ( Form 1 J
-1268 a nd
Form 1 J-2917 , respec tive ly ).T he M ixing Amp l
ifier has I wo i npu t E
. S
tandard C
omponen
ts:
c
hanne ls a nd a c ommon o utput c hanne l
. Th is i st he u nit Wh ich Re
lay I l
tmer S upp ly MI
-11309
p
rov ides f or l ap-d isso lving a nd f ad
ing o f t wo i nput s ignals. C
ab inet R ack MI
-30951
-C8
Two l e ver s moun ted o n t he s witching p ane l o perate g ain c on- T
ype 5 80C P ower S upp ly MI
-21523
-B1
t
rols in t he amp l
if ier - o ne gain c ontrol for e ach c hanne l. T hus. WP-33A P ower S upp ly . MI
-26085
-A
t
wo s igna ls f ed i nto t he amp lifier can b e s uper imposed w i
th S
tabiliz
ing Amp l
ifier, TA -5B MI
-26160
-A
a
ny r e
la tive d egree o f amp litude f or each. R
egu lated P ower S upp ly, Type TY
-25A
The T S
-20A S witching System uses regulated p ower s upp
lies D
istribution Amp lif
ier M
MI
I
--2
2606155
86

a
nd 24-vol
t s upplies for t
he ti
-
c re
lays
. T he e qu
ipmen t has bee
t. M
ix ing . Amplif
ier TA -
10A MI-26281
des
igned s o that iti s p
oss
ible to employ t he uni
ts in a treat
number o f d iferent c b inat
ions to mee t t he requ
iremen ts *5 max
. when tal
ly re
lay panel i
s u
sed
.
o
f the individual s tions S
ta ta
tion pl
ans c an b e ob
tained from *
* Adjus
table b
etween 60-87 ohms
.
RCA u pon r equest
. *
** For c
apaci
ty coupled i
nputs
.

1
73
(
-
o

y
a
(
t
9
T
tr
/
sHAT P
ICTURE y
ou s
ee o
ver t
here i
s as
tud
io c
ontro
l
r
oom f
or a med
ium
-size t
e
lev
ision s
t
ation —comp
lete b
y
RCA
, f
rom s
igh
t t
o s
ound
.

This r
oom vi
rtua
lly put
se nt
ire programm ing under "push-
bu
tton" superv
ision. From h ere you contro
l a nd mon i
tor
s
tudio p
rogram s.. sound and pic
ture ..s wi
tch between
RCA De L uxe Video Conso le. E
verything y
ou
n
eed t o monitor, contro
l, a nd ssit
ch camera c
amera s
,s w
itch t
on etwork orr emote p
rogram s
, cont
ro la nd
p
ictures
. "Add -a-unit" des
ign e nables you t
o monitor r
ecorded sound, monitor the p
rogram s on the air
.
e
xpand t hese fa
cil
ities a
s y our s
ta
tion g rows
.
I
n this r oom a re large p icture mon itors for prev iew ing
s
igna l
s f r om r emo tes o r n etwo rk s a nd f rom t he s tudio
c
ameras . In th
is r oom a lso isa n a udio c onsolet
te t hat con-
t
rolsa l
lp rogram s ound l ines—f rom t he studio microphone s
,
n
e twork a udio li
ne, studio a nd a nnounce m icrophone s, and
f
rom t he t u
rntables s hown i n the f oreground . A p rogram
c
on sole ...w ith i t
s pic
ture mon i
tor f or vi
ew ing t he studio
l
ine and t he on-the-air picture . .c o-ordinates the p rogram -
ming. No thing i ncluded i n t h
is r oom t ha
t s hould n ot be
t
here. No thing om i
tted thats hou ld bei ncluded.

Why do mo
st TV s
ta
tions g
o RCA a
l
l t
he w
ay o
n s
t
udio
RCA C amera C ontro l Type T K-10A . Makes
c
ontro
l-room equ
ipment?
i
tp rac
tical to wa tch a nd con trol t
he picture
q
uality o
fs t
ation c amera .S ame s i
ze a
nd appear-
Because RCA c ontrol
-room e quipmen t has des
ign f l
exib
il-
a
nce a s RCA 's s witch
ing u n
i t
s, fi
lm camera
c
ontrol, a nd p review - a nd l ine-mon
itoring i
t
y t o m ee
t every sta
tion's need a nd budget
. B ecause RCA
u
nits. These u n
its c an be grouped i n a
ny com - c
ontrol-room e quipmen t isu ni
t-buil
t ...p ermit s e
asy and
b
ination toform av ideo console (shown above).
e
conom ical add
ition of extra units wi
thou t a worry a bout
d
iscarding the or
iginale qu
ipmen t
. Because asi
ng le company
makest he en
tire li
ne ...and backsi tup!

For profes
sional a
ss
istance in pl
anning your te
lev
ision
s
ta
tion, cal
l i n a
n RCA S pec
ial
ist
. O r wr
ite Dep
t. 19 FD,
RCA E ngineering P
roducts
, Camden, N.J
.
RCA S tudio C onso lette T ype 76-C4 . Th is
f
l
exible a nd easy-to-operate control unit per-
f
orms a ll the a udio amplifying, mon i
toring ,
a
nd c ontrol functions of a TV s ta
tion —large
o
r s mal
l.C an be used for si
ngle-o rtwo-studio
operat
ion,a nd for two t
ranscript
ion turntables.

RCA P rogram D irectors C onso le T ype


TC-5A.T e
levision's mos tu p-to-date direc-
t
ors' control
. I nc
ludes l arge-size p icture
monitors for the st
ud io o u
tgo ing line, for
p
reviewing , and for " on-
the -air" mon itor-
i
ng. Al
ls w
itching u nder f i
nger -
tip control.
Low h e
igh t for ful
l s tudio v is
ibil
ity. R e-
c
essed mon itors f or max i mum i mage
b
rightness in aful
ly -
ligh ted c ontrol room .

1
7
1
e
n
t
ir
est
u
di
oto
nt
ro
l

r
T
ypica
l l
irtre
o9n
tro
l R
oom f
or a TV S
tat
ion
—one of more t
han 20 p
ossib
le layout
s to
mee
- a
ny sta
tion r
equ
irement
, l
arge c
r smal
l.
• Aud
ic Co mo e
t
te —for 5 T
ranscrip
tion - u
rrs
t3o es
s orate c
hanre
l M A
6 i.di•
o Opera
tor Pa st c
n
Aud
ic Cooso
let
te 7 P
rogra m D
irc da
r P
Os t
i
on
• P
rogra m D
i-e:
tors
' Consc
le 1
1
-- T
echn
ica
l D
isec
t)r P
osi
tion
ir V
ideo Cans 1 9\ V
ideo Opera
rcr P
osiion
s
if
Diq C
O
N
T
RO
L

P
rogra m D
irec
tor
's C
onso
le, T
ype T
C-5A

P
rogram Directo
r's C
onsole w
ith video s
witch
ing p
anel
.
t
a
lkback mic
rophone and k
ey sw
itches v
i
sible a
t r
i
ght

F
eatures
• P
rovides complete p
rogram and t
echnica
l di
rector
s' f
a
cil
- t
his t h
ird mon itor may b e emp loyed a s a se
cond p rev
iew
i
tes fo
r superv
ision o
f te
lev
ision p
rogramming. mon i
tor and can be control
led by p ush but
tons with a
s
sociated
t
a
l ly li
ghts
. To p ermit fl
exibi
lity
, t h
e video inpu
ts to a
l
l mon -
• P
ic
ture monitor
s to
tal
ly enc
losed i
n c
onso
le—sh
ielded f
r
om i
tors can be b rought out on ar ack moun ted pa
tch panel so
s
t
ray li
ght —permi
ts bet
ter view
ing
.
t
ha t any c omposite signal m ay h e p a
tched i n
to them f or
• Up t
o f
i
ve 1
0
-inch mon
itor
s m
ay b
e moun
ted i
n c
onso
le. d
iferen t r
equiremen ts
.
• L
ow c onsole c
ons
truc
tion p
rovides unobstructed vi
ew i n
to T
he t e
chnica l and p rogram d i
rectors s
i
t side by si
de, s
erving
s
tudio —minimum dep
th of c
onsole p
lace
s d i
rector
s c l
ose to t
o coordinate l a
rge p rograms with a maximum o f smoo
thne ss
.
c
ontrol r
oom window. T
he t e
chnica l direc
tor h as at h
is fi
nger
tips c
ontro
ls to swi
tch,
f
ade
, lap-di
s solve or p review any si
gna
l u pon o
rders fr
om t he
• Opt
imum v
iew
ing d
i
stance —w
ide a
ngle v
i
ewing o
f mon
itor
p
rogram d irector.
s
creens
.
• C
ontrols p
rovided f
or s
witching
, fading o
r p
review
ing any
o
f twe
lve input s
i
gna
ls—tally li
ghts f
or e
ach p
ush bu
tton
. D
escr
ipt
ion
• Two m
icrophone
s f or o
ne-way commun ica
tion t
o 6d
iferen
t The t echnical d irec
tor's c ontro l p ane l hand les u p t o t welve
p
oin
ts fo
r each microphone —equipped with t
a
lly l
i
ght
s. i
npu t signals, of w hich u p t o four c an b e from r emo te l i
ne s
a
nd t he r ema inder f r
om l ocal l ines. T he s witching r elays a nd
m
ix ing a mp lif
ier ( u
sed f or f ading) a re rack-moun ted, b ut t he
p
u sh-button c ontrols for switch ing a re l oca
ted o n t h
e c onso le.
Two r ows o f push b u
ttons a re a ssociated i si
th t he m ix ing
U
se
amplifier
, o ne r ow f or each a mp l
ifier i nput c hanne l
. A t hird
T
he T ype TC -5A, Program D irec
tor's C on sole is ac ompac tly r
ow o f pu sh b ut
tons s elects t he d es
ired i nput s ignal f o
r t he
b
uilt supervisory console designed to prov ide c omplete control p
rev iew mon itor in the con sole. A f our th row o f p ush b uttons
o
f te
lev i
sion s t
udio produced p rogram s; h owever, ith as fa
cili
- may b e added t o accommoda te t he o pt
ion o f as econd p re-
t
i
es f o
r s w
itching in other sources of program s as de
sired. Iti s v
iew mon i
tor . Electrical i n
te r
lock ing p reven ts p utt
ing more
i
n
tended f or use by the program a nd t echnical directors
, a nd t
han o ne s i
gnal o n the a i
r a t o ne t ime. A ssociated w ith e ach
i
sc onstructed to permit a max imum u nobstructed v i
ew o f the D
IST.MUT
IO
- 4
s
tudio. T he mon itors ( MI-26140) are moun ted i n av ert
ical S
TUD
IO
0
1,111

p
osition i n the bot
tom o f the console, a nd a re viewed o n a •

m
irror, r e
sulting in m in
imum h eight a nd d epth f o
r t he con-
s
o
le, a s w e
ll as an o p
timum v iewing d istance. T he console i s RP M E
AR T
s.
S
TUD
IO MOUNTED
d
esigned t o b e ap art of the T S
-20A S wi
tch ing System . SW
ITCH
ING .
..V
IE W
S
TUD
IO ON AN
SW
ITCH
POS
IT
ING
ION
M AYS L
INE
p
RON
ITO. '
RO W 0.
MON
IT OR

The use o f three or fi


ve monitors is am at
ter of preference. M E . CONTROL

U
ses for t hree mon i
tor
s are
: ( 1) as tudio l
ine monitor s how- C
I
TECU
Ils
4 OUTpuT

i
ng the p i
cture g o
ing to t
he m aster con
trol room; ( 2
) ap re- p
i
tcH
LRApp T
IC
O
N
ICA
L L
INES

v
iew mon itor s howing t
he n
ext picture t
o be used; and (3) an DMIC T
O* D
IRECTO.

"
on a i
r" mon itor showing the p i
cture ac
tually go
ing t o th
e B
lock d
iagram s
howing typ
ical use o
f t
he
t
ran
sm itter
. C onnection
s can be provided in the TC
-5A s o that Program D
irector
's Conso
le

1
7
6
S
TUD
IO C
ONTROL

t
welve d iferen t p oints. T he se
lector k eys are t he l e
ver type ,
n
on-locking o n one s ide, and locking on t he other. Tally li
gh t
s
i
ndicate w hich c ircuit isi n use
, p reventing interrup t
ion w h i
le
o
rders are b eing g iven. T he designation strip
s o n t he in
tercom
a
nd t e
chn ical director's pane l a
re designed f o
r m aking p enciled
n
otations w hich c an b e rubbed o f
, af eature t o accommoda te
c
hange s i n designa tions w ith each p rogram .

The te
levi
sion P rogram D irec
tor'
s C on
sole, TC-5A
, c an be
c
alled a c us
tom-buil
t st
andard u nit s
ince the
re a re eigh
t
d
iferent s
tandard as
semblies than can b
e furn
ished o n o
rder
.
(
See 26975 -1 th
rough 8.
1

TC
-5A f
ron
t c
over r
emoved t
o s
how moun
ting o
f mon
itor
s

Spec
ificat
ions
pu
sh b ut
ton o n the con trol pane l i s at a
lly l i
gh t w h
ich s hows
when t he c i
rcu i
t i sin u se. T he g l
ass jewe ls c on tain n umbe - s PO WER REQUIREMENTS
f
rom o ne t o t welve, c orrespond ing t o the t welve i npu ts. I n L
ine t o T ube Hea
ters:
a
ddition, t hree s ets of t al
ly l igh ts are p rovided a t t he t ep 3 Monitors 1
05-125 v
ol
ts, 5
0/60 c
ycle
s, 25 wa
tts
f
ront o f the con sole cover, each s et consis
t ing o f t welve l ights 5 Monitors 1
05-125 v
ol
ts, 5
0/60 c
ycle
s, 3
75 wa
tts
w
ith j ewels n umbered f rom o ne t o t we
lve. T he c ontrast
, b rigb t
- L
ine t o T ype 580
-C R egulated Power Suppl
ies (t
o supply
n
ess, f ocus, v ert
ical a nd h orizon tal h old c ontro ls f o
r e ach moni
tor p l
ate vo
ltage)
p
rogram mon itor moun t a t the b ack e dge o f t he c onsole d e
sk
d
irectly i n f r
on t o f the r espective mon i
tor . T he c onso le i s 3 Mon
itor
s 1
05
-125 v
ol
ts, 5
0/60 c
ycle
s, 110 w at
ts
d
esigned s o t
ha t swi
tchin g an df ading con
tro ls may b
e insta l
led 5 Mon
itor
s 1
05
-125 v
ol
ts, 5
0/60 cycls ,1
e 850 wa ts
a
t ei
ther e nd o f the p
rogram c on sole d e
sk, l eaving t he s eating
a
rrangemen t u p to individua l c u stomer r equiremen ts. MECHANICAL S
PEC
IFICAT
IONS
T
en diferen
t sign al sw i
tchin
g n d f
a ad
ing opera
t io
ns a
re p
as- O
vera
ll D
imens
ion
s 1
6" H
igh
, 7
2" W
id e,3
6" De p
s
ib
le wi
th the te
chnica l direc
tor
's con
trol pane l w
hen used i n De
sk T op 2
1" D
eep
c
onjunc
tion wi
th t he T S
-20A System. Weigh
t:

1
.Black s creen t o any s i
gnal i ns
tantaneou s
ly With 3 Mon
itor
s 383 l
bs
.
2
.A ny s i
gnal t o black screen i ns
tantaneou s
ly With 5 Mon
itor
: 507 l
bs
.
3
.Fad ing f r
om l ocal signal to black s creen F
inish D
ark umber g
ray
4
.Fad ing f r
om b lack screen t o local s i
gnal
5
.Loca l signal to r emote signal i ns
tan taneous
ly
6
.Remo te signal t o lo
cal signal i ns
tan taneous
ly TUBE COMPLEMENT
7
.Fade o ut local signal to black s creen a nd in
stantat
reouily F
or One Program Mon itor _ ls
t Picture Amp lif
ier, RCA 6 AG7;
s
witch i n remo te s i
gnal 2
nd P icture Amp lifier
, RCA 6 AG7; D . C. Restorer, RCA
8
.Switch o u
t r emo te signal instantaneous ly to black screen 6
SN7GT ; S ync. Separator, RCA 6 AC7; S ync. Output, RCA
a
nd f ade i n local signal 6
SN7GT ; V ert
. S.T. G enerator, RCA 6 SN7GT; V e
rt. S.T
.
9
. L
ap d issolve b etween t wo l o
cal s ignals at a
ny s peed Output, RCA 6 SN7GT; V ert
. D istor
tion Amp l
ifier, RCA
1
0
. Super-impo s
ition o f two local signals 6
AC7; F ocus C oi
l C urren
t R eg.
, RCA 6 AG7; Hor . S.T
.
Generator
, RCA 6 SN7GT ; Hor . D r
iver, RCA 6 SN7GT ;
I
ntercommun ication f a
cil
itie
s, c
ons
ist
ing o f t
wo microphone
s 2
-Hor. O utput, 2-RCA 6 BG6G; Hor . Damper, RCA 6 AS7G;
w
ith a b ank of s i
x s e
lector k
eys fo
r e ach
, a
re p
rovided on 2
-H.V. R ec
tifier, 2 -RCA 1 B3-GT/80 16; K inescope, RCA
t
he c on
sole f o
r o ne
-way c ommunication to a m
aximum o f 1
816-P4.

S
tock I dent
ification
: N ote fr
om the chart below tha
t ac hoice of eigh
t d iferen
t TC-5A c ombinat
ions i s a
vai
lable to mee t
b
roadcas
ter' i nd
ividual r
equiremen
ts. C ombinations ofer 4
1selec
tion of t
hree or f
i
ve moni
tors
, 38 or 48 b
utton sw
itching pane
ls,
a
nd a left o
r r i
ght hand loca
tion f
or s w
itch
ing p ane
ls. ORDER TC -5A BY S CHEDULE NOS . (Le.
, M I
-26975-
1, M I
-26975
-2, or
MI
-26975
- 3
, et
c. ...e xcept when order
ing i ndiv
idua
l i t
ems for rep
lacement or as s
pare equ
ipmen t
.
T
C-5A Prog
ram Console
E
quipment S
upplied M
I-26975
-1 M
I-26975
-2 I M
I1
-26975
-3 M
I-26975
-4 I MI
-26975
-5 M
I-26975
-6 M
I-26975
-7 M
I-26975
-8
B
asic C
onso
le I(
1
) M
1-26562 (
1
) M
1-26562 (
1
) 4
1
1-26562 (
1
) M
I-26562 I(
1
) M
1-26562 (
1
) M
1-26562 (
I
) M
I-26562 (
1
) M
I-26562
Desk Top 1(
1
) M
1-26563 (
1
) M
1-26563 (
1
) M
1-26563 (
1
) M
1-26563 I(
I
) M
I-26563 (
1
) M
1-26553 (
1
) M
1-26563 (
1
) M
I-26563
(
4x12) 48 B
utton P
ane
l I(
1
) M
l-26220
-1 (
1
) M
1-26220
-1 (
1
) M
1-26220
-1
--- I(
I
) M
1-26220
-1
(
3x12
) 3
6 B
utton P
ane
l --- (
l
) M
1-26220
-2 (
1
) M
1-26220
-2 I — -- (
1
) M
1-26220
-2 (
1
) M
I-26220
-2
I
n
tercom P
ane
ls (
1
) M
1-26224 (
I
) M
I-2
6224 (
1
) M
1-26224 (
1
) M
1-26224 I(
1
) M
1-26224 (
1
) M
I-2
6224 (
1
) M
I-26224 (
I
) M
I-26224
C
onso
le A
ssemb
ly K
i
t (
1
) M
I-26553 (
1
) M
1-26553 (
1
) M
I-26553 (
1
) M
I-26553 1(
1
) M
1-26553 (
1
) M
1-26553 (
1
) M
I-26553 (
1
) M
1-26553
T
a
lly L
igh
t A
ssemb
ly (
1
) M
1-26554 (
1
) M
1-26554 (
1
) M
I-26554 (
1
) M
I-26554 I
(1
) M
I-26554 (
I
) M
I-26554 (
1
) M
I-26554 (
1
) M
I-26554
C
onso
le C
able (
3 Mon
.) (
1
) M
I-26555
-1 (
1
)M1-26555
-1 --- I(
1)M
1-26555
-1 (
1
) M
I-26555
-1
C
onso
le C
able (
5 Mon
.) --- (
1
) M
I-2
6555
-2 (
1
) M
1-26555
-2 --- (
1
) M
1-2
6555
-2 I — (
1
) M
1-26555
-2
I
t
ems Above A
re S
hipped A
ssemb
led I M
1-26324
-1 M
1-26324
-2 M
1-26324
-3 M
I-26324
-4 1 M
I-26324
-5 M
1-26324
-6 1 M
1-26324
-7 M
I-26324
-8
Mon
ito
r I(
3
) M
1-26
140 (
5
) M
1-26
140 I(
3
) M
1-26
140 I (
5
) M
I-26
140 I(
3
) M
1-26
140 I(
5
) M
1-26
140 1
(3
) M
1-26
140 (
5
) M
1-26140
M
irro
r I(
1
) M
1-2655
1 (
1
) M
1-26551 I(
1
) 4
1-2655
1 I (
1
) M
1-2655
1 I(
1
) M
1-2655
1 I(
1
) M
I-2655
1 I(
1
) M
I-2655
1 (
I)M
I-26551
G
lass I(
1
) M
1-26552 (
1
) M
1-26552 (
1
) N
I-26552 1 (
1
) M
I-26552 I(
1
) M
I-26552 I(
1
) M
I-26552 I(
1
) M
I-26552 (
I
) M
1-26552
Mask
-Con
tro
l S
t
rip (
3 Mon
.) I(
1) M
I-26564
-1 (
1
) N
I-26564
-1 I --- I(
1
) M
1-26564
-1 I -
-- I(
1
) M
I-26564
-1
Mask
-Con
tro
l S
t
rip (
5 Mon
.) I --- (
I
) M
I-26564
-2 (
1
) M
1-26564
-2 1 (
1
) M
1-26564
-2 I --- (
1
) M
I-26564
-2
M
icrophone I(
2
) M1-6206-E (
2
) M
I-6206
-E (
2
) V
i
l-6206-E I(
2
) M
I-6206-E I(
2
) M
I-6206
-E I(
2
) M
I-6206
-E I(
2
) M
I-6206
-E (
2
) M
I-6206-E
Mon
ito
r M
to. K
i
t I(
3
) M
1-26523 (
5
) M
1-26523 (
3
) 0
1-26523 (
5
) M
1-26523 I(
3
) M
I-26523 I(
5
) M
1-26523 I(
3
) M
I-26523 (
5
) M
1-26523
I
n
struc
tion B
ook I 1
B
-36043
-1 1
B
-36043
-1 1
B
-36043
-1 I 3
-36043
-1 I I
B
-36043
-1 I I
B
-36043
-1 I I
B
-36043
-1 I
B-36043
-1
I
t
ems Above A
re S
hioned S
epa
rate
ly

Accessories ( Order separa


tely) S
tabi
liz
ing Amp l
ifier (additional 5
80
-C
Type 580-C P ower Supp ly MI
- 91
52.
1-B1 p
ower supply d es
irab
le ) MI
-26160-B
(One needed for e
ach M I
1
-26140 Program Mon
itor) T
S-20A R e
lay S w
itching E quipment S
chedu
le 26990
Mixer Amp l
ifier (3 norma l
ly required) MI
-26281 (
ava
ilable to su
it ind
iv idual r
equ
iremen
ts)

1
77
1
11
11 I

1
:
1CIE
lCI
t
he t
e
lev
isio p
i
ctures
.
r
i
ghtb
e
f
orey
o
u
rey
s
!
A
t l
ast p
rogram d
irec
tors c
an wa
tch mon
itor
ing p
ictures

1
a
nd s
tud
io o
pera
tions — s
imu
ltaneous
ly

Nostuwdioit iwsinpdoow
ss
ib le t
o st b
—and s
ee e
v
efore y
eryth
ing t
our
hat
's
o
ther r
t
he tr
emo
ansm i
te s
t
igna
ter room
ls, (
.A l
3) t
lf
he p
ad
ing
ic
,d
ture g
issolv
o
ing t
ing ,a
o
nd
g
oing on
. No high -built equ
ip e nt to obs
truc
t v
ideo s ignal s wi
tching i sunder " push-button"
y
our view ofthe studio. No n e dto p
lay peek
- c
on trol through a s wi
tching pane l r
ight in the
a
-boo w i
th the video o pera
tor u p fron
t. You c
onso le. T ally l igh
ts i nd
icate the camera t hat
s
ee la
rge, br
ight p ic
tures of vk a
t the c
ameras i
s o n t he a ir a nd the camera t hat h as been
s
ee .. righ
t before y our e
yes. s
elected f or p review. Order-w ire microphones
I
nt h
is new d irector's console o n
ly 37i nches a
nd o rder -w ire s witching provide max imum
h
igh and 72i nches w ide — the p ogram mon itors operating ef iciency.
a
re moun ted b elow the d esk. . a nd viewed i n
- Here, we bel
ieve, i
s adirector's c onsole t
hat
d
irect
ly from l i
ght-shielded r irrors. The a d
- i
s years ahead in programm ing f acil
ities and
v
antages: Ac onso le of low h e' ht t
hat enables " opera
ting conveniences. I
tisstyled t o match al
l
t
he program d irector to s ee ee n
tire studio o
ther RCA t e
levis
ion a nd aud
io e quipmen t and
f
rom t he direc tor's p os
i tion; dayl
igh t-bright r
equires a minimum o f r
oom . P len ty of desk
monitor pictures t hat can b e s
een i n af ul
ly- space, too, for scr
ipts, schedules , a nd other
l
ighted control r oom . programm ing materia
l.
Using anywhere from two t f
ive monitors — F
or more information on this new c onsole
w
ith a 1 0
-inch kinescope o f h
igh b r
illiance .
.n ow in r
egular p
roduction ..cal
l y our RCA
i
n e ach —this console displa s (1) preview T
elevis
ion Spec
ial
ist
. Or w
rite Dept
.1 0
1(D , RCA
p
ictures of the l
ocal c
ame ras, (
2) network o r E
ngineering Produc
ts Divis
ion, Camden , N.J.

C
ross-sect
ion S ide View—The 1 k inescope s
a
re mounted b elow t he de
sk a nd viewed indi-
r
ect
ly from f ron t
-surface type i i
rrors. T his
u
nique design s hields the tube cr eens from
d
irect ou
tside l i
ght and p rovide a c omp le
te S
TUD
IO
v
i
ew o f the s t
ud io. Norma l
ly, od irec
to rs
h
andle the console:o ne fo
rt he po gramm ing ;
o
ne forthe technical aspec
ts of po gramm ing .

M
IRROR

00
This modern a
nd p
ractica
l Dire o
r's
Conso
le br
ingsal
lelec
tronic a
spe u
sof
p
rogramm ing u
nder f
i
nger-t
ip co t
r
ol.
K
INESCOPE

1
79
S
TU C
ONTROL

Mas
ter C
ontro
l P
ane
ls, M
I-26222 & 2
6223

F
eatures

• D
esigned f
o
r u
se i
n T
S-20A R
elay S
witch
ing
S
ys
tem .

• 6i
npu
t c
hanne
ls.

• 2o
utpu
t c
hanne
ls.

• T
ally l
amps t
o i
ndica
te c
hanne
ls i
n u
se
.

• Moun
ts i
n s
t
andard c
onso
le s
e
ction
, M
I-26266
.

U
ses Ma
ster C
ontrol Pane
l MI-26222 i
ssupp
lied wi
th b
ack p
rotec
tive
c
over and adap
te r moun
ting pl
ate
, as s
hown
.
The p
ush b u
tton c i
rcuits o
f Mas
ter C ontrol Panels MI
-26222
a
nd MI-26223 are arranged fo
r u
se w i
th t he Relay Swi
tching
Uni
ts i
n the TS-20A S wi
tching S
ystem. Remo te swi
tch
ing m ay S
pec
ifi
cat
ions
t
hen be accomplished b e
tween 6 inputs and 2 o u
tputs
. L
amp V
oltage _ 1
2 v
ol
ts

C
ircu
it:
T
hree m ake con
tacts f
or each p
ush b
ut
ton
. w
ired t
o t
e
r-
D
escr
ipt
ion m
inals on te
lephone block
.
B
o th p anels i nclude t wo r ow s of 6p ush b ut
ton s p lus release O
ne side of l
amp s c
ommon .
b
utton s in e ach r ow. Al so a s
sociated w ith e ach r ow o f p ush
b
utton s, is ar ow o f lamp s t o indicate w h
ich c ircu i
ts a re in D
imensions:
u
se. A l
l c onnec t
ion s a re b rough t o u t t o a t e
lephone t ype M
I-26222 1
3" w
ide
, 55
/8" h
igh
, 31
/2" d
eep
t
erm inal block w hich may b e located i n t he l ower p art of the M
I-26223 1;8" w
ide
, 5 1/32" h
igh
, 5
" d
eep
c
on sole s ect
ion . T he M I-26222 p anel moun ts i n t he s loping
s
ection o f the d esk area a nd i s h inged t o p erm it r emova l of We
ight:
• Ma ster Mon i
tor i fone i s moun ted i n t he same c on so
le s ec
- M
I-26222 A
pprox
ima
tely 1
5 l
b
s.
t
ion . A r emovab le b ack c over p rov
ide s p rotection f o
r t he
M
I-26223 A
pprox
ima
tely 1
2 l
b
s.
s
wi tch a s
semb lies. T he M I-26223 P ane l, a l
though s imi
lar i n
l
ayou t, isd esigned t o moun t i n the M I-26252 R emo te C ontrol
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion
:
Basic F rame , w h
ich , in turn , moun ts i n t he mon itor f ace of
t
he c on so
le s e
ction . P
ush but
ton S w
itch P ane
l
(
For Mas
ter Control
, D esk T op Mtg M
I-26222
(
For Remote Contro
l or T urret T
op Mtg
.I M
I-26223

1 1 .1 1

MI-26223 P
anel a
s sup
-
p
lied for Remo
te C on
-
t
rolC onso
le mount
ing.

The MI-26223 P
anel, when
mounted i n R emo te C ontro
l
Conso
le M I-26252, provides con
-
v
enient Ma ster C ontrol MI
-26222 Ma
ster Contro
l Pane
l s
hown mounted
f
ac
ili
ties
. i
n sl
oping d
esk port
ion of TV c
onso
le s
ec
tion.

1
80
S
TUD
IO C R
OL

P
rogra m Mon
itor
, T
ype TM
-1A
The input stage o f the p icture s i
gna l amp lifier h a s a dju stab le
g
ain b y mean s of d -c bias c on trol. When i nstalled i n t he P ro-
g
ram C on so
le, thi
s c ontras t c ontrol along w i
th b righ tne ss, f ocu s
,
a
nd h orizontal and v ertical h old c ontrols, a re w ired t o ar e
-
c
eptacle which p erm i
ts r emo te con trol
. T he o perat ing c ontro ls
c
an thus b e made a ccessible a t the o perator s' p os
i tions a t the
c
onsole. In p or
tab le o peration , t hese f i
ve c on trol s are w ired
o
n ar emovab le p ane l
, p lug c onnec ted t o t he c ha ssi
s, p erm it-
t
ing use of an exten sion c ab le. A l
l o ther c on tro l
s, s uch a s s i
ze
a
nd centering, are p art of t he i n
terna l chassis s t
ruc ture a nd a re
a
ccess
ible fo r i
nitial a djustmen t
. Means a re a lso p rov ided f or
r
evers
ing b oth deflection c ircu i
t s
, s impli
fy ing t he c hange s n eces-
s
ary to accommoda te e i
ther d irect o r r ef
lec ted v iew p osition s
o
f operation.
D
-c p la
te and a -
c f i
lament p
rimary p ower , ex
terna l
ly supp l
ied,
a
re introduced t hrough a si
ng le 7-p
in p lug. T he pic
ture s i
gna
l
i
s fed t h
rough a s t
andard c oaxial fi
tt
ing , with a n additiona
l
f
i
tt
ing f or connecting a te
rmina t
ion p lug or ano ther monitor i
n
p
arallel
. T he separate sync circui
t i sp rovided w ith the same
t
ype o f coupling a rrangement.

S
pec
ificat
ions
I
NPUT PO WER
F
rom L ine f o
r T ube Hea
ters
:
L
ine V oltage 1
05
-125 vol
ts
L
ine F requency 6
0 cyc
les
L
ine P ower 7
5 wat
ts
F
rom R egu lated P ower Supp
ly:
P
late V oltage 2
80 vo
lts d
-
c
F
eatures P
late C urren t 3
00 ma
.
• A high q ua
l ity te
levision p i
cture mon itor. C
en tering B ias Supp
ly 4vo
lts
, min
.
• Lends it
se lf to appl
ica t
ion a s program o r announce mo t
or
. E
lectrical C harac terist
ics:
• E
asily a dapted t o portab le use.
• Minimum s ize construction w ith b right picture on I0 F
requency R esponse -
1
-1 d b to 6m e
.
n
ch
a
lum inum b acked s creen. S
igna l Inpu t R ange 075 t o 4
.0 vo
lts p eak t o peak
• Operates f rom e ither c ompo si
te o r s eparate synchroni L
im iting R esolution ( horizontal
) 5
00 l ines, minimum
i
ng
a
nd p icture s i
gnals —sw i
tch c ontrolled. S
econd A node V oltage 10 k v
. (approx .)
• Contras
t, b r
igh tness, focus and h orizontal a nd ver
tica
l o
ld Controls:
c
ontrols moun ted o n pane l which c an be r emoved fo r
e
- Remo te C
ontrast
, b r
igh tness
, fo cus, horizon tal
mote con trol. and v ert
ical h old
• Adapter MI -26524 ava i
lable f or rack moun ting of pro r
am I
nterna l _W idth, height
, horizon tal and vertical centering ,
monitor. h
orizon tal a
nd v ertical li
neari ty
Tube C omplemen t _2 —IB3-GT/80 16, 2-6AC7 , 3-6AG7 ,
1-6AS7G , 2-6BG6 -G , 6-6SN7 -GT , 1- 1816P4
U
ses Mechan ical S pecif
ications: ( w
ith c arrying case)
The T ype TM -1A P rogram Mon itor is ah igh q ual
i ty p i ure Length 191/"
4 ; W id
th 1
21/"
4 ; H e
igh 1
3 14"
monitor designed for use in announce r's booths, of
ice s
, e l
i n
ts' Weigh t 4
5 l b
s. (app rox .)
v
iewing r oom s and control room s o
f televis
ion stat
ions . I tc
an F
inish D
ark umber g ray w rink le
b
e f urnished i n an attract
ive c arry
ing c ase, or a dap ted for S
tock I dent
if ication MI-26140
r
ack moun ting
. S uppl
ied w i
th f r
ont p anel and c a
rry ing a se, S
tock I dentification A nnounce Mon i
tor
t
he mon itor can b e m ade p ortable f o
r f ie
ld a pp licat o
ns. (
with can .)i ng casel MI-26297
Bas
ically, the Program Mon itor i s id
entical to the mon t ors
s
upplied i n t
he RCA P rogram D irec
tor's Console, Type T - 5A. Accessor
ies
C
arrying Ca
se MI
-26522
D
escr
ipt
ion Rack Mounting A
dapte
r MI
-26524
F
ea tures o f t he e lectrical c ir
- 5
80-C Power Supp
ly M
I-21523-B1
c
uits a nd c omponen ts i n ch d
e a
p
icture a mp lif
ier w i th a a nd-
w
id th o f 6m e, v ert ical df l
ec-
t
i
on c
i
rcu i
t w i
th a
uto a tic
l
i
near ity c ontro l
, c omb ine h or-
i
zon ta
l deflection a nd h
igh
v
oltage c i
rcu it, s ynchro z ing
p
ulse s epara ting c ircu it
, a nd
s
hielded f i
lamen t t ramsforner s
.
T
he mon itor w ill o pera te from
e
i
ther a c ompo s
ite s ign. Io r
f
rom s eparate s ync a nd p t ure
s
i
gna l
s. As w i
tch p rov ide s apid
c
hangeover f or e i
ther t y e o f
TM-
1A P rogram Monitor o
pe ration. T he 1 0 k v sc ond
s
hown mounted in Field a
node v ol
tage p roduce s a a rp, P
rog
ram Moni
tor
s, TM•
11 . s
hown in
sta
lled
Car
rying Ca
se, MI
-26522 b
righ t picture . i
n Prog
ram Di
rector
's C
onso
le

1
81
MONOSCOPE

Monoscope C
a mera
, T
ype T
K-1A

F
eatures
• U
seful t
o t
e
levi
sion t
r
ansm
itt
ing s
t
ation
, l
abora
tory
, f
a
ctory
, '
mune t ube s
. W i
th the a dd
ition o f as ource of blanking a nd
o
r ser
vice b
ench. d
r
iv ing s
ignals, a
n IF s weep gene ra
tor a nd an RF s ignal gen-
e
ra
tor, itproduces acomp lete televi
sion picture si
gnal s imulat
-
• C
entra
lized o
pera
ting c
ontro
ls.
i
ng that received of the air
, a nd t hus provides a m eans of
• Compac
t c ons
truc
tion; "
bath t
ub" c
has
sis !
or s
t
andard r
ack t
e
sting receivers under c ondit
ion s e qu
ivalent to a ctual u se
.
moun
ting.

• A
uxi
liary i
npu
t f
or a
l
ignmen
t p
urpo
ses
.
Descr
ipt
ion
• B
uil
t-in h
igh v
ol
tage p
ower s
upp
ly.
T
he 1K -IA Mono scope C amera c ompr ises the mono scope t ube,
• P
rov
ision f
or r
emo
te c
ontro
l o
f g
a
in a
nd f
ocu
s. t
he scann ing g enera tors
, t he video o u
tpu t amp lifiers
, a nd t he
h
igh v o
ltage p ower s upply f o
r the monoscope t ube. T h
is e quip-
• P
attern s
hows scann
ing s ymmetry
, v
ert
ical a
nd h or
izonta
l
r
e
so lut
ion
, s
hading, r
eproduc
tion o
f i
s
olated d
eta
ils
, con
tras
t ment isb ui
lt o n the f am
iliar r e
ce s
sed " bath tub" t ype of chas s
is
a
nd b r
igh
tne
ss. which fi
ts i nto a s tandard n ineteen-inch r ack. A ll tubes a nd
l
arge componen t
s a re located o n the f r
on t of t
he c hassi
s, w h
ile
• A
cce
ssib
le a
r
rangemen
t.
t
he wiring a nd s maller c omponen ts are o n the r ear
. T he c on-
• RMA s
i
gna
l o
utpu
t. t
rols a
re g rouped o n an arrow c on trol panel along t he b ottom
o
f the c hass
is . When i nstalled a nd i n o perat
ion , the f ront i s
c
overed b y al arge c over p late w hich c onceals e very
th ing b ut
t
he contro l p anel
. T his cover p l
a te is inter
locked t o p rotect
U
ses o
perating p ersonne l f r
om t he h igh v oltages p resent i n t he
e
quipmen
t.
The T ype TK -1A Mono scope C amera m ay b e used a s a l011.
v
en ient m ean s o f o b
tain ing a n i mage f or video t e
sting o f t e
le- The mono scope tube i n the TK -1A is moun ted in av ert
ical
v
ision t ransm itting e qu ipmen t, o r a " tes
t p a
ttern" t o b e
p
osi
t ion a t t
he l
ef
t o f the chassis
. The upper p art of t
he tube
t
ran smit
ted d uring w arm -up a nd s tand-by p eriods. In t he l a
tter
i
se nclosed in a mu-me tal sh
ield. The magne t
ic d ef
lec
ting coi
ls
c
ase, the s t
ation c all letter s may b e made a p art of t he pat
tern ,
a
re moun ted wi
thin t he sh
ield , a
nd are a
ttached t o it
. By dis
-
t
hereby p rov iding s t
ation i dentification. I t m ay, likew ise, b e
c
onne ct
ing t he t
ube s ocket
, a node, a
nd si
gna l leads
, the whole
u
sed i n the t e
lev ision t ran smi
tting s ta
tion a s ar eadily a va
ilab le a
ssemb ly —tube, c
oils
, a nd sh
ield —may be s wung o u
tward. T h
is
s
ource o f v ideo s ignal
, o f known q uali
ty, t o be u sed i n p lace
a
rrangemen
t al
lows the t
ube to be c
hanged v
ery ea
sily
, a
nd,
o
f t he s tudio c amer a w hen m aking t e
sts o r a djustmen ts o n
a
t the s
ame t
ime, i
svery e
conomica
l o
f rack s
pace
.
o
ther u nits o f the s ys
tem . In t he l aboratory, factory, o r service
b
ench , the e qu ipmen t m ay be u sed a s as ource o f video s ignal The mono scope tube o
rdinar
ily u
sed in the T
IC-
1A i s an
t
o t es
t o r a dju st t e
lev ision r eceivers, v ideo a mplifiers
, a nd RCA-2F21
. T his t
ube p
rovides apa
ttern w
hich c
omb ine
s the

1
82
M
ONOSCOPEr

f
e
ature
s o
f s
evera
l p
rev
iou
sly u
sed t
ube
s. I
t s
how
s t
he f
o
llow. s
i
gna
l i
s i
n
troduced i
n t
he o
utpu
t o
f t
he f
our
th s
t
age
. T
he
i
ng d
eta
ils o
f t
he q
ual
ity o
f r
eproduc
tion i
n ag
iven t
e
le‘i
sion o
utpu
t o
f t
he f
i
f
th s
t
age (
which c
onta
ins b
oth v
ideo a
nd
s
y
stem
: s
c
ann
ing s
ymme
try
, r
e
solu
tion i
n b
oth v
er
tica
l a
nd b
lank
ing s
i
gna
ls) i
s f
ed t
o ac
l
ipper s
t
age w
hich a
dju
sts t
he
h
orizon
tal d
irec
tions
, s
had
ing a
nd r
eproduc
tion o
f i
s
loa
ted d
i
e- h
eigh
t o
f t
he b
lank
ing "
pede
sta
ls"
. T
he c
l
ipper f
e
eds a
n o
ut
-
t
a
ils
. I
n a
ddi
tion i
t p
rov
ide
s a p
at
tern t
o f
a
cil
ita
te p
roper p
ut s
t
age w
hich c
ons
ist
s o
f t
wo t
ube
s h
aving t
he
ir g
r
ids t
i
ed
a
dju
stmen
t o
f c
ontra
st a
nd b
r
igh
tne
ss. i
n p
ara
lle
l, b
ut w
ith t
he p
la
te c
i
rcu
its s
epara
te. T
his p
rov
ide
s

t
wo s
epara
te o
utpu
ts —one f
or p
ic
ture o
utpu
t a
nd o
ne f
or
T
he V
ert
ica
l D
eflec
tion G
enera
tor c
ons
ist
s o
f f
our t
ube
s a
nd mon
itor
ing purposes
.

a
s
soc
iated c
i
rcu
its
. T
he f
i
rs
t o
f t
hese t
ube
s a
mpl
ifie
s t
he d
r
ivion

s
i
gna
l r
ece
ived f
rom t
he s
ynchron
izing g
enera
tor a
nd g
enera
:es
a s
aw-
too
th v
ol
tage w
ave w
hich i
s a
mpl
ified i
n t
he s
e
coad
, S
pec
ificat
ions
t
h
ird
, a
nd f
our
th t
ube
s. T
he o
utpu
t i
sapp
lied t
o t
he m
agne
tic Ou
tpu
t V
oltage 15 v
ol
ts p
eak t
o p
eak

d
ef
lec
ting c
oi
ls o
f t
he mono
scope t
ube
. N
ega
tive f
e
edback i
s P
ower S upply Requ
ired:
B
lanking, Hor
izonta
l Drive and V
ert
ica
l D
rive
e
mployed t
o i
mprove s
c
ann
ing l
i
near
ity
. P
ulse Inpu
ts (neg
. polar
ity) 3
.
5 t
o 5v
ol
ts
R
eso
lut
ion C
apab
ili
ty A
t l
e
ast 4
50 l
i
nes
T
he Hor
izon
tal D
eflec
tion G
ene
rator i
nc
lude
s t
hree t
ube
s a
nd P
ower C onsumpt
ion:
a
s
soc
iated c
i
rcu
its
. T
he f
i
rs
t t
ube i
s t
he d
riv
ing s
i
gna
l i
npu
t 10
-120 vol
ts a
-
c 60 c
yc
les 1
00 w
atts
2
80 vo
lts d-
c (
from Type 5
80
-C P
ower S
upp
ly) 2
00 ma.
amp
lif
ier a
nd s
awtoo
th v
ol
tage g
enera
tor
; t
he s
econd a
nd t
h
ird
D
imen
sion
s 1
714 "h
/ igh
, 1
9" w
ide
, 1" d
eep
t
ube
s a
mpl
ify t
he o
utpu
t w
ave a
nd f
e
ed i
tto t
he h
orizon
tal
We
igh
t 5 l
b
s.
d
ef
lec
ting c
o
ils o
f t
he mono
scope t
ube
.
T
ube C
omp
lemen
t:
6 RCA 6
AC7 1 RCA 8
016
T
he B
lank
ing Amp
lif
ier i
s u
sed t
o p
rov
ide t
he p
rope
r l
eve
l 1 RCA 6
1
16 1 RCA 6Y6
a
nd p
olar
ity o
f t
he b
lank
ing p
ulse
s r
ece
ived f
r
om t
he s
yn
. 3 RCA 6
AG7 I RCA 6V6-GT
3 RCA 6
SL7
-GT I RCA 2F21
c
hron
izing g
enera
tor b
efore t
hese p
ulse
s a
re f
ed i
n
to t
he
2 RCA 6
SN7
-GT 1 RCA 91
V
ideo Amp
lif
ier f
or m
ixing w
ith t
he v
ideo s
i
gna
l.
S
tock I
de
ntif
ica
tion M
I-26960
(
inc
ludes monoscope t
ube RCA 2
F21)

T
he V
ideo Amp
lif
ier i
nc
lude
s s
i
x s
t
age
s o
f v
ideo amp
lif
ica
-
t
i
on —
toge
ther w
ith a c
l
ipper s
t
age w
hich i
s i
n
ser
ted b
etw
een
t
he f
i
f
th a
nd s
i
xth s
t
age
s. T
he mono
scope o
utpu
t s
i
gna
l i
sfed A
ccessor
ies
d
irec
tly i
n
to t
he f
i
rs
t s
t
age o
f t
h
is a
mpl
ifier
, a
nd t
he b
lank
ing Mono
scope C
ame
ra R
emo
te C
ontro
l P
ane
l M
I-26248

VERT
IC AL
DR
IVING S
IGN AL
VERT
IC AL
0 DEFLECT
I ON
GE NER AT OR

OUTPUT I
NCLUDES V
IDE O
H
I GH
r V
IDE O
AND B
L A NK
ING S
I GN ALS
VOLT A GE M ON OSC O E TUBE
> A MPL
IFIER 0
SUPPLY
HOR
IZ ONT AL
DR
IVI NG S
I GN AL HOR
IZ ONT AL
DEFLECT
I ON
GE NER AT OR — > —
K
INESC OP E
— f

B
L A NK
I NG S
I GN AL
B
L A NK
ING
0
A MPL
IFIER

TYPE 5
80-C
L REGUL ATED
PO WER SUPPLY

B
L OCK D
IA GR A M OF T
-1E TYPE 1K-1 A M ON OSC OPE CA MER A
S
ynchron
izing Generator
, T
ype TG-
1A
F
eatures
• S
pec
ial c i
rcuit
s % Inch m a
intain the tim
ing of the l e
ading
e
dge
s o f the e qualiz
ing p ulse
s, the hor
izon
tal s ynchroniz
-
i
ng pu
lses a nd t h
e v er
tical synchron
izing pulse
s, w i
th e x
-
t
r
eme a ccuracy.

• An improved l o
cking circui
t for synchron
izing t
he g
en-
e
ra
tor with the 60
-cycle power s
upp
ly —or w i
th a r
emo
tely
g
enera
ted synchronizing wave f
orm.

• A b
uil
t-in c
rys
tal o
sc
illa
tor f
or f
r
equency c
ontro
l.

• U
se of cir
cu i
ts wh ich are relat
ive
ly insens
itive t
o la
rge
c
hange
s in tube charac
ter
istic
s, so t
hat a
geing of t
ube
s wil
l
n
ot afec
t o pera
tion o f the e qu
ipment
.

• O
pera
tion of a
l
l tube
s in e
xtreme
ly c
onservat
ive m
anner
,
s
o t
hat avery l
ong
, use
ful l
ife m
ay b
e e xpec
ted
.

• Wir
ing w h
ich has been g
rea
tly simp
lified by c
arefu
lly
g
rouping c
omponent
s so t
ha
t al
l l
eads are ve
ry s
hort
.

• A bui
lt-
in o sci
lloscope w hich
, b y mean s o
f a se
lec
tor
s
wi
tch, can b e used to check the s
t
ep -down r
at
io o
f any
o
f the frequency-d
ividing counter c
ircuits
.

• A regulated plate v
oltage power s
upp ly un
it which, w
ith
t
he other p anels, i
s mounted in place and wired at t
he
f
ac
tory. T he unit i
s ready fo
r operation immedia
tely on
i
ns
talla
t ion.

U
ses
The TG -1A S ynchron izing G enerator i s de
signed f or use in
t
elevision t ransmitting s t
ations a s as ource of s ynchronizing
pul
ses f or the st
ud io a nd f i
lm c amera s
, the mono scope c amera,
t
he mon i
toring o scilloscope s, and t he m ixing amp lifier (which
a
dds t he synchron izing p ul
ses t o the transm i
tted video s i
gnal1.
I
n l aboratories and f ac
torie s iti su sed i n conjunc t
ion w ith a
monoscope c amera t o f urnish a c omp lete RMA s tandard v ideo
s
ignal v oltage w h
ich c an b e u sed i n the d eve
lopmen t a nd
p
roduc tion t es
ting o f televis
ion r eceivers.

Descr
ipt
ion
The T ype TG -1A S ynchron izing G enerator i s an in
tegra l u nit
c
omp lete w ith power s upply. I t i s assembled i n as t
andard
c
ab inet-type rack w hich i s8 4 i nches h igh, 2 i nches w ide a nd
1
8 i nche s d
eep . The ra ck h as fron t and r e
ar d oors w h
ich o pen
t
he f u
ll length and w idth o f the u nit
. T his type o f rack h as
b
een s t
andard ized for a l
l RCA t e
levision, broadcast, a nd c om -
mun ications t erminal e quipmen t. Moreover , a l
l RCA T ele-
v
ision a nd FM t ransm itte r
s a re made u p of r acks w hich a re
s
im ilar i n appearance, c onstruction a nd h eight ( a
lthough o f
g
rea ter w idth). T herefore , t he TG -1A G enerator, and o ther
u
nits moun ted i n s imilar r acks, m ay b e insta
lled a s n eeded ,
w
ith a s
surance t hat they w il
l m atch i n appearance , other t er-
m
ina l a nd transmit
ting u n
its w hich may b e a dded l a
ter .

The 6 0 tubes a nd o ther c omponen ts w hich m ake u p the cir


- t
he back o
f the panels
, and are a
ccess
ible through t
he re
ar
c
uits of the TG -1A G enerator a re moun ted o n "bath-tub" type d
oor. Al
l te
rm ina
ls a re in th
e clear
, a nd components a
re
c
has s
is w hich a re p laced i n t he c abinet vertically
, a s shown i
den
tif
ied s
o that ci
rcuit t
est
ing, w
hen r equ
ired, is r
e
lat
ive
ly
i
n t he ilustration . T he 2 9 3/
4 i n
ch c hassi
s a t the t op of the e
asy
.
c
abine t contains t he p ulse f o
rmer . I mmed iately b elow i s a
s
im i
lar c hassis c ontaining t he " pulse shaping" c ircuit
s. T he Electrically, as w e
ll a s m echan ical
ly , t he TG -1A G enerator i s
1
01 /2 i
nch c hass
is n ear the b ottom i s as tandard T ype 580-C d
iv ided i n
to t wo m ain s ec
tion s
. T he f i
rs
t s ect
ion i s t he pulse
P
ower S upply U nit
, a nd j us
t b elow i s a 13/4 i
nch c hass
is con- f
o rmer w hile the second s ect
ion i st he p ulse shaper . T he pulse
t
a
in ing electrolytic f i
lter capacitor s
. f
o rmer g enerates al
l o f the diferen t t iming f requenc ies w hich
a
re r equ ired b y the system . Ita lso p rovide s am eans w hereby
A
ll of t
he controls, t
ube s a
nd m ajor components a r
e moun ted t
he se frequenc ies ( which a re all d erived f rom a s ingle m aster
o
n the fr
ont o f the v
ertica
l c hassis
. T hus
, al
l ordinary a djust
- o
sc il
lator ) m ay b e "locked i n", ei
ther w ith t he local 60-cycle
men
ts, a
s w e
ll a s r
out
ine c heck s
, can b e made by o pening the power l ine frequency, w ith a c rys
tal o scil
lator , or w i
th s ome
f
ron
t door. Since no high voltage s are e
xposed on the f r
ont of o
ther e x
te rnal source, such as ar emo tely g enerated s ynchron iz-
t
he cha
ssis, this door i s n
ot i nter
locked. W ir
ing a nd m inor ing w ave f o
rm . T he p ulse s haper f o rms t he p ulses i n
to t he
c
omponen t
s, s uch as s mal
l c apaci
tors a nd res
istors, are o n p
roper w ave s hapes and c omb ine s them a s required t o provide

1
84
t
he f
i
ve diferent si
gna
ls li
sted be
low
. T he
se si
gnal
s ar
e fe (
5
) OSC
ILLOSCOPE S
YNCHRONIZ
ING S
IGNAL
t
o t
en o
utput connec
tors l
ocated o
n asubpane
l at t
he b
t e f T
his s
i
gna
l c
ons
ist
s o
f p
ulse
s a
t h
alf h
orizon
tal (
7
,875 c
ycle
s)
t
he p
ulse s
haper
. a
nd half vert
ica
l ( 30 c
ycles
) f requenc
ies. T hey are u sed to
"
tr
igge
r" the saw
-tooth g
enerator i
n the monitor
ing osci
llo scop
e,
I
t is intended th
at RG -11U o r RG-59U c oncentr
ic lines
t
hus prov
id ing (for "wave f orm" mon itoring) o sc
illoscope
u
sed b oween these points and the studio cameras
, m ixi
p
at
terns which are two li
nes or two fi
elds i n l
eng
th .
amp
lifiers
, etc
. Two coax ial o
utpu
t c onnect
ions are prov id
f
or each s i
gnal s
o tha
t o u
tput o
f ei
ther n ega
tive or p o
s it
i e
p
olari
ty i s ava
ilable. When more t
han o ne equipmen
t i s fd
f
rom t h
e g enerator
, ad i
str
ibu
tion ampl
ifier
, such a
s the Ty e
TA-
1A , should b e employed in o
rder to iso
late t
he circu
i

R
egulated pla
te v
oltage
s f
or t
he p
ulse f
ormer and pu
lse s
ha S
pec
ificat
ions
a
re f
urnished by t
he Type 5
80
-C Power Supply
. Fi
lament v t
-
O
utpu
t V
oltage
s
a
ges a
re p
rov
ided b
y t
ransformers moun
ted on t
he pu
lse s
hap
A
ll a
-c p
ower i
nput t
o the c
abinet i
scontro
lled b
y the s
iren I
- S
ynchron
izing S
igna
ls _4 v
ol
ts, p
eak
-to
-peak a
cro
ss 7
5 o
hms
b
reake
r s
witch a
t t
he b
ot
tom o
f t
he p
ulse s
haper
. K
ine
scope B
lank
ing S
igna
l 4v
ol
ts, peak
-to
-peak
a
cro
ss 75 ohms
T
he T
ype TG
-1A S
ynchron
izing G
enera
tor f
urn
ishe
s a
l
l o
f t
l
H
orizon
tal D
riv
ing S
igna
l 4v
olt
s, peak
-to
-peak
t
iming p u
lses required i
n acomple
te te
lev
ision sy
stem. The a
cross 7
5 ohms
p
ulses are accurately t
imed w
ith re
lat
ion to each o
ther
, a
V
ert
ica
l D
riv
ing S
ign
al_4 v
ol
ts, p
eak
-to
-peak a
cro
ss 7
5 o
hms
a
re care
fu l
ly contro l
led a
s t
o wave form in a
ccordance wi
O
sci
llo
scope S
ynchron
izing S
igna
l 8v
ol
ts, peak
-to
-peak
t
he standards a
dopted by t h
e RMA . T he f
i
ve diferent outp
a
cro
ss 75 ohms
s
ignals which a
re genera
ted w i
ll provide a
ll of t
he tim
ing a
s
ynchrolizing requirements of as tandard 525-
line
, 3 0
-fran
i P
owe
r S
upp
ly R
equ
ired
i
nter
laced t e
lev
ision system. T he
se f ive ou
tput signals a F
rom 1
09
-125 v
ol
t, 6
0 c
yc
le, s
i
ngle p
hase l
i
ne 4
50 w
atts

D
imens
ion
s
(
1
) HORIZONTAL DRIVING S
IGNAL
Moun
ted i
n C
abine
t 8
4" H
igh
, 2" W
ide
, 1
8" D
eep
Th
is con
sis
ts of s
hort
-dura
tion, square-wave pul
ses at h i

z
onta
l sc
anning f
requency (1
5,750 cycles). T
hese pu
lses re Unmoun
ted R
ack Un
its _77" H
igh
, 1
9" W
ide
, 1
21/
2" D
eep
u
sed to"tr
igger" the saw-
tooth w ave generator (i
n the c
amer We
ight (i
n cabine
t) 3
75 l
b
s.
wh
ich supplies t
he horizontal scanning v o
ltage for t
he p
ick (
unmounted) 1
60 l
b
s.
t
ube. The width of these pulse
s i s s
uficient to b
lank out li
e T
ube C
omp
lemen
t
h
orizon
tal return t
race of the camera t ube. 1 RCA 1
B3GT/80
16 1
8 RCA 6
SL7GT
1
0 RCA 6AC7 1 RCA 6
SN7GT
(
2
) VERT
ICAL DR
IVING S
IGNAL 5 RCA 6
AG7 2 RCA 5
691
This consi
sts of square-wave p ulses of somewhat longer d a - 8 RCA 6H6 1 RCA 3
KP1
t
ion w hich occur at v er
tica
l s canning f r
equency ( 60 cycl ). 4 RCA 6
L7
These p u
lses a re used to "trigger" t he saw-
tooth w ave g n- P
ower S
upp
ly
e
rator ( i
n the c amera) w h
ich s upp
lie s t
he ver
tical scan n g 2 RCA 5U4G 5 RCA 6Y6G
v
oltage f or the pickup t ube. T he width of these p ulses i
s 1 RCA 6
SL7GT 2 RCA OD3/VR150
s
uf i
cient to b
l ank o u
t the vertical r
eturn trace of the cam ra
1 RCA S
tock N
o. 1
6864 Neon L
amp
t
ube.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-26915
(
3
) S
YNCHRON
IZING S
IGNAL
E
quipment S
uppl
ied
This ist he signal w hich mu st be a dded t o the c amera p ic re Inc
ludes b
elow p
lus h
ardware
, f
i
t
ting
s, m
isc
. m
ater
ial
s
ignal b efore i t is t r
an sm itted i n o rder t o synchron ize h e 1S
ynchron
izing G
ener
ator R
ack M
I-268
15
s
cann ing action i n t he re ceiver. I t is ac ompo s
ite s i
gnal n
-
1R
ear Door M
I-30536
-G84
s
i
sting o f ( a) s hort
-dura tion , h orizonta l synchron izing pu ls
es
13
KP1 C
athode R
ay T
ube M
I-26650
a
t 1 5
,750 c ycles, ( b
) l onger d urat
ion , v ert
ical s ynchron i ng
p
ul se
s o f the " serrated" t ype a t 6 0 c ycles
, a nd ( c) as ' es 1I
ns
truc
tion B
ook 1
B-36008
-1
o
f s ix short-dur at
ion , e qua lizing p u
lse s j us
t p receding e c h
v
ertical p u
lse i n
terva l and s i
x more f ollowing i t
. A l
l o f tese
h
ave t he timing a nd w ave s hape p rescribed b y t he R I A
S
tanda rds.

(
4
) BLANKING S
IGNAL Accessor
ies
Th
is signal isa dded t o the transm itted v ideo s i
gna l i n oder F
ron
t D
oor M
I-30536
-G84
t
o blank o ut t he r e
turn t r
ace i n t he re ceiver p ic
ture t b e
S
ide P
ane
l (
s
ing
le) M
I-30541
-G84
(
kinescope). I t consists o f s quare-wave p u
l se
s a t h orizo r
i
ta
l
Monogr
am M
I-30596
s
canning frequency ( 15,750 c ycles) a nd vertical scann ing f r
e
-
q
uency ( 60 cycles). T hese p ulses a re of l onger d uration a
n S
ynchroniz
ing G
ene
rator P
has
ing R
emo
te
C
ontro
l M
I-26249
t
he synchronizing p ulses a nd a re tr
ansm i
tted a t approx im e ly
"
black" level
. T hey f orm t he " pedestals" o n which t he Yn• S
ynchron
izing G
enera
tor S
witch
ing P
ane
l M
I-26285
c
hronizing si
gna ls are placed. P
ulse D
istr
ibu
tion B
ox M
I-26757

1
83
Y
NC G
EM.

S
ync Genera
tor Sw
itch
ing P
ane
l,M
I-26285
F
eatures
• U
sed to s
wi
tch o
utput
s of e
i
ther o
f 1
%O s
ync g
enera
tor
s t
o
t
e
lev
ision s
tud
io e
quipment i
n u
se
.
• P
ermits q
uick c
hangeover w
ithou
t l
o
ss o
f a
i
rtime i
n e
ven
t
o
f b
reakdown.
• P
rov
ides te
rmina
tions f
o
r s
i
gna
ls c
oming f
r
om s
t
andby s
ync
g
ene
rator
.
• C
ontacts a
rranged s
o that p
roper t
e
rmina
tion i
s p
rov
ided
f
or bo
th genera
tors a
t a
ll t
ime
s.
• S
upp
lied c
omp
lete w
i
th c
able c
onnec
tor
s.
r
eces
sed t ype cha
ssis f
or st
andard 1 9" ra
ck pane
l moun t
ing
a
nd i s o
f proper si
ze to f
i
t in pl
ace o f t
he b
lank p
anels in
U
ses
e
luded in stud
io s ync g
enera
tor e qu
ipmen t r
ack MI
-26815.
T
he S ynchronizing G enerator S w
itching Panel MI-26285 may
b
e used t o sw
itch al
l f i
ve signa
ls ( hor
izon
tal driv
ing, ver
tica
l
S
pec
ificat
ions
d
r
iving, blanking, s
ynchron iz
ing and CRO s ynchroniz
ing) from
asi
ngle f ron
t p ane
l c ontrol knob. P
ower R
equ
iremen
t N
one
The Sync Genera
tor sw
itching chas
sis can be conven
ien
tly G
enerator S wi
tch_ _ 1
2 p
ole
, 2p
osi
tion r
o
tary
moun
ted in st
andard 1
9" te
levi
sion equipmen
t racks
. I
nput Signal
s A ccommodated 1
0
Ou
tput Signals Accommodated 5
D
escr
ipt
ion
D
imen
sion
s:
The S
ynchronizing G enera
tor Switching Panel M I-26285 c on
- P
ane
l He
ight 51/
4"
s
i
sts o
f n
ecessary connector
s, s
wi
tches and te
rm ina
ting r es
istors
. P
ane
l L
ength 1
9"
Con
tac
ts are arranged s o t
ha
t the proper termination i s pro
- P
ane
l D
epth 8 %.
v
ided f
or bo
th s ync genera
tors a
t al
l time
s. It issupplied in a We
igh
t (
approx
.) 1
4 l
b
s.

S
ync Genera
tor D
elay P
ane
l, M
I-26286
D
escr
ipt
ion
The S ync G enera tor D elay P ane l isu sed t o e qualize t he t ime
d
elay i n c oaxia l cables b etween t he s ync g enera tor a nd s tudios
l
ocated a t d iferen t remo te d is
tance s
. T he D elay P ane l i s to
b
e u sed w ith a D istr
ibu tion Amp l
ifier , a s follow s
. Hor izon tal
d
riving a nd b lank ing p ul ses are f ed i nto t he t wo l ines w hich
a
re t erm ina ted i n
ternally i n 7 5 o hms . L ine s a re t apped a t
p
oints o f d esired d elay, a nd f ed t h rough s hor t l e
ng ths o f
u
nterm ina ted c oaxial line t o the D istribu tion Amp lifier, w hich
f
eeds p ulses t o t
he s tudio .
The P anel c onsis
ts o f 2d elay l ine s a nd e ach l ine i s equ iv.
a
lent ( in t ime d e
lay) t o 2 000 f e
et o f RG -11/U c oax c able.
One i s f or h orizontal d riving p ulses, t he o ther f or b lank ing .
S
ince t he t ota l delay i nvo lved i s to t he s tudio a nd r e
turn ,
t
he m ax imum s tudio d istance i s 1000 f ee
t. E ach l ine c onsists
o
f 4 0 s ections , g i
ving a t o
tal d elay o f 3 .08 m icro second s
(
equ iva lent t o 2000 feet o f RG -11/U c oax ). E ach s e c
tion h as a
d
elay o f . 0
77 m icrosecond ( equivalen t t o 50 f eet of RG -11/U ).
The S ync G enerator D elay P anel i s s upp l
ied i n standard r e
-
c
essed " bath tub" c hass
is f or r egular 1 9" p ane l moun ting. S
pec
ifi
cat
ions
P
rov
ision f
o
r 6T
aps P
er L
ine 6s
t
udio
s

B
andw
idth (
i 3m
c.

C
utof
f at End o
f L
ine
(
sui
table f
or p
ulse
s o
nly) 5m
e.

I
mpedance 7
5 o
hms
(
Delay o
f s
ync mu
st b
e a
dju
sted o
n d
elay l
i
ne i
n s
ync g
en.
)

P
ane
l W
idth 1
9"

P
ane
l H
eigh
t 5
14,

A
pprox
. We
igh
t _ 1
2 l
b
s.
V
iew o
f Sync Genera
tor De
lay Pane
l
s
hown w
ith pro
tect
ive c
over r
emoved S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
1-26286

1
86
T
he P
ulse D
istr
ibu
tioi B
ox
F
eatures

• C
onven
ien
t d
i
str
ibu
tion o
f s
ynchron
izing g
enera
tor p
ulse

• D
is
tribu
tes b
lank
ing t
o a
s m
any a
s e
i
ght c
amera c
ontrol

• E
l
imina
tes c
omp
lica
ted p
a
tch
ing s
y
stem
.

• F
our 6
-
pin o
utpu
t c
onnec
tor
s.

Use

T
he P
ulse D
istr
ibu
tion B
ox i
s ac
ompac
t j
unc
tion b
ox d
es
igne
t
o p
rov
ide a c
onven
ien
t d
i
str
ibu
tion o
f t
he d
r
iving
, a
nd b
lan
i
ng p
ulse
s r
ece
ived f
r
om t
he S
tud
io S
ynchron
izing G
enera
t
a
nd f
ed t
o t
he C
amera C
ontro
ls. I
t r
eplace
s d
i
str
ibu
tion b
means o
f c
omp
lex p
atch
ing s
y
stem
s, s
upp
lying a c
ommon f
e
e
p
oin
t f
or a
s m
any a
s e
igh
t c
amera c
ontro
ls.
i
ng t
he C
athode R
ay O
sci
llo
scope d
r
iving p
ulse
. T
his t
e
rmina
l
p
rov
ide
s a
n a
uxi
liary me
thod o
f d
r
ive
, s
i
nce t
he d
r
iving
p
ulse i
s c
arr
ied b
y o
ther mean
s i
n n
orma
l t
e
lev
ision s
t
ation
Descr
ipt
ion o
pera
!io
n.
A
s c
an b
e s
een o
n t
he c
i
rcu
it d
iagram o
f t
he P
ulse D
istr
ib
t
i
on B
ox, c
oax
ial c
able
s f
r
om t
he s
ynchron
izing g
enera
t
b
r
ing b
lank
ing
, a
nd h
orizon
tal a
nd v
er
tica
l d
r
iving p
ulse
s Spec
ificat
ions
t
he c
enter t
e
rmina
ls o
f t
he b
ox. T
he c
oax
ial l
i
nes a
re n
orma
ll O
vera
ll D
imen
sion
s:
t
e
rmina
ted i
n t
h
is b
ox, t
here
fore
, t
e
rmina
ting r
e
sis
tor
s c
o
t He
ight 6
"
n
ected f
r
om t
he l
i
nes t
o g
round a
re b
uil
t i
n
to t
he b
ox. B W
idth 6
"
D
epth
s 2%"
c
ause t
he l
i
nes a
re t
e
rmina
ted i
n t
he b
ox, t
he o
utpu
t l
i
n s
a
re n
ece
ssar
ily h
igh
-impedance
, l
ow-
capac
ity c
i
rcu
its
. F
ro t S
older c
onnec
tions f
or f
our c
oax
ial l
i
nes

t
he c
enter t
e
rmina
ls, c
onnec
tions a
re m
ade t
o f
our 6
-
pin c
o O
utpu
t F
our 6
-
pin c
onnec
tor
s
:
l
ector
s, w
ired i
n p
ara
lle
l, a
nd p
laced o
n t
he e
nds o
f t
he h
o A
pprox
ima
te We
igh
t 5l
b
s.
a
s s
een i
n t
he p
ic
ture b
elow
. N
orma
l o
pera
tion p
rov
id s
S
tork I
den
tif
ica
tion _MI
-26757
p
uls
ing f
or f
our c
amera c
ontro
ls. B
y s
e
rie
s c
onnec
ting s
e
ts f
t
wo c
ameras
, t
he f
our c
onnec
tor
s c
an b
e e
xpanded t
o h
and n. ” —

a
s m
any a
s e
i
ght c
ameras s
imu
ltaneous
ly. A
n a
ddi
tiona
l
a
x
ial c
able i
sbrough
t i
n
to t
he b
ox f
r
ont t
he g
enera
tor
, c
ar

T
T

I
NPUT
OUTPUT
PS O (
4 JONIS P
LUG

CRO (
1
141 “
.
_ -• (
NO

• (
NCI

odi
tI fL
R
ILONT•L V
C


8
, 5C
I

F GR OUND

-
-f BL AN K
I NG

S
ketch s
how
ing D
istr
ibu
tion B
ox C
onnec
tion P
ulse D
istr
ibu
tion B
ox w
i
th c
over r
emoved

1
37
A
MPL
IFIERS

D
istr
ibu
tion Amp
lif
ier
, T
ype T
A-1A

F
eatures
• Equally useful as di
stribution, mixing o
r i
s
ola
tion a
mpl
ifier
. E
ach o f the fi
ve amp lif
iers c onsists of two s t
ages. T he two
t
ubes and other componen t
s w h
ich m ake up each amp lif
ier are
• F
ive amp l
ifiers on o ne chassis
.
a
rranged in ar ow across the c hassis
. E ach a mpl
ifier is pro-
• B
ridg ing inpu t
s. v
ided with a ga
in control so that the gain m ay be varied from
• E
xcellent i so
lation b etween e quipments
. a
pproximately . 9to 1.
1. T h
is f ea
ture i s e
specia
lly c onven
ien t
• Pos
itive or n egative p o
larity. when it is des
ired to e qualize a ccurately the levels on t he
• S
tandard " bath t ub" type c hass
is. s
evera
l o u
tput l i
nes
.
• A
cce ssib
le moun ting a r
rangemen t
. The input and o utput c onnec tions o n t
he r e
ar o f the a mplifier
a
re d esigned t o accommoda te s tandard f it
tings f or either
RG 1/U o r RG 5 9/U c oaxia l lines. Two c onnec tors are p ro-
U
ses
v
ided for each i nput a nd each o u
tpu t t
o faci
litate interconnec t
-
Ihe T ype TA -1A D istr
ibu tion Amp lif
ier m ay b e u sed in a ny i
ng the s e
ctions. T h
is a mp l
ifier m ay b e used a t any p oint i n
one o f the three f o
llow ing a pplicat
ions: ( a) t o feed video o r atelevis
ion s ystem r egard less o f w hether the p olarity at t hat
pulse signals f rom a s ingle source t o several separate o u
tlets; p
oint i s pos
itive or n egative. A n a dju
stmen t i s provided f or
(
b ) t o mix v ideo a nd synchron izing signals in order t hat they r
educing t he l ow frequency p hase d is
tortion t o an eg
ligib le
may b e f ed to as ingle o utput line; ;(c) a s as t
raigh t
-forward v
alue.
i
solation amp lif
ier, by p aralle
ling a ll fi
ve c hannels. T he wide A buil
t i n fi
lamen t transformer p rovides fi
lamen t voltages f or
v
ariety o f p ossible u se
s o f th
is e quipmen t m akes i t equally a
l
l t ubes. P la
te v ol
tage s a re o btained e xterna l
ly, p referab ly
a
dap table t o test bench, l aboratory, or t e
levision t ransmitt
ing f
rom a w e
ll r egula
ted p ower s upp ly such a s the T ype 5 80-C.
i
nstallations. Power c onnections a re m ade b y means o f as t
andard c able
r
eceptacle at the lower l eft o f the c hass
is.
Descr
ipt
ion
The equipmen t c
onsi
sts of five separate video is
olation ampli- S
pec
ificat
ions
f
i
ers moun ted on as ing
le c hass
is. T hese a mp
lif
iers are of th
e Number o f Amp lifiers F
ive
b
ridging type, a
nd have r ela
tively high i nput impedance, per- Voltage G ain, E ach Amp lifier A
djustable . 9t o 1.1
mit
ting a n umber o f them t o b e p aral
leled across av ideo F
requency C har -
I
-1 d b to 10 m c, and a d
ju stab le to
l
ine with a minimum d isturbance t o the driv
ing s ource
. Each i
deal 6 0 cycle square-wave r espon se
amplif
ier del
ivers
, to a7 5 o hm o utpu t li
ne, as i
gna l of th
e I
npu t Pic ture S igna l Leve l ( max ) 2v ol
t s
, p eak-to-peak
s
ame l eve
l and polar
ity a s itreceives. I
npu t Pu lse S ignal L evel ( max) 4vol
ts, p eak-to-peak
When t he a mpl if
iers are used to fe
ed s everal outpu
t l i
nes, the Output S igna l Leve l (per s ection) 2vol
ts, peak -to-peak
i
nputs b e
ing p aral
le led, t
here i
s ah igh d egree of isolation b e
- I
npu t I mpedance Bridging
t
ween l ines a nd b etween a ny individual l i
ne a nd t he source. I
npu t C apac ity ( on t wo c able s ocke
ts ) 4
0 mmf
Thus, disturbance s, s hor
t c i
rcu
its, e qu
ipmen t fa
ilure s
, o r the I
npu t P olarity Posi
tive o r nega t
ive
l
ike o n o ne l ine w il
l n o
t b e ref
lected o nto the o ther l i
ne s
. Output I mpedance Approxima tely 2 000 o hms
Thi
s i sof con sider able va
lue to good o verall opera
tion i n any Output P olarity Poqi
tive o r nega t
ive
t
e
lev i
sion i nstallation. Power S upp ly R equ ired:
1
05
-125 v olts, 50-60 c ycles 5
0 w atts
The componen ts o f the TA -1A a re assemb led o n ac has s
is of d
-c 2
80 v olts ( Type 5 80-C S upply) 260 ma
t
he recessed, o r " bath t ub" t ype. A ll tubes a nd o ther l a
rge
Tube C omp lemen t 5 RCA 6 AC7, 5 RCA 6 AG7
c
omponen ts are moun ted o n the front of the c has s
is, w ith the D
imens ion s _ 1
2 14
" high, 19" w ide, 8 " deep
r
esi
stors a nd other s ma
ll c omponen ts on t he r ear
. T hi
s t ype Weight 3
5 lbs.
o
f cons
truc tion p rovide s neat a ppearance, conven ient o peration
S
tock I den tif
ication M1
-26155
a
nd m aximum a ccessibil
ity. T he c hass
is iss tandard r ack w idth
a
nd i sd e
s igned t o moun t i n either an e nclosed c abinet t ype
r
ack or as tandard o pen t ype r ack. In t
he l a
tter c ase a c over Accessor
ies
p
anel m ay b e used, i fd es
ired . bpe 5
l
io
-( B
egu
lated P
ower S
upp
ly M
I-21523
-B1

1
88
S
tab
iliz
ing Amp
lif
ier
, T
ype T
A-5C
F
eatures
• R
eshap
,- -
ync p
ort
ion o
f d
egraded c
ompo
site s
i
gna
ls.

• Ampl
iti
, -sync p
ort
' o
f s
i
gna
l t
o d
es
ired v
a
lue o
f f
r
0
-
1.5 %o
Ii-
.

• R
emove
s l
ow f
r
equency d
i
stor
tion o
n s
i
gna
l.

• H
as s
epara
te "
sync o
utpu
t" i
n p
hase w
ith i
n
com
ing s
i
g

• "
Pic
ture O
utpu
t" p
rov
ide
s 2
.
0 v
ol
ts a
cro
ss 3
7
.5 o
hms
.

• H
as "Mon
itor O
utpu
t" f
o
r mon
itor
ing p
urpose
s.

• C
an m
ix s
ync w
ith c
amera s
i
gna
ls.

• C
leans u
p b
lank
ing p
ulse
.

• G
ain a nd s
ync l
e
vel c
an b
e c
ontro
lled s
epara
tely d
r
emote
ly.

• O
pera
tes o
n s
i
gna
ls a
s l
ow a
s .
1
5 v
ol
ts p
eak
-to
-peak
. A two
-posit
ion a t
tenua tor a t the input accommoda tes ar ange
o
f input si
gna ls from 0 .25 vol
t to 1 5 volts
, p eak-
to -peak. T he
• B
ath
tub c
has
sis f
o
r s
t
andard r
ack moun
ting
. o
utput of t he amp lif
ier i s des
igned t o d eliver t he s t
andard
l
e
vel of picture a nd b lanking signal (1.5 v olts, peak -
to-peak )
w
ith a m aximum s ync o f 1
.5 volt
s p eak-to
-peak . T he a mount
o
f sync can b e adju s
ted i ndependen t
ly t o a ny v alue b etween
U
ses 0and 1.
5 v o
l ts
, peak-to-peak.
The TA -5C s t
ab i
lizing a mplif
ier
, w hich r eplaces t he TA
F
ilament p ower fo r a
ll tubes i s p rov
ided b y a tran
sformer
d
esign, is aunit for
: c orrecting many t ypes of fau
lty t e
levis on
s
ignals
, mixing s ync with v ideo signals f rom the c ameras , mounted on the chass
is. Plate v o
ltage mu s
t be ob
tained fr
om
a
n e x
ternal regula
ted p ower s upply s uch as t
he RCA T ype
p
lying a separate sync p ulse for local sync generator " lock-i
5
80-C. All ex
ternal p ower c onnection s are made through an
a
nd f or r
emov ing sync f rom a r emo te s i
gnal so that i t may be
s
witched, faded o r d i
s solved w i
th l ocal signals
. H ere a r a 8
-pin plug and r ecep
tacle
. O ne s ide o f the p
r
imary l i
ne to
t
he fi
lament t r
ansformer i s fused.
f
ew w ays in w hich the TA -5C e qu ipmen t is e mployed :
(
1
) I
n am icrowave r
elay system. The TA-5C Stabiliz
ing Amp lif
ier is mounted o n a r
ece
ssed
(
2
) On the input o
f ar emo te or network i
ncoming l
i
ne. c
hass
is f o
r s t
andard r ack-mount
ing. T herefore
, it c
an b e
(
3
) On the o u
tput o
f as tudio line
. mounted in t
he transmi
tter r
oom o r s
tudio contro
l r
oom w i
th
(
4
) Wi
th t he RCA s tudio s wi
tching e qu
ipment in ama t
e
r o
ther ra
ck-moun ted equipment.
c
ontrol r oom as ind
ividua l st
udios
.
(
5
) O
n t he input o
f t
he t r
ansm it
ter
.

S
ome of t
he c
ommon s
ources o
f d
i
sturbance w
hich t
he T 5
( S
pec
ifica
tions
w
il
l c
orrec
t a
re a
s f
o
llows:
1
. Hum o r s urges o riginating i n p ower supp
lies and o e P
ower R
equ
iremen
ts:
r
r
andom d isturbance s created b y high-
impedance ground i
ng A
-c 1
09
-125 v
ol
ts, 5 w
att
s, 5
0/60 c
yc
les
c
ircui
ts , l
ong c able sheaths, e t
c. D
-c 2
80 v
ol
ts, 3
20 m
a.
2
.Circuit s a
tura t
ion , with r esul
tan t des
truc
tion o
f the pr per
s
ync-picture r atio
. I
npu
t S
igna
l R
equ
iremen
ts:
3
.S wi
tch ing s urges. C
omposi
te Signal B
lack N
egat
ive 1
5 vo
lts p
eak-
to-peak
4
. Low-frequency d i s
tortion i n
troduced b y coup
ling cir i t
s S
ync Ampl
itude ( m
inimum) 1
5% o
f compos
ite si
gnal
w
ith i nadequa te t ime c onstants. L
oca
l Sync Signa
l 35-
5 0v ol
ts
O
utpu t Signal Values
:
P
icture C omponent 15 v
olts p
eak
-to
-peak
D
escr
ipt
ion
S
ync C omponen t o
f Compos i
te S
ignaL_O-L5 vo
lts p
eak
-to
-peak
T
he TA -5C stabil
izing a mpl
ifier is anew i mproved c i
rcuit de
- S
ync O utput (negat
ive) .
10 v
olts p
eak
-to
-peak
s
i
gn w hich replaces i t
s predecessor, the TA -5B. It c l
i sa S
table O pera
tion Lim i
ts
c
ompo s
ite signal at blanking level. The video p or
tion o f t
he Compos i
te Signal Level Change ±6 d b
s
i
gnal, w i
th i t
s c l
eaned u p b lanking reference
, i s fed a (
Pic
ture leve
l vsi
l (l
iange; s
ync l
eve
l will r
emain c
onstan
t)
m
ixing a mp
lifier stage w here s ync ( which w as p rev
io s
ly
c
l
ipped a nd reshaped ) iso nce again added. D
imensions
:
H
eigh
t 1
012 "
/
S
epara
te gain contro
ls are used on both video and s ync or- W
idth 1
9"
l
i
ons of t
he si
gnal and permi
t as ync r
ange set
ting of 0t o 0%. D
epth 854
1"
T
he recombined c ompos
ite signal isf
ed to at wo-
stage p i o
re
a
mplif
ier which provide
s the p roper o
utput acros
s 3 71/
2
We
igh
t 1
7 l
b
s.
a
nd to a monitor ou
tput ci
rcuit which fe
eds 7 5 ohms. F
inish (
f
ron
t o
f c
has
sis
) _
L
igh
t u
mber g
ray
S
ync i s separated f rom t he composi
te v ideo signal and f
ter
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26
160
-B
t
wo stages o f cl
ipp ing p rovides astandard RMA s ync g
nat
t
o as ync o u
tpu t jack. T his si
gnal may b e used to p h ea T
ube C
omp
lement:
l
oca
l s ync g enerator w i
th t he incoming r emote signal, b
u s
, 9 RCA 6
AC7 1 RCA 6
SL7GT
i
tisp ossible to add t he local s
ync si
gnal t o t
he remo te i
deo 4 RCA 6
AG7 1 RCA 6H6
s
i
gnal, m aking p ossible "fades and dissolves" b e
tween o
cal 1 RCA 6
SK7 1 RCA OD3/VR
-150
a
nd remo te signals
. 2 RCA 6
SN7GT

1
89
Q
kt4
eQ C, C
D
'O E
,44
4
1
, 4
1 0 0 0 4
1 4
0 4
1 4
0 4
1 • •

C
A Q4D
-0 Q C
••s4 1 • 0

Switching Panel, TS-1 A


. Ac onven
ient way
t
o s w
itch a
ny one of 6 diffe
rent i
nput v
ideo
s
ignals to TV transmit
ter
, o r to l
ocal and
r
emo te mon
ito
rs.

Regulated Po wer S upp ly ( Heavy-Duty)


WP-33B . Provides wel
l-regu la
ted d -c v o
ltage
a
t loads o
f 2 00 to 600 ma . A d
justable o u
tput
,
260 t
o 295 vo
lts. Vo
ltage variat
ion, l
ess than 0
.2
v
olt be
tween m inimum and max imum l oad.

Every
thimg /
i
t
Regulated Po wer S upply, TY-254 . Pro
-
v
ides we
ll-regulated cl
.c s
ource at loads f
rom
200 t
o 300 ma . Output i
sa d
jus
tab le between Current Regu lator, Ml-26090 . Main
tains
260 and 2 90 vo
lts
, less t
han 0.5 % v ar
iat
ion C
onstant c
ur
rent infocus c
oi
l of S
tud
io Came ra
be
tween m inimum a nd max imum l oad. T
K-10A . C
urrent c
an b e a
djus
ted over ar
ange
o
f 6 5 t
o 85 rn
o.

Regulated Po wer Supply , 580-C . Output ad


just
-
ab
le between 260 and 295 v o
lts —at 50 to 4
00 ma .
L
ess t
han 0
.25-vol
t var
iation b e
tween m in
, and max.
l
oad. I
nc
ludes meter s
elector switch a
nd me te
r jack.

Po wer Relays MI - 26761. Prov


ides
r
emo
te p
ower s w
itching incon
junc
tion w
ith P
ower C
ontro
l
P
ane
l M1-26251. I n
cludes $ separate power r
elays
.

S
tabil
izing Amp l
ifier Contro l, MI -
26250 . I
ncludes t
h
ree E
lapsed T i me I
ndicator, MI -
26760 .
po
tent
iometers
. Controls
: (1
) pi
cture ga
in; (
2
) pic
ture cl
ipper; P
rovides constant record of "hours on" l
ife of tubes
, et
c.
(
3) s
ync l
eve
l in s
tabil
izing ampli
fier
. I
nc
ludes 5 indiv
idua l
ly-operated coun
ter i
ndica
tors dr
iven by
s
ynchronous motors
.
V
I
M
IC1101
1. 4
14
1.
1
M
IO
NNO1
1101
101
1
11
1

Sync Generator Phasing Contro


l, M1-26249 . P
rovides C
ircu it B
reaker , M I-
26240 . Des
igned as main
f
or p
has
ing one o
f t
wo lo
cal s
ynch
ron
izing g
ene
rato
rs w
ith one s
witch breaker between power li
ne and TV s
tudio
r
emote s
ynch
roniz
ing g
enerator
. e
qu ipment. A
ccommoda tes u
p to 5breake
rs (
choice
S
ync Generator Sw itch, MI -26285. Used o
f b reakers ava
ilab
le, ex
tra)
.
t
o sw
itch outputs o
f e
itier o
f t
wo sync genera
tors o
ver t
o st
udio
e
quipmen t. One selector f
or al
l 5signals (
hor
izon
tal
, ver
tical
,
b
lanking, sync
, and C PO sync
).

Re
lay Rece iver Control
, MI -26247 . Cont
rols v
ideo ga
in
a
nd r ece
iver t
un
ing
. In
cludes 2 po
tentiome
ters
, A FC "on
-of
f" Panel Adapter MI -
26254 . E
nables y
ou to moun
t con
tro
l
s
witch
, ta
lly l
i
ght
, a
nd te
lephone ja
ck.
pane
ls (
s
hown inl
ef
t c
olumn a
nd below
) inany s
tandard r
ock

fb
° al
e 4
1
15. /
1
11. 1
1t,
e
n
v0.
0 u
r
nSa
. ,
n n
o0e
r
,P)
en
Monoscope Ca mera Contro l, MI -26248. P
rov
ides r
emote Po wer Re mote Contro l, MI -26251. Opera tes up to 5 V
ideo J ack Pane l, MI -26245. F o
r p atching video
c
ont
ro l o
f v
ideo ga
in, a
nd focus o
f rnono
scope c
amera
. I
nc
ludes power suppl
ies t
hrough 120 -vo
lt r
e
lays
. Has 5 "
on-off" t
oggle a
nd or sync s
igna
ls. l
rc
ludes 12 groups of c oaxial j
ack
2 po
tentiometer
s wired t
o termina
l b oard
. s
witches and 5 t
a
lly li
ghts
. a
ssembl
ies (
3 p
er g
roup)
. Video j
ock p
lugs a
nd c ords
, ext
ra.
S
tabil
izing Amp 116er, TA-5 11
. C ombines s
ync D
istr
ibu tion Amp l e.,
, TA-1 A . Well-
suited
e
nd video s i
gnals
. Correc
ts d e
fec -i
ve vi
deo si
g- f
or u
se a s: (
1) v
ideo a nd sync signa
l m ixer
,
no
ls
. E l
iminates h um
. C orrects low-frequency (
2) i
s
olation amp
lif
ier, o
r (3
) fo
r feeding video
s
esponse. Improves s
ignal
-to•noisc ra
tio of s
ync o
r pu
lse s i
gna
ls fr
om a s i
ngle sou
rce to sepa-
s
i
gnals
. r
ate ou
tlets
.

Rack
a
r mo f
l
ied M i
l
ts
f
or TVst
aihms
t
.
t
M
ix ing Ampl ,f
l
er, TA- IOA . Use
ful a
s mix-

••1c
ont
rol p
anels, ampl
ifier
s, pro
jec
tor
i
ng
, fad
ing
, remote con
trol
, or is
ola
tion ampl
i-
f
i
er. Two br
.dging-type i n
puts
; o ne outpu
t.
P
csi
tive o
r n
ega :
ive polar
ity.

cangeover
, s w
itch panels
, relay a
nd
i
nd
icator p
anels
, powe r suppl
ies, c
i
rcu
it
b
reakers
, j
ack pane
ls
P
raletier Change- Over MI -26321. D es
igned forst
art
-
i
ng
, st
opoing o
r sinel
teneous c
hangeovero fli
ght a
nd s
ound
i
n 16
- and 3 5
-me f i
lm p
rogramming. H
andles two p
rojec
-
t
o
rs inany combincr
ion (16mm or 35mm).

f
ie eis your answer for ready-to- c
arefu
lly e
ngineered u
nits c
an
oper t
eun
its t
hat c
an b
e i
ns
tal
led r
eadi
ly be moun ted in enc
losed-
S
ound iqua l
izer. M1-263 I3. P
rov
ides properfrs
quency
whet v
er y
ou need t
hem
. t
ype r
acks o
rins t
andard open-
type
c
on p
eo.a
tion of • -
ram sound r
eproduc
tion. Compenszto
r
n
etwo
rt ti
lt
s f r
equ
.sncie
s above 1000 cps in 2
-do s t
eps
. Al un
its are ident
ical in des
ign r
acks
. Many types c
an be mounted
P
arelend Shelf (
s
61•26581), a
vai
lable ex
tra.
a
nd o
nstruction to those used in c
onveniently i
n RCA c
onso
le-
type
RCA sregu
lar s ta
tion-proved TV h
ousings.
Bro c
ast E quipmen t —and a re • • •

b
uilt w
ith the s ame h igh-quality RCA r
ack
-moun
ted u
nits a
re
c
om o nents. Un its are b u
ilt o n b
eing u
sed i
np rac
tical
ly every te
le-
r
eces e
d,or" bathtub" type chassis
. v
i
sion st
ation in the country
. F or
Tub sand c omponen ts are within i
nforma
tion abouta ny one ofthem
h
an reach. Controls are c
en tral
- .
. orthe en
tire l
ine .. simply ask
i
zed nd clearly marked. y
our RCA B roadcas
t Sales Eng
i-
R r
esent
ing t
he mos
t compre
- n
eer
. Or wr
ite Department 19KB,
h
ens v
e l
ine o
f r
ack
-mounted TV RCA E ngineering P roducts,
e
qui men
t i
n t
he i
ndus
try
, t
hese C
amden, New Jersey
.

Se
lf-con tained Monoscope C a mera, T K. IA. Idea l
v
ideo s i
gnal sou-ce of k nown q ual
ity for te
sting: stat
ion
s
ys
tem s
, video amp l
ifie
rs, p
ictu
re tubes. T
V rece
ive r
s. Pat
te rn
s
hows scanning symme try
, vert
ica
l a nd hor
izontal reso
lution,
s
hading
, c ont
rast
, a nd br
ightness
.

1
91
' AMPL
IFIERS

M
ixing Amp
lif
ier
, T
ype T
A-10A

— - —

F
eatures
• U
seful a s a m ixing, f ad
ing , remote con
tro
l o
r i
s
ola
tion A b
uil
t-in
, f i
lament tr
ansformer suppl
ie s f
i
la men tvo l
tage
s fo
r
ampl
ifier
. a
l
l tubes. Plate vol
tages are obtained extern aly, pre f e
ra b
ly
• A
ccommoda tes two inpu ts —one outpu
t. f
r
om a w el
l-regu
lated power supp ly such as t
he t
yp e 5 80-C.
P
ower connections a
re made by means ofamu l t
i
-pin r
ece pta c l
e.
• B
ridging t ype input
s p rovided.
• P
osit
ive o r nega
tive p olarity. F
or fader s e
rvice, ar em ote fad
er l e
ver a
s
sem b
ly i va i
s a lab
le
• S
tandard " bath tub" type c hass
is. a
s MI
- 2653I-2
. T his a
s
semb ly is also i
ncl uded i n t
he M1-26220
-1
a
nd M I
-26220-2 a nd M I-26221 p u
sh-b uto n pa
ne l
s whi ch a
re
• A
ccessible moun ting arrangemen t.
u
sed i n t
he T S-20A R elay S w
itching S y stem .

Uses
The type TA -10A, M ixing Amp l
ifier m ay be u sed i n s
e veral S
pec
ificat
ions
d
iferent te
levision a pp l
ication s
. A s am ixing amp lif
ier itm ay I
npu ts _ 2
b
e e mployed f or sync a ddition. F or fader se
rvice, the TA -10A Outputs
may be used t o fade, lap d i
ssolve, or m ix two p ic
ture signal s
. Voltage G ain, E ach Amp lif
ier, Max imum_ .9 t o 1.
1 ( ad
jus tab
le )
E
ither in the a bove a pplications, or a s an is
ola
t ion a mp
lifier, Voltage G ain, E ach Amp lif
ier, Remo t e Contro l
t
he TA-10A may b e a djusted f o
r fixed gain or may b e operated Cut
-off to m aximum
f
rom a r emotely l oca
ted c ontrol p os
ition. F
requency R e
spon se___±-1 d b to 8m c, and a djustable t o ideal
60 c
ycle square -wave r e
spons e
Descr
ipt
ion I
npu t Signa l L eve l 2v olts, peak-
to -peak
(
Channe l 2 ,C omposite sync) 4volts, peak-
to -peak
The TA-10A e quipmen t c ons
ists of t wo input a mplifier stages Output S igna l L eveL___ 2v olts, peak-
to -peak
f
eeding ( through a c ommon l oad n etwork) as i
ngle o utput I
npu t I mpedance Br
idg ing
s
tage
. The se inputs are of the bridg
ing t ype and h ave r e
latively I
npu t P olarity P
ositive o r nega t
ive
h
igh inpu t impedance , thus p ermit
ting p aral
lel o peration w ith Output L oad I mpedance 7
5 o hms
o
ther un
i ts, a
nd o peration from a c athode follower s ource. T he Output P o
lar i
ty P
ositive or N ega t
ive
o
utput stage i s des
igned t o feed a 7 5 ohm l ine, delivering a Power S upply R equired:
s
ignal o
f t he same l evel and p o
larity as tha
t w hich i sf ed into A
-c, 105-
125 V olts (t
ap a d
ju s
tmen t 6 0 Cycle s 2
0 w atts
e
i
ther i npu t channel ( one c hannel o n— the o ther o f
). D
-c, 280 V olts ( t
ype 580-C supp ly) 1
2 0 m a
The componen ts o f the TA -
10A a re assemb led o n ac hass
is o f Tube C omp lemen t:
t
he r ecessed, or " bath t ub" t ype
. A l
l t ubes a nd l arge c om- 3 RCA 6 AG7 1 RCA OD3NR150
p
onen ts are moun ted o n the front of the cha ss
is —w ith c ircui
t 1 RCA 6 SL7GT
w
iring, s mal
l c omponen t t erminal boards, v ideo a nd p ower D
imen sion s 31/
2" h
igh, 1 9" w ide
, 1 0" d eep
c
onnec tions located a t t
he r ear
. T hi
s type o f construct ion p ro
- Weigh t 1
2 lbs. approx .
v
ides n ea
t a ppearance , c onvenient o perat
ion a nd m ax
imum F
inish Dark umbe r g ray
a
ccessibili
ty. T he c hassi
s i s standard 1 9" ra ck w idth a nd i s S
tock I dentification MI-2628 1
d
esigned t o moun t in ei
ther a n e nc
losed c abinet t ype r ack or
as t
andard o pen t ype rack. I n the la
tter c ase, ac over p ane
l
may b e u sed, if desired
.

Two me thods o f gain c on tro


l a re p rovided. T he remo te c on-
t
ro
l feature provides f o
r r emo tely located p o
tentiome te
rs w hich di
v
ary t he grid b ias o n t he i npu
t s tages ( a bias supp ly i s
"
bu
d
es
ilt
-in" t
ired). I
he TA
n th
-
is w
10A f
ay , t
or u
he g a
se w
in m
ith t
ay b
h
i
e v
s e
ar
x
terna
ied fr
l c
ont c
i
rcu
ut
it i
-of t
f
o
4
1
.
0
f
ul
l o utput. Second ly, p otentiometer s o n t he chass
is p rov
ide
f
or adjustmen t of t he f u
ll g ain v a
lue f rom a pproximately . 9
t
o 1.1
. ( This fea
ture i s essential in m a
intaining standard s y
s-
t
em l

T
s
t
he i
eve

npu
l

andard f
s

i
t
.
)

t a
nd o
t
ing
u
tpu
s fo
t c
r RG
onnect
ion
-11U (
s a
MI
r
e de
-83) o
signed t
r RG
o a
ccommoda
-59U ( MI
-75) c
te
o
-
1
1
a
xia
l cab
les. Two connec
tors are p
rovided for each o
f the two
i
nputs t
o al
low for termina
tions or "l
oop-through" ci
rcuit
s.

An adjustment i
s prov
ided f or reduc
ing the low frequency
p
hase dis
tort
ion t
o an egl
igible v
alue. The b
ias supp
ly isalso Sma
ll c
omponents
, v
ideo and power c
onnec
tion
p
rovided with a v
ol
tage a d
justment. a
re at r
ear o
f cha
ssi
s

1
92
P
OWER -t
UPPL
IES

R
egu
lated P
ower S
upp
ly, T
ype 5
80-C
(
Genera
l P
urpose
)

F
eatures

• E
xtreme
ly w
ell
-regu
lated o
utpu
t. Th
is Power Supp
ly isas
sembled o
n ar ece
ssed chass
is of t
he
"
bath
-tub" t
ype. Tube
s and f
i
l
ter c
ondensers p
rojec
t f r
om the
• U
nusua
lly l
ow o
utpu
t r
i
pple
. f
ront o f t
he c has
sis
, w hi
le t ransformers
, res
istors
, a nd w iring
a
re att he rear
. T he cha
ssis iss t
andard rack width and m ay b e
• L
ow i
n
terna
l d
-
c r
e
sis
tance
. moun ted ei
ther i n one of the n ew enc
losed-
type RCA c abinet
r
acks, or o n as tandard " open-face" r
ack. In the la
tter e vent
• C
omponen
ts a
nd c
onnec
tions e
as
ily a
cce
ssib
le. ab lank p anel m ay b e moun ted over the P ower S upply if
d
esired. C ontrols are central
ized o n as ma
ll, plain
ly -marked
• C
ompac
t a
nd n
eat i
n a
rrangemen
t. p
anel a t the b ot
tom o f t he u nit
. In addit
ion t o t he p ower
"
on-of
f" s wi
tch t here is p rovi
sion for swi
tching f rom a l oad
r
ange of 50-80 ma . to 80-400 ma., as we
ll as ap otentiome ter
f
or adjust
ing o u
tpu t vol
tage . A me ter s
elec
tor s witch a nd a
me
ter jack provide f or p
lugg ing in a me
ter to re
ad i nd iv
idua l
t
ube p l
ate c urrents, outpu t current
, and o utpu
t v ol
tage . A
Uses
s
pecia
l m eter ( MI-21200
-C) i savai
lable fo
r this purpo se.
T
he RCA T ype 580
-C R egula
ted Power S
upp
ly fi
ll
s the n
eed
f
or awel
l-regula
ted source of d
-c a
t lo
ads o
f 5
0 to 4
00 mil
li-
a
mpere
s. T he ou
tput isa d
justab
le be
tween 2
60 and 2
95 %ohs, Spec
ificat
ions
w
ith v
ar
iat
ions o
f l
e
ss t
han 0
.
25 v
ol
ts f
r
om m
inimum t
o m
axi
- O
utpu
t Voltage_ _ Adjustable 2 60 t o 295 vo
lts
mum l
oad
. T
hus i
tis s
u
itab
le f
or l
abor
atory
, i
ndu
str
ial
. a
nd O
utpu
t Current 5
0 to 4 00 m a
.
c
ommun
ica
tion
s a
ppl
ica
tion
s i
n w
hich a
n u
nusua
lly w
ell
- e
gu- D
-C Regu
lation L
ess t
han 0 .25 v o
lts, m inimum
l
a
ted s
ource o
f d
-
c i
s r
equ
ired
. A
s a
-
c r
i
pple i
n t
he o
utpu
t to maximum l oad
i
s l
e
ss t
han 0
.
005 p
er c
ent
, t
he o
utpu
t v
ol
tage m
ay h
e u
sed A
-C R
ipple L
ess t h
an 0 .005 p er c
ent
P
ower S
upply 10-120 v o
lts, 50-60 cyc
les
f
or mo
st p
urpo
ses w
ithou
t a
ddi
tiona
l f
i
l
ter
ing
.
P
ower I
nput 3
70 w a
tts ( max imum)
T
he T
ype 5
80-C i
s e
spec
ial
ly s
u
ited f
o
r u
se w
ith RCA T
ube Complemen
t:
t
e
lev
ision e
quipmen
t, w
hich i
t m
atche
s i
n a
ppear
ance a
nd 2 RCA OD3/VR150 I RCA 6
SL7GT
c
ons
truc
tio
n. 2 RCA 5U46 6 RCA 6
Y6G
1 NE 3
2
D
imens
ion
s 1
01/
2" h
igh
, 1
9" w
ide
, 1
2" d
eep
We
igh
t 5
8 lbs
.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-2
1523-
132

Descr
ipt
ion

T
he r
egu
lat
ing c
i
rcu
it emp
loyed i
n t
he 5
80
-C i
s o
f t
he s
e
rie
s Accessory
t
ype
. T
he d
-
c i
n
terna
l r
e
sis
tance i
s l
e
ss t
han 0
.
7 o
hms
. P
late C
urren
t Me
ter M
I- 91
200
-Cl
.

1
93
R
.Oi
tyER S
UPPL
IES

R
egu
lated P
ower S
upp
ly, T
ype WP
-33B
(
Heavy Duty)

F
eatures
• E
xtreme
ly w
ell
-regu
lated o
utpu
t. The WP -
33B i s assembled on ar e
cessed c has
sis o f th
e "bath
t
ub" t ype. T ube s
, f i
l
ter condensers
, a nd t r
ansforme r
s p rojec
t
• U
nusua
lly l
ow o
utpu
t r
i
pple
. f
rom t he fron t o f the chas
sis, while t r
ansformer t erminals
,
r
esis
tors, and w iring are at the re
ar. T he chass
is i s st
andard
• L
ow i
n
terna
l d
-
c r
e
sis
tance
. r
ack w idth and m ay be mounted i n one of the n ew enclo
sed-
i
ype RCA c ab inet racks o
r o n as t
andard " open-face" rack
. In
• C
omponen
ts a
nd c
onnec
tion
s e
as
ily a
cce
ssib
le. i
he lat
ter even t, ab l
ank panel m ay be moun ted over the Power
S
upp ly ifd e
sired .
• K
ine
scope c
enter
ing
-vo
ltage s
upp
ly i
nc
luded
. Controls are centralized o n as ma
ll, plain
ly-marked p anel a t
t
he b ottom o f t he u nit. In addit
ion t o the p ower " on-off
"
• C
ompac
t a
nd n
eat i
n a
rrangemen
t. s
witch, there is ap otentiometer for adjust
ing o utpu
t v ol
tage.
A me ter s e
lec
tor s witch a nd a me ter j a
ck m ake p rovision
• O
utpu
t v o
ltage d
uring s
t
art
ing d
oes n
o e
xceed f
i
nal r
egu
- f
or p lugging in a me ter to read individual tube plate c ur
-
r
ents, o u
tpu t curren t, a nd output voltage
. A s pec
ial m e
ter
l
a
ted va
lue. (MI-21200-C) isa va
ilab le for th
is purpose.

S
pec
ifi
cat
ions
U
ses
O
utpu
t Voltage A d
justable 260 to 2
95 vol
ts
The RCA I AP-33B P ower S upp ly is intended for laboratory, O
utpu
t C urren
t 2
00 to 600 m a
.
i
ndustrial and c ommun ica
tions a pplications requir
ing a w el
l. D
-C Regu
lation Ie
s
s t han 0.
20 v o
lts
, minimum
r
egulated s ource o f d -
c voltage a t loads o f 2
00 to 600 m ill
i- t
o m ax
imum l oad
amperes. T he o u
tpu t i sadjustable b e
tween 2 60 and 2 95 vol
ts,
A
-C Ripp le Iess th
an 0.
005%
a
nd v aries less t h
an 0 .
20 v o
lts fr om m inimum t o m aximum
l
oad. A-C r ipple i n the outpu t is le
ss t han 0.
005 per cent, so Power Supply 105/125 volts
, 50/60 cyc
les
t
hat the o u
tpu t v o
ltage m ay b e used fo r most purposes with- Power Input _ 4
50 watts (maximum)
o
ut add it
ional f i
ltering. Tube Comp lement:
T
he T ype WP-33B is e
spec
ial
ly sui
ted f
o
r u
se w i
th RCA 4 RCA 5 R4GY 3 RCA 6
AS7G
t
e
levis
ion equ
ipment
, w h
ich i t m
atche
s i
n a
ppear
ance a
nd 1 RCA 6 SL7GT 2 RCA O
D3 '
VR150
c
ons
truct
ion
. 1 NE 32
D
imen s
ion s 1
4" h
igh
, 1
9" w
ide
, 9" d eep
Weigh
t 8
2 lbs
.
Descr
ipt
ion S
tock Identif
ica
tion MI-26085-B

The r
egula
ting ci
rcui
t employed i
n the WP
-33B i
sof t
he s
e
ries
t
ype. The d-
c in
ternal r
e
sistance o
f th
is P
ower S
upply i
sl e
ss Accessory
Ann 0.
5 ohm s
. P
late C
urren
t Me
ter M
I-21200
-C1

1
94
P
OWER S
UPPL
IES

R
egu
lated P
ower S
upp
ly, T
ype T
Y-25A

T
he R
egulated Powe Supply
. MI-26086
, as f
urn
ished
f
or ntoun
ti g i
n as t
andard rack

F
eatures Spec
ificat
ions
• E
xtreme
ly w
ell
-regu
lated o
utpu
t. Outpu
t Vo ltage __ _Adjustable 260
-290 v ol
ts
Outpu
t C urrent_ _ _ 2
00-300 ma.
D
-c R egulat
ion _ _0
.5% v ar
ia t
ions, m in. t
o max . load
• Unusua
lly l
ow o
utpu
t r
ipp
le. l
e
ss t
han .
01
A
-c Ripple _ _Le
ss t han 0.01 % (peak-
to -peak)
Power R equiremen
ts_ 1
20 volts
, 60 cy
., 300 w.
• C
an be r
ack
-moun
ted
, a
l
so a
vai
lab
le i
n a
t
trac
tive c
arry t g D
intensions___ . .
10 1/
" high, 19" wide
, 9 " deep
c
ase
. Weigh
t 5
0 lbs
.

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion:
• I
npu
t a
nd o
utpu
t p
lug c
onnec
tion e
as
ily a
cce
ssib
le.
P
ower Supply f
or R ack Mounting MI
-26086
P
ower Supp
ly in Carrying C
a ,e MI
-26096
C
arry
ing Case Only MI
-26527
U
se
T
ube Co mp
le ment
T
he RCA T
ype TY
-25A i
s as
pec
ial l
i
ghtwe
igh
t p
ower s
up h
1 RCA 6
SL7
-GT 2 RCA 6
AS7G
wh
ich p
rov
ides a w e
ll-regula
ted s
ource o
f ti
-c at l
oads f m
2 RCA OD3/VR150 1 NE
-32
2
00 t
o 3
00 mi
lliamperes. The ou
tpu
t isadjus
table be
tween 60
2 RCA 5
R4GY
a
nd 2
90 v
ol
ts, w
ith v
aria
tions o
f l
e
ss t
han 0
.
5% from minim m
t
o max
imum l oad
. Thus , t
he power s
upply i
s s
ui
table or
l
abora
tory
, b
roadcas
t, i
ndus
tria
l a
nd c
ommun
ica
tions a
ppl
l
i
ons i
n w
hich a
n u
nusua
lly w
ell
-regu
lated
, w
ell
-fi
ltered s
ou c
e
o
f d-
c is r
equired
. T he TY
-25A is e
spec
ial
ly s ui
ted f
or s
e
w
ith RCA broadcast equ
ipmen
t. vh
ich it matches i
n a
pp. r
-
a
l
ive a
nd c
ons
truc
tion
.

Descr
ipt
ion

T
he TY
-25A P
ower S
upp
ly i
s a
ssemb
led o
n ar
eces
sed t p
e
c
hass
is, wh
ich i
s s
t
andard r
ack w
idth a
nd c
an b
e moun
ted i
n
RCA cabine
t-type o
r open r
acks
. Transformer
, tubes a
nd ftt
e
r
c
ondensers p
roject f
rom t
he f
ront o
f the c
hass
is, whi
le r
es
is rs
a
nd p
lug c
onnec
tor
s a
re a
t the r
ear
. Con
tro
ls c
onsis
t of a
n a
-
c
l
i
ne vo
ltme
ter
, a power o
n-of
f swi
tch
, meter s
e
lector sw
i e
h,
o
utput v
oltage a
djus
tment a
nd a me
ter jack
. The meter s
e
le t
or
s
witch a
nd meter j
ack p
rov
ide f
or plugg
ing in asepara
te m t
er
t
o r
ead i
ndiv
idua
l t
ube p
la
te c
urren
ts, o
utpu
t c
urren
t n
d
o
utpu
t voltage. .
4 s
pec
ial me
ter (MI
-21200
-C) i
s a
vai
lab
le f
or R
egu la
ted Power Supply moun
ted in a carry
ing ca
se f or
t
h
is purpose. p
ortable u
se (MI
-26096)
. The c
am, i
s a
vai
lable as Mb26
.527.

1
95
P
OWER S
UPPL
IES

C
urrent R
egu
lator
, M
I-26090

F
eatures
• C
oun
ter
acts c
urren
t v
ar
iat
ions i
n c
amera f
o
cus c
o
il c
i
rcu
it. T
he 6
Y6-G c
urren
t r
egu
lator t
ube i
sefec
tive
ly i
n s
e
rie
s w
ith
t
he c
amera f
ocu
s c
o
il a
nd i
t
s 4
00
-vo
lt s
ource o
f d
-
c s
o t
ha
t

• C
urren
t c
an b
e m
anua
lly a
dju
sted o
ver a r
ange f
r
om 6
5 t
he i
n
terna
l r
e
sis
tance o
f t
he 6
Y6-G
, w
hich i
scon
tro
lled b
y t
he
d
-
c a
mpl
ifier
, d
eterm
ine
s t
he m
agn
itude o
f c
urren
t f
l
owing i
n
t
o 8
5 m
ill
iampere
s.
t
he c
o
il c
i
rcu
it. T
he i
npu
t o
f t
he d
-
c a
mpl
ifier i
s c
onnec
ted
a
cro
ss as
mal
l r
e
sis
tor a
l
so c
onnec
ted i
n s
e
rie
s w
ith t
he f
ocu
s
• C
ommon t
ube t
ype
s a
re e
mployed
.
c
o
il. T
hus v
ar
iat
ion
s i
n t
he v
ol
tage d
eve
loped a
cro
ss t
he s
mal
l
r
e
sis
tor (
a
s ar
e
sul
t o
f c
urren
t c
hange
s i
n t
he f
ocu
s c
o
il c
i
r-
• A
ll t
ube
s e
as
ily r
eplaced f
r
om f
r
ont o
f u
nit
.
c
u
it) a
re f
ed t
o t
he d
-
c a
mpl
ifier w
hich i
n t
urn r
a
ise
s o
r
l
ower
s t
he c
onduc
tance o
f t
he 6
Y6-G t
o c
oun
terac
t t
he c
urren
t
• D
esigned f
o
r s
t
andard r
ack
s a
nd c
abine
ts. c
hange t
ak
ing p
lace
. R
egu
lat
ion i
s
, o
f c
our
se, i
n
stan
taneou
s
a
nd t
he r
e
sul
t i
s ac
ons
tan
t f
l
ow o
f c
urren
t t
hrough t
he f
ocus
c
o
il o
f t
he c
amera
. T
he C
urren
t R
egu
lator w
il
l m
ain
tain c
on-
s
t
ant c
urren
t a
t ap
rese
t v
alue o
ver w
ide r
ange
s o
f r
e
sis
tance
c
hange i
n t
he l
oad a
nd o
ver w
ide r
ange
s o
f i
npu
t v
ol
tage
.
U
se
T
he C
urren
t R
egu
lator i
san e
l
ectron
ic d
evice w
hich m
ain
tain
s
c
ons
tan
t c
urren
t i
nthe f
ocu
s c
o
il o
fthe TK
-10A S
tud
io C
amera
. S
pec
ificat
ions
V
aria
tions i
n t
he m
agn
itude o
f c
urren
t f
l
owing t
hrough t
he P
ower R equirements:
A
-c S
ing
le pha
se 17 vo
lts
, 60 c
yc
le s
, 15 wat
ts
c
o
il a
re b
rough
t a
bou
t b
y t
empera
ture c
hange
s, w
hich w
ould
(
for f
i
l. tr
ansformer)
o
rdinar
ily i
mpa
ir t
he f
ocus o
f t
he c
amera
. T
he C
urren
t R
egu
-
D
-c 4
00 vo
lts f
rom T
ype 580
-C P ower Supply
l
a
tor c
oun
terac
ts t
hese v
ar
iat
ions a
nd a
l
so p
rov
ide
s a mean
s C
hassis Dimension
s :
f
o
r a
dju
sting t
he f
ocus c
o
il c
urren
t t
o t
he p
roper v
a
lue
. Depth
Width 1
9"
Heigh
t
Weight 9l
b
s.

T
ube C
omp
lement
:
1—RCA OD3 /VR150 Vol
tage R egu
lator
Descr
ipt
ion 1—RCA 91 V o
ltage Regula
tor
1—RCA 6
SL7-GT D -C Amp l
ifier
A
ll c
omponen
ts o
f t
he C
urren
t R
egu
lator a
re moun
ted o
n a 1—RCA 6Y6
-G C urren
t R egulator
r
ece
ssed c
has
sis d
es
igned f
or r
ack moun
ting
. T
he u
nit e
mploy
s S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion
_ M
l- 6090
a
n RCA 6
SL7
-GT t
win t
r
iode a
s ad
-
c a
mpl
ifier
, a
nd a
n RCA
6
Y6-G c
urren
t r
egu
lator t
ube
. T
he c
a
thode
s o
f t
he d
-
c a
mpl
i- A
ccessor
ies
f
i
er a
re k
ept a
t f
i
xed l
e
vels b
y v
ol
tage r
egu
lator t
ube
s. P
late C
urren
t Me
ter M
I-21200
-C1

1
96
S
TUD
IO L
I
GHT
ING 4

T
V S
tud
io L
ight
ing E
quipment
F
eatures Descr
ipt
ion
• Ef
ic
ien
t, econom
ica
l l
i
ght
ing e
quipmen
t f
or mo
st a
ny t
y A c omp le te l ine o f s t
ud io l i
ghting e quipmen t i nclud ing h i-
o
f TV st
udio i
nten sity c on trol lab le f l
uore scen ts, in cande scen t u nits , F airlead
c
on tro l g uide s, s po tligh t h anger s, c ontro l b oard a nd s w
itch ing
• C
omplete li
ne of e qu
ipment a va
ilab
le — i
ncande
scen
t p
ane ls a re a va ilab le t o t he t e
leca ster. A ll e qu ipmen t i ss tudio
f
l
uore
scent
s and h
i-
intens
ity s
pots
. t
ested a nd m ay b e s upp lied a s ap ackaged s ystem t o m atch
• F
ully con
tro
llable—max
imum o
f r
o
tat
ion a
nd t
i
l
t o
f s t
he l i
gh t
ing r esponse c urve s o f modern s tud io c amera s. Ligh t-
f
l
exib
ili
ty of use
. i
ng e qu ipmen t s ystems f o r h andling a ny s tudio s etup c an b e
f
urn ished s
ee s ke tche s f or s mall a nd a verage s tud io). H i.
1
, No
iseles
s c on
tro
l t h
rough c
hrome f
a
irleads p
rov
ided i
nten sity f luore scen ts e asily p rovide 2 00 f oot c and les o f u ni-
c
entral con
tro
l board. f
orm ly d istribu ted l i
ght. A ll l i
gh ts are r otatab le, m ay b e ti
lted ,
• A
ll t
ypes m
ay b
e c
e
iling moun
ted i
n a
n i
nver
ted p
yra a
nd a re d esigned f or i nver ted p yram id moun t
ing o n s tudio
p
at
tern
. c
eiling s. S tud io l igh ts a re c onven ien tly c ontro lled m echan ica l
ly
f
rom a c entra l c on trol b oard .
• H
igh
-vo
ltage w
iring i
s e
l
imina
ted
.
Max imum f lexib ility i sp rov ided , s i
nce e ach l ight m ay b e p osi-
t
ioned f or b as ic w ork, mode l
ing , or b ack l igh t
ing . E ach l i
ght
n
iay b e d irec ted t o more t han o ne a cting a rea. D imm ing b y
U
ses t
i
lting , r otating , o r c u
tting o ff h a
lf b ank s can b e accomp lished
RCA's t
e
levis
ion s tudio li
ghting equipmen t enables c
ontrol
lab IC w
ithou t d isturb ing t he l ight d i
stribu tion . A ll e qu ipmen t i s
l
i
ghting o
f TV s t
ud ios
. In use, al
l units may b e remotely a moun ted " of f
-the -floor ," t hu s l eaving v a
luab le s tud io s pace
n
oise
les
sly controlled from a c en
tral contro
l b oard. L
iglit
s a f
ree f rom c onge st
ion . RCA w ill g l
ad ly a ssist i n t he p lann ing
u
sual
ly cei
ling moun ted i n an inverted pyram id (see s ke
t o
f s tudio l igh ting a r rangemen ts t o mee t p articu lar s t
ation
b
elow) for mo s
t e f
ic
ient tr
-e o f equ
ipmen t. r
equ iremen ts.

T
ypica
l T
V S
tud
io-Proved F
loor P
lans a
nd C
eil
ing A
rrange ment f
or
R
CA L
ight
ing S
yste ms

C
ro s
s-section
v
iew o f aT i
s
tudio, show -
i
ng RCA 's
i
nverted p yr For a small
0
0
mid-
type o f i
nterim-
type
l
i
gh t
ing . Th i s
tudio, 2
1 f eet 2
1
'
s
ystem d e
l iv b
y 3 5 f
eet
. T hi
s
u
nobs tructed p
lan more t han
l
ight to eve meets the n dn- •
p
oint i n t he imunt li
ghting
s
tudio. r
equiremen ts o f
2
00 foot c
and le s 3
5,
a
nd a c ontrast
NO REQD
. S
YMBOL
r
ange o f 2-to-1.
I H
I-INTENS
ITY F
LUORESCENT BANK
4 I
NCANDESCENT F
LOOD-L
ITES 0
2 CONTROLLABLE S
POT-L
ITES •

Top v
iew of TL-
1A
L
amp B ank s how-
i
ng how u n
it may
b
e r
otated and
t
i
l
ted.


• oo 0 0o 0
For t
he average-
s
ize st
udio, 4 0 • o o O 0 •
f
eet by 60 f e
et.
Thi
s plan more 40
' o 0 0 •
t
han mee ts t he
minimum l i
ght- • O 0 •
i
ng require-
0
m
f
en
oo
ts o
t c
f 2
andle
00
s
• 0 0 •
a
nd a c ontras
t
r
ange o f 2-
to-1. 60
'

NO R
EOD S
YMBOL
I H
I
-INTENS
ITY F
LUORESCENT BANKS

I
S I
NCANDESCENT F
LOOD-L
ITES
1
0 CONTROLLABLE S
POT-L
ITES

1
97
S
TUD
IO L
IGHT
ING

T
V S
tud
io L
ight
ing E
quip ment (
Cont
inued
)
H
I-
INTENS
ITY F
LUORESCENT B
ANK
, T
YPE T
L-1 A
T
he f
l
uorescen
t b
ank i
s d
esigned f
or g
enera
l s
t
udio i
lum
ina
-
t
i
on w here Image Orth
icon c
ameras are emp
loyed
. It is f
u
lly
c
ontro
llable in ro
tat
ion and ti
l
t ( ro
tates 360 d
egree
s; t i
lts
wa
li
r
1
70 d
egree
s). B
uil
t-in r
ubber
-cush
ioned b
al
las
t u
nits
, h
eavy
d
uty j
uniper c
ord c
onnec
tions
, a
nd i
ns
tan
t s
t
art
, h
i
-vo
ltage
s
t
rik
ing circu
it. D
esigned f
or u
se w
ith 35004500 Kelv
in sl
im-
l
i
ne tube
s f or p
roducing p
roper c
olor tempera
ture ilum
ina-
t
i
on. On
ly 600 wa
tts connected lo
ad . 2
000
-3000 h
our li
fe. I
ndi
-
v
idua
l parabo
lic a
lzac ref
lector
s f or e
ach tube p
re-
focused at
2
0 f
ee
t.

S
pec
ificat
ions
T
ota
l \:
map
. 6
00 w
atts
L
amps 6
. 3
500° K s
l
im-
line 5 f
t
. t
ubes
S
uspens
ion S
tandard f
u
ll c
ontro
l u
nit
S
upp
ly Vo
ltage 6
0 c
ycle
s, 15 v
ol
t, a
-
c
I
l
igh
-Intens
ity F
luorescen
t
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-26615
Bank, Type T
I,
-1,
1

I
NCANDESCENT L
A MP BANK
, T
YPE T
L-5A
T
he 1
2
-lamp s
t
andard l
i
ght s
ource f
or n
orma
l s
t
udio o
pera
-
t
i
on. I
deal fo
r slow f
ades a
nd prov
ides equal l
igh
t di
stribu
tion
o
n "douses
." Circu
its t
ermina
te in arecessed male tw
ist l
ock
r
ecep
tac
le with connect
ing ju mpers furn
ished. H
eavy du
ty
a
sbes
tos c
overed i
nter
ior si
ring i s u
sed. Maximum lo
ad per
c
i
rcuit i
s 3k w; per u
nit i
s 6kw. Recommended lamp
ing is
3 kw overa
ll and 1% kw p er c
ircu
it. U
til
ize
s heavy du
ty
b
al
l-bear
ing mounted c on
tro
l sp
ind le
, qu
ick re
lease head c
lamp
,
f
i
xture c
lamp and 3/1 i
nch p
ipe ex
tension. S
ing
le cas
t a lum
inum
g
r
ille c
ons
truc
tion
. Ro
tates 3
60 d
egrees
. T
il
ts 1
70 d
egree
s.
No
ise
less c
ontro
l.

S
pec
ificat
ions
F
inish D
ark umber g
ray w
rink
le a
nd c
hrome
We
igh
t, C
ontro
l Sp
ind
le 7l
bs
.
We
igh
t, I
to l
amped F
ixture 9
8 l
bs
.
T
ota
l We
igh
t 3
5 l
bs
. I
ncandescent L
amp
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-26618 Bank
, T ype TL
-3.I

S
POTL
IGHT HANGERS
, T
YPES T
L
-10A & T
L
-11 A
(
2 KW MI
-26621, a
nd 3.
/
4 KW MI
-26620
)
C
onven
ien
t s
pot
ligh
t h
anger
s a
re a
vai
lab
le f
or u
se w
ith Mo
le-
R
ichardson o
r Oleson 2-K W S
olar Spo
t, o
r 7
50 wat
t Baby Spo
t.
Ro
tat
ion of 360 d egree
s and a ti
l
t of 170 d
egrees abou
t the
p
oin
t o
f s
uppor
t i
s p
rov
ided
.

S
pec
ificat
ions
Spot
light
F
inish D
ark umber g
ray w
rink
le a
nd c
hrome
hanger.
MI-2(620 We
igh
t I
Spind
le a
nd Adap
tor
) 1
0 3/
s l
bs
.
We
igh
t. 2
-K W S
pot 1 l
bs
.
We
igh
t. 3/
4-KW Spo
t 1
7Vi l
bs
.
T
ota
l We
igh
t, 2
-K W ‘
,
..en
ibly ._51 34 l
bs
.
T
ota
l We
igh
t, '1-
1
‘W ._28 1/
4

S
tock I den
tifica
tion:
3 I-
KW H anger _ MI
-26620
2
-K W H anger . __M1
-26621

1
98
S
TUD
IO L
I
GHT
ING

F
AIRLEADS
, T
YPE T
L
-32A
T
he F
air
lead p
rov
ide
s ap
rac
tica
l %
say o
f g
uid
ing mechan
ica
l
c
ontro
l l
i
nes t
o t
he c
ontro
l b
oard w
ithou
t n
oise
. I
t i
s f
u
lly
ROTATABLE L
A MP MOUNT
, T
YPE T
L
-15A a
djus
tab
le a
nd w
il
l r
o
tate 3
60 d
egree
s o
r t
i
lt 1
70 d
egrees a
bou
t
T
he r
o
tatab
le l
amp moun
t i
s f
urn
ished i
tI
ior wi
t
hol
i
t e
x e
ll-
t
he p
oin
t o
f s
uppor
t. I
t i
s e
quipped w
ith a q
uick
-re
lease g
r
id-
s
i
on b
ars f
or moun
ting i
ndiv
idua
l o
r mu
ltip
le f
l
ood l
amps a-
i
r
on c
l
amp
. N
ine c
hrome b
ush
ings r
educe c
ontro
l l
i
ne f
r
ict
ion
.
d
esired
. C
ontro
l s
p
ind
le c
an r
o
tate 3
60 d
egree
s —
t
ilt 70 d
1 e•
g
rees a
bou
t t
he p
oin
t o
f s
uppor
t.

S
pec
ifi
cat
ions
S
pec
ifi
cat
ions
F
i
nish D
ark umber g
ray %t
i
nkle a
nd c
hrome
F
inish D
ark umber g
ray w
rink
le a
nti c
hr me
We
igh
t 3
5 l
b
s. a
pp OX.
\•J
uin 4
1/4 l
bs
.

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion (
s
coop
s n
ot i
nc
luded) Ml
-2i622 mock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-26632

H
IGH
-INTENS
ITY DOLLY L
IGHT
, T
L
-26A
T
he 1.1.
-
26A Dol
ly L igh
t is d
esigned to pro
sid,
- m ane v
er-
a
bi
lity i
n s
tud
io li
ght
ing at f
l
oor leve
ls. I
t is i
deal f
or Ion
t
l
i
ght r
e
inforcemen
t a
nd l
ow-ang
le s
i
de i
lum
ina
tion i
n d
i c
ul
t
p
rogram s
i
tua
tions
. I
t may a
l
so b
e u
sed a
s a mob
ile f
l
oor n
i
t
w
here re
stric
ted h e
igh
ts make the usual ce
iling in
sta
lla i
ons
d
ifi
cul
t. The TL-26A u
ses s
i
x fi
ve-
foo
t S l
imline lamps mou f
led
i
n Alzak ref
lec
tors. E n
tire ref
lec
tor isr i
gidly s
upported by c
ast
a
luminum c onstruc
tion p lus steel backing c hannels
. o
ily
whee
ls incorporate individual f
oo t
-operated wheel lo
cks. 1i
ght
b
anks may b
e r
o
tated f
ron
t h
orizon
tal t
o v
ert
ica
l a
nd f
l
ed
t
hrough 9
0 d
egrees
. B
uil
t-in r
ubber c
ush
ioned b
all
Li
. i
s
moun
ted o
ver c
enter s
uppor
t s
p
ind
le. T
he TL
-26A ma b
e
e
z
t-
il:
% mod
ified f
or c
e
iling moun
ting
. %
v
iten d
esired
.

S
pec
ifi
cat
ions
'
r
o
ta! \ altag
t• 6
00 v
a
tts

I
t
. 3
500 K s
l
iml
ine 5
-
foo
t u
hes

Do
lly S
imi
lar t ype T -
o T 2
5A

P
ower 6
0 c
yc ,a
-
c

F
inish _ _
Umber g
ray

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion - 6
MI 617

1
99
S
TUD
IO L
IGHT
ING

T
V S
tud
io L
ight
ing E
quip ment (
c
ont
inued
)

MERCURY SW
ITCH PANEL
, T
YPE T
L-30A
T
he mercury s
witch p
ane
l i
sde
signed t
o p
rov
ide i
n
stan
taneou
s

a
nd n
oise
les
s s
wi
tch
ing o
f s
t
udio l
i
ght
ing e
quipmen
t. I
thand
les
u
p t
o 2
0 s
epara
te c
i
rcu
its i
n t
he s
pace n
orma
lly o
ccup
ied b
y

o
ne o
rdinary c
i
rcu
it b
reaker
. T
he p
ane
ls a
re b
racke
t moun
ted
a
nd m
ay b
e c
onnec
ted i
n s
e
rie
s f
o
r mu
ltip
le a
s
semb
lie
s. P
ane
l-

b
oard c
an b
e u
sed t
o d
oub
le a
s aw
ire t
r
unk
.

S
pec
if
ica
tions
S
i
ze 3" x 1
4" x 5%"

C
ons
truc
tion A
lum
inum w
ith d
ark umber g
ray w
rink
le
Mercury S
witch P
ane
l, MI
-26624
We
igh
t 9
2 l
b
s.

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion M
I-26624

L
IGHT CONTROL PANEL
, T
YPE T
L
-31 A
T
he l
i
ght c
ontro
l p
ane
l i
s ac
omp
lete
ly a
s
semb
led u
nit w
hich
c
ons
ists o
f t
en h
eadb
locks a
nd t
en r
ope l
ock
s f
or c
ontro
lling

t
en l
i
ght b
ank
s. T
he h
eadb
lock w
hich i
sequ
ipped w
ith t
hree
c
hromed g
romme
ts a
nd a n
oise
les
s s
p
lit r
o
ller —and t
he r
ope

l
o
ck a
s
semb
ly w
hich p
rov
ide
s a
n a
utoma
tic l
ock f
or a
ny d
egree
L
igh t
Control o
f t
i
l
t a
r
e a
vai
lab
le a
s s
i
ngle u
ni
ts.
Panel
,
MI-26627

S
pec
ificat
ions

F
inish _ Dark umber g
ray w
rink
le a
nd c
hrome

We
igh
t 1
4% l
b
s.

S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion:
Ready
-to
-Operate Pane
l _
MI-26627

2
00
T
V A
CCESSOR
IES

C
onso
le Hous
ings a
nd Wing S
ect
ions

F
eatures
• C
onvenien
t mount
ing f
o
r r
emo
te c
ontro
l p
ane
l e
quipm i
i

o
r mas
ter mon
itor
.

• S
turdy s
t
eel f
r
ame c
ons
truc
tion
.

• Two
-tone umber g
ray t
oma
tch c
ompan
ion s
t
udio e
quipmen
t.

• R
emovab
le c
over p
l
ate
s a
l
low a
cce
ss t
o c
omponen
ts.

• A
llow
s "
block
-bu
ild
ing" t
o s
u
it i
nd
ividua
l n
eeds
.

U
se
RCA s
t
andard "
add
-a-un
it" C
onso
le Hou
sing a
nd E
nd S
ect
ion
s
a
re a
vai
lab
le f
or mounting Ma
s ter Mon
itors
, o
r t
he Telev
ision
s
er
ies o
f Remo
te Control P
anels. The b
ottom p
ort
ions of con
-
s
o
le h ous
ings may b
e u sed f
or hous
ing Stud
io C amera C on
-
t
r
ols
, Film Camera C
ontrols a
nd the TS
-10A Swi
tching Con
trol
C
hass
is. Thu
s, t
he c
onsole hou
sing may be u
sed fo
r TV s t
udio
a
ppl
ications a
nd expanded as addi
tional fac
ili
tie
s are required
.
T
he tr
im " end" or "w
ing" se
ctions are used to f
orm a n at
trac
-
t
he st
ud io c
onso
le uni
t ish
ich gives afi
nished appearance.

Des
crip
tion
T
he S
tandard C onso
le Hous
ing Sec
tion c on
sis
ts of a s
t
eel
f
r
amework st
ruc
ture w h
ich f
orms ac onven
ient mount
ing f
or
S
tudio e quipmen t
. I tisfin
ished i n ad ark umber g ray t o match
o
ther un i
ts. The o perat
ing d esk p ort
ion i sa t a2 8 i nch heigh t
B
etween t
he con
sole de
sk por
tion a
nd t h
e Mas
ter Moni
tor i
s
a
nd i s covered i n ad urable, b urn-proof, b l
ack l inoleum s ur-
asl
oping a
rea which i
s u
sed for o
pera
ting c
ontro
ls s
uch a
s:
f
ace. T he desk t urre
t t op section h as h oles p rovided a t t he
F
i
lm C ame
ra C on
tro
ls, S
tud
io C
amera C
ontro
ls o
r S
tud
io
r
ear f o
r t he adjustmen t o f c i
rcuits w i
thou t t he r emova: o f
S
witch
ing Cha
ssi
s.
c
ha s
sis u n
its
. R emovab le f r
ont c over p la
te s allow e asy acce ss
t
o console mon i
tor u nits and blower a ssemb ly w h
ich i slocated The tr
im " end" or "w
ing" sect
ions are ava
ilable fo
r c omp le
ting
b
elow d esk surfaces. (When a Mas ter Mon itor i s used, t he t
he conso le desk s
etup. They are fi
nished in match ing umber
s
uitable blower, M I-26579-A s hould a lso b e e mployed .
) g
ray w i
th b lock li
noleum t ops and give an at
tractive a ppear
-
a
nce to th e i
ns
tal
lat
ion. End sect
ions are equipped w ith she
lves
which m ay be used fo
r st
orage o f f
i
les, s
ta
tion logs, etc
.

S
pec
ificat
ions
S
tock Iden
tif
ica
tion:
Con
sole Housing M
I-26266
-B
D
imen sions (
Con
sole H
ous
ing :
He
igh t 4
1"
W
id th 1
31/4"

D
epth 3
6"
We
igh
t 5
0 l
b
s.
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion
:
C
onso
le E
nd S
ect
ion (
l
eft w
ing) M
I-26265
-1
C
onso
le E
nd S
ect
ion (
r
ight wing
) M
I-26265
-2
D
imens
ion
s (
End S
ect
ion
):
H
eigh
t 2
81/4"

W
idth 9
"
C
onsole Hou
sing Uni
ts and Wing
S
ect
ions a
re ea
sy t
o "Block B
uild" D
epth 3
6"
We
igh
t 4
3 l
b
s.

2
01
THE NU MBER OF UNITS DEPE N DS UP O N THE S
IZE OF YO UR S
T ATI O N

CA ME2 A M O NIT OR S
ECTI O N PR O GR A M M O NIT OR S
E CTI O N P
RE VIE W M O N TOR S
iCT1 O N
,0•E FOR E ACH STUDIO
AND FIL M CA MERA

-
-

HOUS
IN G END SECT
I ON CA MERA CONTR OL UN T CA MERA SWITCHING UNI" ON-T
I-E•AIR HOUS NC END S
ECT
I OP
(
LEFT E
ND CA MERA SWITCH R
I3 1 E
lD)
f
o
rsm
oot
hvi
d
eop
r
og
ramm
ing
I
n
c
lud
es e
v
ery p
r
ac
ti
cal f
a
c
il
ity a
n
d r
e
f
inem
ent
f
o
r m
on
it
ori
ng, d
i
s
sol
vie
g, f
a
d
ing
, a
n
d s
w
it
chi
ng.

s
t
ation e
xpands..withou
t d
i
scard o
f a
ny
H
E
RE t
hat p
'S THE CO NS OLE u
ts a
l
l el-
i
r
onic a
spec
tso
fte
levis
ion p
rogr m
- o
r
iginal e
quipment
.
m
ing "
under c
ont
rol
." I
t i
s a
l
ready i
n T
o c
o-ord
inate a
ll p
rogramming d
irec-
p
roduc
tion a
t RCA
. t
i
ons, p
rovi
sion ha
s been made f
or te
le-
I
tcontains e
very
thing n om n
eeded t i
- p
hone commun
icat
ion between key s
t
udio
t
or
, control
, and s w
itch the o
utputs o
f p
ersonne
l a
nd c
onsole o
perato
rs.
s
evera
l stud
io cameras, f
i
lm camera
s, nd This conso le
, we b el
ieve , is ar eal
n
etwo rk lines. Ten-
inch Kinescopes r0-
c
ontr
ibution t o convenient video con t
rol
v
ide for direct pic
ture mon i
toring; v
e- .. a no
ther s tep b y RCA t o as sure
i
nch o sc
illo scopes for checking v i eo s
moother st
ud io programm ing . . more in
-
s
igna
l c omponen ts
. It
's easy to inc
r a
se t
e
rest
ing, mo re dramatic t
elecast
ing. We 'l
l
p
ictu
re b r
illiance, adju
st c ontra
st n
d b
eglad t
o make s
pec
ificre
commenda
tion
s
f
ocu
s, a
nd p
rov
ide p
roper s
had
ing
. f
o
r your s
tat
ion
. Wr ite Dep
t.
C
omp
lete s
wit
ching f
a
cil
itie
s c
ent
r.l
i
ze
t
he se
lect
ion o f a
ll video program it
e-
r
ia
l ...p erm it push-button c ontro of
c
loseups
, l ong shots
, f i
lm c ommerc al
s,
s
ta
tion breaks, f
adeou t
s, d
issolves
, w es,
Normally
, two operators h
andle a
s
pecial ef
ects, a
nd n etwork p rogra s
. 5
-moni
tor conso
le... one se
lec
ts the
"
on-the-air" signal a
t the r
equest of
E
ngineered w
ith a
n e
ye t
o t t r
he f
i
s e
: t
he program d irec
tor; the o
ther has
t
echn
ical c on
trol of the i
ndividua
l
The number of units i
nt he v
ideo co s
ole c
amera
s.

d
epends u pon the s i
ze o f your st i
on.
RCA's "add-a
-uni t" design gives yua
c
ompac t
, unif
ied c onso
le, wha tever our
r
equirements ...p ermits ea
sy a nd e
co-
nomica
l addit
ion o f e
xtra units as our

2
03
VA
CCESSOR
IES

T
elev
ision C
a mera L
enses

2
5" L
ENS
, m
1-26550
-8

0
0
1
5" L
ENS
, m
I-26550
-6

01 : 11 1 1 1
40

1
7" L
ENS
, !
I-26550
-7 : 2

ADAPTER 0 0 0

OP
1
3" L
ENS
, m
1-26550
-10

I
8
.5' L
ENS
, M
I-26550
-4

fi a 1
35 mm L
ENS 9
0 mm L
ENS
5
a
0 mm L
ENS
10
(1
3
5 mm L
ENS
M
I-26550
-1
m
I-26550
-3 M
I-26550
-2
m
1.26550
-9

F
eatures
• V
aried lens speed
s a nd f
oca
l le
ngth
s p
rov
ide necessary t
he len
s, t
o aball pl
ayer l
o
cated over f
our h
undred fe
et away
.
f
l
exibi
lity f
or TV programm
ing. L
arger ob
jects s
uch as a
n a
irplane may be c
l
ear
ly se
en severa
l
• P
rec
ision de
sign and l
igh
tweight c
ons
truc
tion p
erm
it s
n
too
th t
housand feet d
istan
t.
c
onvenien
t turre
t manipula
tion
.
The in
creasing use o
f theatre stages wi
th camera l o
cations 20
• S
pec
ial long l
enses i
dea
l f
o
r s
por
ts p
ickup
s w
i
th d
rama
tic
t
o 50 f e
et f r
om f oo
tlights is bringing the so-ca
lled " f
ie
ld"
c
l
oseups
.
enses i
l ndoors. The improved sensit
ivity o
f re
cen t image or
th i
-
• B
ayone
t-type mount
ings p
erm i
t q u
ick and easy i
nterchange c
ons has m ade i
tp os
sible to st
op d own f i
e
ld lenses to HI and
o
f l
ong lenses w
ithou
t unscrewing mount
ing r i
ng s
.
f
ll wi
thou t re
sor
ting to addit
iona l ilumina
tion.
• Ek
tar s
e
ries o
f l
ense
s ( made e
xclusive
ly for TV) p rov
ide
h
igh op
tica
l qua
lity
, p recis
ion interchangeab
ility, barre
l
p
rese
t f
ocus
ing a
nd e ngraved dep
th o f fi
e
ld s cales
.
D
esc
rip
tion
U
ses The RCA t e
levision camera l e
nses range in focal lengths from
RCA l enses a re especially designed f or t e
lev ision camera u se 11/
2 i
nche s t
o 2 5 inches ( 35mm t o 6
10mm). S ome o f the shor
t
(
all l enses moun t di
rectly in t he f
our-po sition t urrets of RCA f
ocal l e
ngth Kodak l enses a re now c a
lled " Ektanon" r a
ther
TK-10A a nd TK -30A s t
ud io and fi
eld ca meras). A w ide c ho
ice t
han " Ektar
." O ptical
ly, the lenses a
re identica
l a nd both t
ypes
o
f l ens s izes, speeds a nd focal length s p erm i
ts v er
satil
ity in a
re m ade exclu s
ively for TV u se
. For p urposes o f de
script
ion,
t
e
lev ision s tudio scenes, spor
ting e vents, drama tic closeups and t
he group o f lenses wil
l b e divided into two c la
s se
s —(1) S pe
-
f
as
t a ction s cenes ...a nd m ake s possible t he d etai
led p ickup c
ial L ong L enses for T elevis
ion Field Use a nd ( 2) S t
andard
o
f o bjects vary ing in size, f
r
om a c o
in l ess than 3 i nches fr
om L
en se
s f or Television Stud io and Field U se
.

2
04
T
V A
CCESSOR
IES,
.

S
PEC
IAL LONG L
ENSES (
FIELD U
SE)
T
he group of s
pecia
l long le
nse
s ( f
requent
ly ca
lled t
elepho )
i
nc
ludes the 25-
inch, 17
-inch
, 15-
inch a nd 1
3-
inch le ns et s
.
A
ll i
ncorporate simpl
ici
ty of des
ign, li
ghtwe
ight construc
t" n
a
nd a
re idea
lly s
ui
ted f
or t
elev
ision f
i
eld u
ses
, s
por
ts pick p
,
e
t
c. (
foca
l leng
ths fr
om 13 t
o 25 in
che
s enab
le i
n
teres
t-
i
ng closeups
, part
icu
larly w hen act
ion is over 5
0 f e
et
away
). T he d
es
ign requirement of l
igh
twe
igh t c
onstru
t-
t
i
on i s me
t by use o
f at h
in, li
ghtwe
ight b
arrel wh
ich i s
s
pec
ial
ly t
hreaded t
o m
inim
ize i
n
terna
l r
ef
lec
tion
s. 1
r
-
s
t
ead o f t
he usua l g
lass a
ssembly, b
rass s
he
ll and ad
just
-
a
ble i
ris
, the l ong le
nses employ a high q
uali
ty double
t
(
or achroma t l ens
) c onsis
ting of t wo k
inds of glas
s
c
emented t ogether and moun ted between two th
readed
a
luminum r i
ng s
. T he achromat, a
s the n
ame i mp
lies
, is Closeup of s
pecial 1
3" le
ns.
i
l
l,26550-10
. su
itable fo
r either
c
orrec
ted fo
r color d is
tortion (correct
ion i s excel
len t f
i
eld or s
tudio u
se.
b
elow f-
11 and accep
table a t f
u
ll aperture
). V ery light-
we
ight, r
emovable "Wa terhouse" fixed stop
s ( f
-8, f -
ll,
f
-
16 a nd f
-
22) are p rovided. The m ax
imum a perture i s
p
roxima tely 15
.0. Abil
ity of the image o r
thicon to accept wd e
r
e
solu
tion o
f t
h
is l
en
s i
s b
e
tty
). t
han 5 l
i
nes p
er m
il
lime
ter
f
l
uctuation s in l
igh
t l e
vel m ade th
e u se of fi
xed stops (i
nsi ad
o
ver the ent
ire s
canned area. The 8%-
inch l
ens is s
imilar i
n
o
f b ui
lt-in irs) p ossible a nd faci
lita
ted d e s
ign o f a 1 . h
t
-
d
esign to the 1
3-
inch le
ns d e
scr
ibed above wi
th li
ghtwe igh
t
wei
ght b arre
l. All le
nses incorporate a quick
- change, p
reciQ on
.
b
arrel
, bui
lt-
in i
ris
, and t
u rre
t mount
ing bayonet a
dapter.
machined b ayonet moun t which perm i
ts rapid i n
terchang o r
r
emova
l o
f l
ong l
ense
s f
r
om c
amera t
urre
t a
s d
es
ired
. T
he s mal
ler, st
andard si
zes (
135mm , 90mm
, 5 0mm a nd 3
5mm
f
oca
l lengths) employ Ek
tar l
enses wh
ich ofer fe
atures o
f high
q
uali
ty, speed, smal
l s
ize and li
ghtwe
ight cons
truction. F
ocus-
S
TANDARD L
ENSES (
STUD
IO AND F
IELD U
SE)
i
ng barrel adjustments
, su
ited to RCA camera turre
t d e
signs,
This g roup o f l e
n ses includes t he 1 3-inch, 8% -inch, 1 35 m, p
ermit the pre-
sett
ing of agiven l
ens f
or cl
oseups w h
ile other
9
0mm , 50mm a nd 3 5mm s izes. The 1 3
-inch s tudio lens
, ath g
l h l
ense
s r emain a t inf
ini
ty focus
. T h
is avo
ids time-consum ing
s
im i
lar t o other long l e
nse s in barrel d esign, isq u
ite diffe e
nt r
e
-adjustment o f the f
ocus knob f
or ex
treme closeups.
i
n o pt
ical d es
ign . Itis ah igh-quality f3.5 C ook type anasti a
t
l
ens moun ted i n af i
xed f ocus
, l i
ghtwe igh t barrel (in
tercha ge- A
ll Ektar a nd Ek
tanon lenses have f o
cusing barre
ls except the
a
ble w ith o ther l ong l en
s a dapter s
). T he 1 3-
inch l ens sa 3
5mm l e
n s
. F or
tunate
ly, very s hort focal leng
th lenses have
b
uilt-
in i r
i s
, a djustable from f 3.5 t o f 42
. Wh i
le p r
imar il i
n
- g
reat depth o f f
i
eld and require l i
t
tle a d
justment fo
r c l
oseup
t
ended f or studio u se
, i tm ay a l
so b e u sed f or fi
eld pi c P S
. s
cenes
. Len ses a
re t
hreaded to receive standard fi
l
ter
s a nd sun-
S
ince i ti sf a
ster than a 1 3-
inch a chroma t lens, itisu sefu for s
hades available bu
t n o
t s upplied.
n
igh t pickup o f p oorly lighted i ndoor o r o utdoor events. The A
ll t he s maller l enses e mploy a n a djustable b u
ilt-
in i r
is and
d
oub le-threaded moun t
ing s of st
ainless steel f o
r l ong w ear and
s
a
fety. L enses a re s pecial
ly t rea
ted b y ac oating p rocess w h
ich
i
ncrease s e f
i ciency o f light t r
ansm ission, t hus i mprov ing t he
c
l
arity , b r
illiance a nd b lack a nd w hite c ontrast o f p ic
ture s
o
btained . L en s elemen ts are a ccurately a ssemb led a nd p o
s i
-
t
i
oned i n moun ts
. I n
side t he moun ts are l i
ght b af
fles w h
ich
g
ive a dded c ontrast b y r educing f l
are. A l
l l e
ns b arrels c arry
d
iaphragm s c a
le s a nd d epth o f fi
eld s cales
. T he e n
tire g roup
o
f lense s i s m ade a vai
lable t o mee t n orma l
, w ide a ngle, t e
le-
p
hoto a nd u ltra s peed r equ irements f or television u se
.

S
pec
ificat
ions
T
ota
l hor izon
tal
F
ield Stock
D
escr
iption Number Ang le No
.
S
tudio Camera Lens, 3
5mm f
3
.3 5
1.5° M
I-26550-9
S
tudio Camera Lens, 5
0mm f
1
.9 3
4° M
I-26550-1
S
tudio Camera Lens, 9
0mm f
3
.5 1
9° M
I-26550-2
S
tudio Camera L en
s, 13
5mm f3
.8 1
3° M1
-26550-3
S
tudio a
nd Field Camera
L
ens
, 8%" 1
39 8° M
I
-26
5504
S
tudio a
nd Field Camera
L
ens
, 13" 1
3
.5 5° M
I-26550
-10
F
ield Camera Len s
, 13" f
5
.0 5
' M
I-26550
-5
F
ield Camera Lens, 15" f
5
.0 4
.
5 ' MI
-26550
-6
C
utaway v
i
ew of sma
ller o
r "studio" t
ype le
ns s
hot n
g F
ield Camera Len s
, 17" 1
5
.0 4° MI
-26550
-7
f
ea
ture
s o f mechanical d
esign
. F
ield Camera L ens
, 25" f
5
.0 2
.
75° M
I-26550
-8

2
05
T
V
( A
CCESSOR
IES

T
elev
ision Zoomar L
ens
F
eatures
• "Zoom" fe
ature perm
its qu
ick sh
ift
ing t
r
out l
ong
s
hots or w
ide views t
o cl
oseup
s- idea
l f
or s
por
ts
p
ickup.

• C
ont
inuous v
aria
tion p
rov
ided f
or f
oca
l l
eng
th
f
rom 3 t
o 2
2 inches
.

• A precis
ion l
ens c ons
isting of spec
ial
ly-coated
mu
lti
-elemen
ts r
educes loss of i
nc
ident li
ght.

• Lever a
rrangemen
t p rov
ides w ide
-ang
le, i
n
ter
-
media
te a
nd "te
lepho
to" p o
sit
ions
.

Uses
The T e
levision Z oomar l ens isdesigned f
or u se with the RCA
i
mage o r
thicon t ube f o
r TV p ickup s o
f spor t
ing e vents and
o
ther o utdoor f unctions s uch as large poli
tica l meetings or The max imum ' F' speed o f t he T elev ision Z oomar when u sed
g
atherings. Two " Zoom" r anges provide v
ariable focal leng
ths: up to 12 i nches f ocal l ength i s f/5.6. Above 1 2 i nches f oca l
(
a) The f i
rst range f or closer viewing; lb) T he second for l
ength, f u
ll a perture s hou ld n o
t b e u sed. T he h ighes t recom -
d
istan
t v iewing. mended ' F' speed when u s
ing t he Z oomar a t over 1 2 inche s
With p roper l ight
ing . the " Zoomar" may b e used as av ari
- f
ocal length i s f/8. B oth v ariable f oca l l eng
th r anges can b e
s
topped-down t o f /22 i f d esired. D efinition w hen u s
ing t he
f
ocal l ens or a s a s i
ngle p urpo se l ens set at a focal length
Te
levision Z oomar i s d ependen t u pon ' F' s ett
ing . When
d
esired f or p roper c ompo -i
tion . T he Z oomar l ens is n o
t d e
-
s
topped d own t o f /16, max imum d efin ition i so btained o n t he
s
igned t o yield max imum p icture d efin
ition u nder poor l i
ght
o
ptical a x
is. A t t his p oint, t here i s n o a pprec iable d iference
c
ond i
tions a nd s hould n ot be used w ith i n
suff
icient li
ght w hen
b
etween t he T e
lev ision Z oomar a nd a g ood s ingle p urpose lens .
h
igh d efin
ition i sdesired. However , when u sed with in
adequa te
A
t f i
ll t he d ef
in ition i s e qual t o a bou t 9 0% t hat of ag ood
l
ight the Z oomar w ill p roduce s pecial e fec
ts o r i
lus ions, if
d
esired. s
ingle p urpose l ens; at f /8, d ef
in i
tion i s equal t o about 8 0% .
When u sed w ide o pen a t f /5.6, d efinition o f t he Z oomar i s
e
quivalen t t o a pprox ima tely 7 5% t hat o f ag ood s ingle p ur-
Descr
ipt
ion p
ose l e
ns.
The T e
levision Z oomar c onsists o f 2 8 l ens e lemen ts w hich
p
erm i
t f ull c ompensa tion w i
th l inear d isplacemen ts o f o p
tical Specif
icat ions
c
omponen ts. The r e
sult is av an- foca l lens w i
th a s ingle b arrel I
nterchangeab le W ide Ang le F ront L
ens:
movemen t
. The 2 8 lens elemen ts a re made u p o f t wo ma in Zoom R ange ( for c lose v
iewing /__ _Focal l
eng ths
, 3" to 1
3"
g
roup s; n ame ly
, t he s tar a ry l ens e l
emen ts a nd c oup led I
nterchangeab le T ele F ront
-lens:
movab le l ens elemen ts. A l e ver a ttached t o t he l ens b arrel Zoom R ange ( for d is
tant viewing) _Foca l le
ng ths
, 5" to 2
2"
e
nables movemen t o r ac hange i n f o
cal l ength. Movemen t of F
ield C overage ( difference in fi
eld a
rea I Up to 15 t
imes
t
he barre l t o any p osi
tion i n t he h ousing y ields a n i mage o f S
peed f
/5 6 to f
/22
v
arying s ize a nd max imum s harpne ss. T he f ront set o f lenses D
imen- im is, overall L
ength 3 0"
, width 3"
i
n the movab le b arrel take
s c are o f t he change i n focal l ength .
1ppro\ imate We igh t 1
4 lbs
.
t
he " Zoom" ) a nd t he rear l enses c ompensa te f or f ocus. S
tock Iden tif
ication M
I-26519
-3

V
ideo Ana
lyzer
F
eatures
• kecnrate means o f v
er
tical by r
otating analyzer), (
9) C o
lor response, (10) S
ensi
-
checking o r
thicon t
i
vity
, Ill) S a
tura t
ion p oint, (
12) C on
trast range, ( 1
3) Fre
-
t
ube c haracterist
ics. q
uency d i
stor
tion , (14) " S" d
is
tor
tion ( image s ec
tion elec
-
• Enables quick t
r
ical ad
justmen t), and ( 15) S
cann
ing t i
l
t.
a
lignmen t a nd a d
-
j
ustmen t o
f TV Descrip t
ion
c
ameras . The \i d
eo A nalyzer c onsists o f an i n
candescent l ow Ke lvin
• Convenient f or r
ating light source, ap recision t ransparen t t
es
t p at
tern, a nd a
matching a nd b al
- c
alibrated c orrect
ion l ens ! maimed i l ac ompact, lightwe ight
a
nc ing two o r more metal housing h aving a t elescop ing b arrel t
hat fi
ts directly o n
c
amera c hains. t
he TV c amera's 8 0 mm l e ns
. A " bubb le l
evel" o n t he t op
• E
l iminate s l abor i
- o
f t he analyzer's h ousing makes i te asy to adjus
t t he b ui
lt-in
ous methods o
f t
est pattern f or p erfect h orizontal a l
ignmen t.
pat
tern c ompar ison
The A nalyzer c an b e c onnected t o a
ny 10 -volt s ource, inc
lud-
t
ests.
i
ng the u ti
lity o ut
le t o n the camera . The tes
t p attern isi lum i
-
n
ated b y p ressing a s pring-
tens ion hand s witch. B y c hecking
Uses
t
he t ones o f t he t hree c olor s tr
ips ( r
ed, g reen a nd b lue)
The Video Ana lyzer i su sed a s ac onven ient means f o
r c heck
- a
gainst t he s i
x-step , g ray s ca
le o n the analyzer 's target )as
i
ng i mage o rth
icon t ube c haraiterist
ics a nd c amera a d
just
- t
hey a ppear o n t he mon i
tor I— it isas imple ma tter to evolve
ments. Wi th the V ideo A na
lyzer , the f o
llow ing c hecks can be a conven ient c ode -number s ystem f or identifying c olor a nd
made q uick
ly, e asily a nd accura tely: ( 1) L ens t u
rret align
- l
i
ght character is
tics o f an image o rth icon.
ment, ( 2) Mechan ical al
ignmen t of I mage O r
thicon A ssemb ly
,
(
3 ) Old Mosa ic ( or previously s c
anned t arget area), (4) V er
- Specificat
ions
t
ical a nd horizon ta l image s ize, (5) V er
tical a nd h orizonta
l Lengtl
i __12"; Weigh
t _l l
b
.; Shipp
ing We
igh
t 6lbs
.
l
ineari
ty , (6) V er tica
l a nd h orizontal c entering, ( 7) V er
tica
l Overal
l C able L ength (
plug a
nd sw
itch l5'
a
nd h or izonta
l s had ing, (8) R esolution ( both h orizontal and S
tock I den
tification M
I-26548

2
06
T
V A
CCESSOR
IES

T
elev
ision B
alo ws
tar L
ens
F
eatures
• Extremely fas
t l ens p is
sess
ing h igh resolu
tion.
• Produces i mage o f u nusual contras
t a nd clari
ty.
• I
dea l for remo te p ickup w here l i
ghting c ondi
tions
may b e unfavorab le.
• Designed for use w i
th RCA i mage o r
thicons.
• Sharp focus main tained u nder m ixed-
light condit
'

U
ses
The B alows tar L ens i s intended f o r television r emo te p ick-
u
ps where l i
ghting c onditions a nd o bject d i
stances a re W I.
f
avorable , as i n t heatres
, c hurche s a nd o ther p ublic g atheril
p
laces. C hurch s ervices, n ight s t
ree t s cenes , c oncer ts, o per
n
ight c l
ub p erformances a nd o n-
the -spo t n ews e vents i n h ot I
l
obbies c an b e c overed. T he B alows tar l ens i s d esigned hr
u
se w ith t he RCA i mage o rthicon . I f used w ith a n i ma e b
le i lum ina tion. Under m ixed l i
ght , so me l enses p roduce
o
rthicon, wh ich h as practica lly no r esponse t o infra-red . the le s o
ne f ocus f o r the i nfra-red li
gh t and a nother f or t he v i
sible
c
an b e r egarded f or all p ractical p urposes a s a n a poch rom t . l
igh
t, r esult
ing i n an i mage wh ich t ends t o b e f uzzy a nd o ut
The lens w ill a lso gi ve good r esults when s ome i nfra-red c o o
f focus . T his c ond i
t ion is avoided b y s pecial d es
ign o f the
p
onen t i sp resen t —since t he B a
lows tar l ens h as i t
s f ocal pla e l
ens e lemen ts wh ich b r
ings the t wo f oci prac t
ica lly t ogether
f
or infra-red c l
ose t o it
s g enera l fo cal p l
ane . t
o produce a s harp f ocus even when i nfra-red l i
gh t a nd v i
sible
l
igh
t a re c omb ined ( as in TV p ickups o n t he s pot v l
iere t he
k
ind a nd q uality o f i
lum inat
ion c anno t h e controlled a s i tisin
D
esc
rip
tion
t
he studio). No t o n
ly i st he Ba
lows tar l ens co lor corrected , but
The telev
ision B alowstar. d
esigned b y D r
. F rank G. B ack, I
S i
t is free of z onal s pherical aberration, w h
ich means t ha
t i t
s
av ery fa
st, low-
los s le
ns possessing a high d egree of reso u
- f
ocus d oe s n ot c hange w hen the a perture i s closed d own .
t
ion a nd contras
t, f e
atures which c ontr
ibu te to high q uai
TV i mages. The B alow st
ar c
onsists of t
hree g roups of spec a
l S
pec
ifica
tions
l
ens e lements w hich a re precision ground t o v ery c l s
e "F" N umber 13
t
olerances
. Focal Leng th 7
"
Type L ens Low
-loss
, h
igh r
eso
lution
, co
lor c
orrec
ted, and
R
ated at f
/L 3
. with a focal leng
th o f 7inches
. the TV B ali
c
onsist
ing o f 3groups o
f s
pec
ial le
ns e
lemen
ts.
s
t
ar opera
tes efic
ien t
ly u nder all kinds o
f light
ing c ond
iti IS
Approx imate We ight 6lbs
.
a
nd is c
orrec
ted f o
r i n
fra-red ilum ina
tion (the inv
isible li i
t Overall L ength, Approxima
te 1
5"
g
iven of b y unf
iltered i ncandescent lamps) a s well as o r S
tock I dentif
ica
tion MI
-26549
-2

T
elev
ision R
eflec
tor L
ens
D
escr
ipt
ion

The T elevision R eflector i


nven ted b y D r. B ack) i s in
itially
a"lenseless" l e ns
. s ince four s pec ia
l r ef
lectors a re u t
ilized t o
b
ounce l ight b eams b ack and f orth t o obtain des ired magn ifica-
t
ion
. T he l ong -focus, ( 40
-inch e quivalent f ocal l ength) l ens
c
onsists of ac orrection p la
te ( a m irror-ref
lector , shaped l ike
asegmen t of al a
rge s phere), a nd t hree alum in ized f l
at m ir-
r
ors
. L ight e nter s t hrough c orrec tion p late
, i s p icked u p b y
t
he m irror-ref
lec tor, a nd is"zig-zagged" b ack a nd f o
rth b y t he
a
lum inized r ef
lec tors t o the targe t o f the i mage o r
thicon .

L
ens c ontrol ( F stop opening) is o b
tained b y a d
justmen t of
ar o
tatable d amper wh ich is placed d irectly i n front o f the
a
spherical ref
lector. Depending o n the d amper 's p os
ition, " F"
s
tops o f F/8 t o F/22 are provided. S ince t here i s only o ne
r
efract
ive e lement o f very l ow p ower , t he lens i s f r
ee o f
c
hroma tic aberrat
ions. It is a
lso fully c orrected fo r spherical
a
berration. Astigmatism a nd curvature o f f i
eld are n eg
ligible.
F
eatures
• I
0-
ineh focal length W ith c ompac t 16
-inch u n
it.
• H
igh resolut
ion a nd p icture qua l
ity. S
pec
ificat
ions
• L
ight in we
igh t and moun ts directly on TV C amera To r
et
R
eso
lut
ion Approx
. 3
000 TV l
i
nes a
t c
enter
w
ithout i
nterfering with o ther lense
s.
Approx
. 1
500 TV l
i
nes a
t e
dges
• P
rovides close " closeups" w i
thou t d ecrease i n p
ie t
i
re
q
uali
ty. F
oca
l L
eng
th (
equ
iva
len
t) 4
0"

"
F" S
peed (
dependen
t o
n d
amper p
osi
tionl _F/8 t
o F
/22
U
ses
The T elevision R ef
lector Lens is along-
focal leng
th t 40-
' e O
vera
ll L
eng
th (
approx I 1
6"
h)
un
it w h ich is designed for "pickups" where extreme e lm. u
ps We
igh
t (
approx
.) 6l
bs
.
a
re d e
sirab le —such as: foo
tball games, baseba
ll ga me
s, h o i
ng
matches, h orse races and news e ven
ts. S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion MI
-26549
-1

2
07
T
V A
CCESSOR
IES

E
lapsed T
ime I
ndica
tor
, M
I-26760
F
eatures
• P
rovide
s five me
ters f
or c
onvenien
t hour
-indication i
n c
om-
p
aring l
ife o
f camera t
ube
s, et
c., w
ith war
ran t
ie s
.
• C
ard h
older
s p
rov
ided f
or c
i
rcu
it i
den
tif
ica
tion
.
• H
igh
-qua
lity
, l
ong
-li
fe s
ynchronou
s mo
tor
s.
• J
one
s t
e
rmina
l s
t
rips p
rov
ided f
o
r e
ase i
n m
aking c
onnec
-
t
i
ons
.
• S
upp
lied i
n s
t
andard r
eces
sed t
ype c
has
sis
.

U
ses
The Elapsed T
ime I ndica
tor P anel may be o perated d
irect
ly
f
rom a ny 10 v o
lt a-c li
ne. When u sed with suitable c
ircuit
S
pec
ificat
ions
b
reakers, it p
rovide
s a c on
stant record of " hours on", o r
e
lapsed time i
n measuring the li
fe o
f t e
lev
ision tubes s
uch a s L
ine No
l
tag, 10 v
ol
ts, 6
0 c
ycle
s
c
amera t ube
s, e
tc
.
P
ower I
npu
t N
egl
igib
le

Descr
ipt
ion C
alibra
tion Mark
ing
s Hour
s, t
en
ths h
our
s
The t ime indicator, MI -26760, c onsists of a s ystem o f f i
ve,
i
ndividually
-opera ted
, c oun ter indicators w hich a re dr
iven b y T
ota
l T
ime R
ead
ing 1
0
,000 h
our
s m
ax.
s
ynchronous mo tors. Gear ing ratio s are se
lected s o t
hat indi-
c
ators m ay be r
ead d i
rectly i nelapsed -hours (up to am aximum D
imen
sion
s:
o
f 10,000 hours). A t en
th s s c
ale isp rov
ided f or h our re
ading s P
ane
l V
ertica
l H
eigh
t 31/
2"
where g rea
ter a ccuracy i s des
ired . T he i ndica
tor c hassi
s i s P
ane
l Length 1
9"
o
perab le from a ny 10 v olt, 60 c ycle line
.
P
ane
l Depth 51/
4"

T
he c omple
te assembly is suppl
ied i n astandard reces
sed o r
"
bath
tub" type chass
is fo
r 19 " t
elevis
ion ra
ck p anel moun t
ing . We
igh
t, a
pprox
. 6l
b
s.
I
t is r
easonably compact and o ccupies on
ly 31/ 2" o
f vertical
p
anel space
. A J ones terminal str
ip i s p
rovided for g r
ea ter S
tock I
dent
ifi
cat
ion M
I-26760
e
ase in making connec
tions
. (
i
ncluding 5 t
ime i
ndica
tor
s moun
ted i
n p
lace
)

B
lank R
ecessed C
hass
is
U
se C
has
sis H
eigh
t S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion
A c
omp le
te line o
f st
andard 1 9" r
ece
ssed type c
hass
i s i
savai
l- 12
3 3
2" M
I-26525
-1
a
ble f
or f i
l
ling out blank spaces in te
lev
ision cab
inet ra
cks.
T
hey are convenient f
or l
ater use i
n mounting t
elevis
ion com- 31
5/32" M
I-26525
-2
p
onent
s, m eters
, or s
pecia
l e quipment
. 5 7
/32" M
I-26525
-3
63
1/32" M
I-265254
Descr
ipt
ion 82
3/32" M
I-26525
-5
Av arie
ty o f eight cha
ssis ( a
ll of t
he st
andard re
ce s
sed o r "bath 1
0 1
5/32" M
I-26525
-6
t
ub" t ype) a re c a
rried i n diferent pane
l heights o f 12 3/32"
1
2 73
2" M
I-26525
-7
t
o 1 3 31/32". A l
l are s upplied in as t
andard 19" p anel length
a
nd 51 /"d
4 epth . All chassi
s a re made of ili" s
heet stee
l w ith 1
3 3
1 ,
2 M
I-26525
-8
s
ui
tab le moun ting h ole s for standard 19" equ ipmen t r acks
.
Uni
t s are f i
nished i n l i
ght umber g ray to m a
tch c ompan ion
r
ack e quipmen t.

C
hass
is T
r
im C
over
, M
I-21457
-B
T
his c
over i
s af
l
at piece of p
erfora
ted stee
l p
rop-
e
r
ly fr
amed so t
ha
t itw
il
l fi
t in over t
he e
nd s of e
i
ther b
lank
o
r equ
ipment c
hass
is i
f mounted in the r
ack.

I
t e fect
ive ly f orms a s epara
tor l y
ing i n a h orizontal plane
b
etween e quipmen ts i l t he rack. T he C hassis T rim C over
(MI-21457-B) i sp art
icu larly useful w hen itb ecome s neces
sary
t
o i ns
tall f r
on t moun ted u ni
ts in comb ina
tion w ith s t
andard
b
ath-tub c hassis in the s ame r ack. I
n t h
is m anner g aping hole
s
i
n t he rack a re elim inated , smal
l t ools wi
ll n o
t b e dropped
i
ns
ide o f t he r a
ck, a nd n eat appearance i scoupled w ith a con-
v
enien t shelf a rrangemen t.

2
08
T
V A
CCESSOR
IES

C
ircu
it B
reaker C
hass
is, M
I-26240
F
eatures
• S
upplied a
s s
tandard r
ece
ssed chas
sis w
ith mount
ing a
cc
moda
tions fo
r a ny c
omb ina
tion of 5 breake
rs (MI
-267 4
s
er
ies).

• C
over p
la
tes p
rov
ided f
or u
nused b
reaker moun
ting h
ol s
.
• Moun
ts i
n 1
9" c
abine
t r
ack
.

• Cho
ice o f b
reaker
s a
vai
lab
le (
3 c
urren
t r
a
ting
s, a
vai
la e
a
s MI-26764
).

U
ses
S
pec
ificat
ions
C
ircui
t B reaker Chas
sis, MI.
26240, is emp
loyed as a m n
P
ane
l H
eight 7
"
s
witch b
reaker pane
l be
tween the power l
i
ne and t
he t
e
lev
isi n
s
tudio e
quipmen t t
o be con
trolled
. P
ane
l L
ength 1
9"
P
anel Depth 51
/"
4

Weigh
t ( approx
.) 1
0 lb
s.
Descr
ipt
ion
S
tock Identif
ica
tion M
I-26240
MI-26240 consis
ts of ast
andard reces
sed t ype chass
is s u
ita l
e ACCESSORY CIRCUIT BREAKERS
f
or r egular 19" ra
ck panel moun t
ing. It i n
cludes individ a
l
c
utou ts for moun t
ing fi
ve serie
s MI -26764 c i
rcuit brea s.
1
0 amps
., 15 v
ol
ts M
I-26764
-1
(Available ra
tings of 1
0 amps
., 20 amp s
. a nd 40 amps.
, a l
l a
t 2
0 amp
s., 15 v
ol
ts M
I-26764
-2
15 v o
lts
.) 4
0 amp
s., 15 v
ol
ts M
I-26764
-3

P
o wer R
elay P
ane
l, M
I-2676
1
F
eatures
• F
ive i
ndividua
l r
e
lay
s p
rov
ided i
n s
t
andard 1
9" r
ece
ssed T
he energ
izing c
oils o
f a
l
l re
lays a
re opera
ted fr
om a r
egular
t
ype c
hass
is. 10 vol
t, 60 cyc
le line t
hus el
imina
ting n eed fo
r s
eparate
r
ans
former s
.
• Makes p
oss
ible r
emo
te sw
itch
ing of power ci
rcu
its in c
on-
j
unct
ion w
ith s
tud
io p
ower r
emote c
ontro
l pane
l ( M
1-262 1
).
Descr
ipt
ion
• G
lass du
st c
over
s a
void c
orro
sion o
f c
ontac
ts o
r i
n
term
it e
nt
o
perat
ion. The P ower R e lay Pane l c onsists of fi
ve m agnetically-operated
r
elays w h
ich a re supp lied i n as tandard re ce
ssed t ype cha ss
is
• C
onven
ien
t, s
t
andard 1
9" r
ack moun
ting
. s
uitable f o r 1 9" television e quipmen t r ack moun ting. A ll
r
e
lay s are e quipped w ith c on tac
ts r a
ted a t 30 a mp s
., so t h
at
• C
ard h
older
s p
rov
ided f
or c
i
rcu
it i
den
tif
ica
tion
. r
e
la tively h igh-power c ircui
t s m ay b e easily h andled. G lass
d
u st cover s p revent c ontact c orrosion due t o mo isture a nd
a
l
low v isual in spect
ion o f relay o perat
ion
. R e
lay e quipmen t i s
d
esigned t o o perate f r
om a 10 v olt
, 60 cycle source a nd e m
-
U
ses p
loy s low c urren t co
i ls
, t hus eliminating t
he u se of h eavy-duty
w
iring , switche s, et
c.
U
se o f t
he Power R e
lay C ontrol Cha s
sis
, M I
-26761, fa
cil
i t
es
t
he r emote sw
itching o f televis
ion s t
udio control c i
rcn
i
ts
d
irectly from a s
epara
te Studio C onsole R emo
te C ontro
l Pnel S
pec
ifica
tions
(MI-26251), o
r from t he st
ud io control desk
. L
ine Voltage 10 v
ol
ts, 6
0 cycle
s
R
elay Contact Hating I t
wo ci
rcui
ts) 6
0 amps
.
R
elay Contact R a
ting Is
ingle ci
rcui
t) 3
0 a mp
s., max
.
D
imensions:
P
ane
l V e
rtica
l H eigh
t 7
'
P
ane
l L
ength 1
9"
P
ane
l D
epth 73/
4"

Weight (approx.) 1
0 l
bs
.
S
tock Identif
ica
tion ( inc
lude
s 5r
e
lay
s
moun
ted i n place
) MI
-2676
1

Accessory
S
tud
io C
onso
le C
ontro
l P
ane
l M
I-2625
1

2
09
T
V A
CCESSOR
IES

P
late C
urren
t Me
ter
, N
1
1-2
1200
-C1
F
eatures
• Two s
ca
les p
rov
ided (
0
-150 m
a., 0
-
15 m
a.).

• C
ompac
t, s
mal
l i
n s
i
ze.
• Qu
ick mean
s o
f c
heck
ing r
egu
lated p
ower s
upp
lie
..

• F
urn
ished c
omp
lete w
ith 5
' 9
" c
ord a
nd p
lug
-in j
ack
.

U
ses
P
late Cur
ren
t Me
ter, MI
-21200-C1, i
s atwo s
ca
le ( 0
-15 ma.
a
nd 0-
150 ma.
) meter f
or check
ing the p
la
te c
urren
t of th
e
r
egulator tubes of the 580
-C a nd WP-33B r egu
lated power
s
upplies. It i
s al
so sui
table for u
se i
n checking fie
ld power
s
upply MI -26095
. In addi
tion it may b
e used t o check t
otal
c
urrent drain and vo
ltage output o
f t
he above-mentioned ci
r-
c
ui
t, as w
el as a
l
ignment co
il cur
rent of the s
t
udio c
amera
s
uppl
ied by t
he c
urren
t regu
lator MI
-26090
.

D
escr
ipt
ion
S
pec
ificat
ions
T
he Plate C
urren
t Meter is f
urn
ished i
n abake
lite c
ase of
c
onven
ient s
ize (35
/8" x 5
-
jd" x 2%") a
nd h
as a 5' 9
" cord S
tock I dentif
ica
tion MI
-21200
-C1
c
omplete w
ith p
lug-in j
ack f
or use i
n checking p
ower s
upply Approxima te Si
ze 31
/8" x 5
,1d" x 2%"
p
ane
ls. A momentary-
con
tact me
te r p
ush
-button s
wi
tch c
hanges Weight
t
he 0
-
150 m
a. s
c
ale t
o 0
-
15 m
a., w
hen d
es
ired
. Range S o
cale
s _ 0
-150 m
a., 0
-
15 m
a.

V
ideo J
ack P
ane
l, P
lugs a
nd C
ords
F
eatures 4
1
1•1
1r.
i
.
C
oax P
atch C
ord
, MI
-72334
• P
rov
ides c
onvenien
t patch
ing of video and synchron
izing
c
i
rcu
its
.
• A
cce
ssory b
r
idging plugs and c
ord
s a va
ilab
le.
• Supp
lied in s t
andard 1 9" r ece
ssed type chassis fo
r rack C
oax B
ridg
ing
mount
ing. P
lug
, M
I-19
118
• 1
2 groups ( a
rranged three p er group
) o f coaxial j
ack as
-
s
emblies provided. D
esc
rip
tion
• Removable moun ting b racket allows recessed or f l
ush The V ideo J ack P ane l i s s upp l
ied i n ar ecessed o r " bathtub"
mounting as desired
. t
ype c has sis for s tandard 1 9 " c abine t r ack p ane l moun ting. I t
i
sf i
nished i n u niber g ray t o m atch o the r e quipmen t. Twen ty -
f
our ( two r cms o f 1 2 e ach ) c oax ial c onnec tor s a re p rovided
U
ses a
t the r ear o f t he c hassis t o facilitate m aking c ab le c onnec -
V
ideo J ack P anel
, M I-26245
, a
nd a s
sociated plugs a nd c
ords t
ions f rom d es
ired s ource s.
p
rovide a c onvenient mean s f
or patching video a nd/or s
yn- Loc
ated o n the f ront o f t he c hass is p ane l a re 1 2 g roup s o f
c
hroniz
ing s igna
ls as d es
ired
. S
uff
ic
ien t j
ack posi
tion s a
re p
ro- c
oaxial j ack a ssemb l
ie s ( arranged t hree j ack s p er g
roup ).
v
ided to l e
nd f l
exib
ili
ty a nd e
nab
le p atching of specia
l li
nes The t op t wo jack s o f e ach g roup a re p aralleled a nd i n turn
when desired. c
onnec ted t o the i npu t c oax ial c onnec tor a t t he r ear o f t he
c
hassis. T he b ottom , o r o u
tpu t coax ial j ack s
, a re a l
so c onnec ted
t
o coax ial c onnec tor s o n t he r ear o f t he c hassis. C ircuits m ay
b
e simp ly b ridged b y u se o f specia l c oax ial p lug s ( MI
-19118 )
o
r p atched t o o the r l i
ne s o r c i
rcu its b y u se o f c oaxial p atch
c
ords ( MI-7233-4 ). T he t hird c oaxia l j ack o f e ach g roup p ro-
v
ides ac onven ien t m eans f or mon itor ing ( withou t d is
turb ing
t
he p rogram l i
ne ) o r p aralle l
ing o f o utpu t c ircuits. RG -11./U
c
able i sr e commended f or u se i n m ak ing e xterna l c onnec t
ion s
.

S
pec
ifica
tions
S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion (
Video J
ack P
ane
l) M
I-26245
D
imen s
ions:
Height 315/32"
L
eng th 1
9"
Depth ( overa
ll) 91/
4"
Depth ( mounting f
l
ange to j
ack board
) 51
/"
4

S
tock I den
tifi
cat
ion (Coax
ial Br
idging Plug
) M
I-19118
T
hree Video Jack Pane
ls ( M
I-2b245) a
re shown above
.
Each lu
ts 12 j
ack group
s ( 3 ja
cks pe
r group)
. S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion (
Coax
ial P
atch C
ord 2
812 "l
/ ong
) M
I-7233
-4

2
10
T
V A
CCESSOR
IES

T
e
lev
ision C
ables
, P
lugs
, C
onnec
tor
s
U
ses F
eatures
RCA t e
levision c ables, plugs and c onnectors a re made a vail
- • W
ide v
ar
iety o
f c
able
s a
nd c
onnec
tor
s p
rov
ided
.
a
ble for in
ter- connec t
ing t he var
ious c omponen ts of TV broad -
• S
pec
ial
ly d
es
igned f
or t
e
lev
ision a
ppl
ica
tion
s.
c
ast se
tups— stud io
, c ontrol room a nd remo te. C amera, powe r
,
p
ulse, in
tercom , c oax t ransmission line a nd i nter
-connec tirg • F
aci
lita
tes TV i
n
sta
lla
tions —avo
ids d
elay
s.
c
ables wi
th c ompan ion c onnectors can be ob
ta ined as i
ndividua l
i
t
ems o r in spec ial group s as de
sired. The u se of the special y • H
igh
-quality i
nsulat
ions wi
th con
serva
tive v
ol
tage r
a
ting
s
d
esigned cable s a nd c onnectors descr
ibed b elow w i
ll fac
ilitate a
nd spec
ial s
hie
ld s emp
loyed.
s
t
ation i n
stalla t
ions a nd a void e xpens
ive d elay s
. • V
arious c
able l
eng
ths a
nd s
pec
ial c
able
s a
vai
lab
le a
s k
i
ts.

C
a mera C
ables a
nd P
lugs I
der
t
St
o
if
i
ck
ca
tion T
ype—Came
ra C
able L
eng
th

T
he 2
4
-conduc
tor
, f
l
exib
le c
able
s l
i
s
ted h
ere p
rov
ide f
i
ve M
1-26759
-1 2
4-conductor wi
th 9 0 d egree female 5
0 f
ee
t
a
nd a straigh
t m a
le connector. P
art
ial
c
onven
ien
t l
eng
ths
. C
able
s a
re s
upp
lied c
omp
lete w
ith n
ece
s- s
pecia
l b ra
ided oute
r shield.
s
a
ry m
ale a
nd f
ema
le c
onnec
tor
s a
nd a
ccommoda
te r
equ
ired M
I-26725
-1 2
4-conduc
tor
, w i
th st
raigh
t m ale and 5
0 f
ee
t
i
n
ter
-connec
tions b
etween c
ame
ras
, c
amera c
ontro
l a
nd mon
i- f
emale connec
tors. W
ith d u
stcaps
.

t
o
ring p
osi
tions
. C
ommun
ica
tion a
nd t
a
lly l
i
ght c
i
rcu
its a
re M
I-26725
-2 2
4-conduc
tor, wi
th st
raigh
t m a
le and 1
00 f
eet
f
emale connec
tors. W
ith dus
tcaps
.
a
l
so h
and
led b
y t
he c
amer
a c
able
s. C
onduc
tor
s a
re s
t
randed
M
I-26725
-3 2
4-conduc
tor, wi
th st
raigh
t m a
le and 2
00 f
eet
a
nd c
overed w
ith "
color
-coded" s
i
lk a
nd c
o
tton b
ra
id i
n
sula
- f
emale connec
tors. W
ith dus
tcaps
.
t
i
on. A
n i
nner s
h
ield o
f t
i
nned c
opper b
raid i
sprov
ided
. O
ute
r M
I-26725
-4 2
4-conductor
, w i
th st
raigh
t m a
le a nd 2
0 f
eet
c
over
ings a
re o
f ad
urab
le r
ubber c
ompound
. O
vera
ll c
able f
emale c onnec
tors. P
rotec
tive rubber
g
romme t
.
d
iame
ter i
s % i
nche
s.

tumera Cable Ml
-26725
-4. s
hown w ith s
pec
ial pro
tective
g
romme t
. Other C
ables
. MI-26725
-1, -
2 a
nd -3 a
re sim
ila r
.

C
amera C
able MI-26759
-1. showing c
onnec
tor
s a
nd
partia
l outer sh
ield
.

I
ntercom C
ables
T
he c
able
s l
i
sted b
elow a
re a
vai
lab
le f
or TV i
n
tercom u
se i
n
t
he t
hree d
iferen
t l
eng
ths s
hown
. A
ll a
re f
l
exib
le a
nd a
re c
om-
p
le
te i
t
h p
hone4ype j
ack p
lug
s a
t e
ach e
nd.

S
tock I
den
tif
ica
tion L
eng
th

MI
-
26756
-1 7f
eet

M
I-26756
-2 2
5 f
eet
I
n
tercom C ab
le MI-26756
-1, -
2 and -
3 a
re
M
I-26756
-3 1
00 f
ee
t
i
den
tica
l excep
t for cab
le leng
ths
.

2
11
T
V A
CCESSOR
IES

P
ower C
ables a
nd P
lugs
T
he p
ower c
able a
nd p
lug a
s
semb
lie
s d
escr
ibed b
elow p
ro-
v
ide a c
hoice in number o
f c
onduc
tors a
nd various cab
le
l
e
ngths f
or conven
ience i
n h
and
ling TV p
ower ci
rcui
ts.

S
tock
P
owe
r C
able D
esc
rip
tion L
eng
th
I
den
tif
ica
tion

M
I-26759
-2 ,
.
-
conductor
, r ubber cove
red, fl
exible 1
0 f
ee
t
w
ith ma
le c onnecto
r and fema
le c on-
n
ecto
r with d us
tcap.

M
I-26759
-3 4
-
conduc
tor
, rubbe
r cove
red, fl
exib
le 5
0 f
eet
w
ith ma
le and f
emale c
onnec
tors
.

S
ame a
s M
I-26759
-3. 1
00 f
eet
M
I-26759
-4 2
-Conduc
tor P
ower C
able
, MI
-26759
-2.
M
I-26759
-5 4
-
conduc
to r, r
ubber c ove
red, flex
ib le 2
4 f
eet
w
ith f
ema le connec
to r at one end—
a
nd t
erminals o
n 4l eads at o
the
r e nd.

M
I-26759
-6 1
2-conducto
r, rubber c
overed
, flex
ible 3
4 i
n
che
s
w
ith m a
le a nd fema
le connecto
rs.

M
I-26759
-7 1
2-conducto
r, r
ubbe
r c
overed
, flex
ible 6f
eet
w
ith m a
le and f
ema
le c
onnecto
rs with
d
ustcaps
.

M
I-26759
-8 1
2-conducto
r, rubber covered
, flex
ible 6f
eet
w
ith m a
le a nd female connecto
rs.

1
2
-Conduc
tor P
owe
r C
able
, M
1-26759
-7.

4
-Conductor P owe r C able a
nd P lug
, MI -26759-5
(
at le
ft) is supplied w i
th t
erminals at o ne end. 1
2
-Conduc
tor Power Cable
s, MI -26759
-6
4
-Conductor P ower C ables M1-26759
-3 a nd -4 are a
nd -8 a
re supp
lied
, a s a bove, w i
th
s
uppl
ied a s shown , a
t right above. "
Jone
s" type connectors
.

P
ulse a
nd I
ntercom C
ables St
ock
D
•sc
rip
tion L
eng
th
I
den
tifi
cat
ion
T
he cable as
semblie
s d e
scr
ibed h ere a
re suppl
ied e p le
te
w
ith s
ui
table mu
lti
.contac
t connec
tors a
nd protec
tive d
ustcaps
. M
I-26759
-9 1
.
-
ulse C
able-7-conduc
tor, rubber c
oy- 7f
eet
e
red, f
l
exib
le w ith s
t
raigh
t m ale a
nd
f
emale c
onnec
to r
s and dustcaps
.

M
I-26759
-10 P
ulse C
able—Same a
s M
I-26759
-9. 4f
eet

M
I-26759
-11 I
n
te r
com C able-9-conductor
, r ubbe
r 7f
eet
c
overed
, flex
ib le
, w i
th m ale a nd fe
-
ma
le connectors and d u
stcaps.

9
-Conductor I
ntercom Cab
le,
MI
-26759
-11 is furni
shed as
s
hown at righ
t.

P
ulse Cable
s MI-267
.59
-9 a nd -10 a
re s
upp
lied
w
ith "
stra
ight" t
ype connec tors (
shown a
bove
l
e
ss dustcaps).

2
12
T
V A
CCESSOR
IES

C
oax C
able A
ssemb
lies
The c
oax
ial tr
ansmiss
ion li
ne cable a
ssemb l
ies a
re made a
va t
-
a
ble i
n severa
l diferen
t convenient leng
th s a
s s
hown in lIe
a
ccompanying char
t. Durable
, rubber
- covered
, fl
exib
le c
ahl s
w
i
th i
nner c
onduc
tor a
nd o
uter s
h
ield c
onduc
tor
.

S
tock
I
den
tifica
t.on D
esc
rip
tion L
eng
th

M
l-26759
-12 Coax C
able As
sembly w i
th male p
lugs 7F
eet
a
nd dustcap
s. Impedance, 7
3 ohms.

M
I-26759
-13 S
ame a
s M
I-26759
-12
. 2
5 f
eet

M
I-26759
-14 S
ame a
s M
I-26759
-12 l
e
ss d
ustcap
s. 6
4 i
nche
r

M
l-26759
-15 Coax C
able As
sembly w i
th male p
lugs 1
00 f
eet
a
nd dustcap
s. Impedance, 7
5 ohms. T
he MI -26759 Coax Cab
les are s
imi
lar
(
diference
s are noted i
n t
able a
t le
ft)
.

C
able C
onnec
tors
T
he c
onnec
tor
s d
escr
ibed b
elow i
nc
lude b
oth t
he 9
0 d
egree
a
nd s
t
raight type f
or use i
n m
aking u
p TV i
n
terconnec
tions
a
nd t
e
rm ina
tion s
, a
s needed
. C
onnec
tor
s a
re s
u
itable f
or use
wi
t
h bu
lk cables li
s
ted
.

S
tock
I
den
tif
ication T
ype D
esc
rip
tion

M
I-26759
-17 P
ulse T
erm
ina
tion P
lug
. 7
-pin ma
le connecto
r wi
th 3
p
ins t
ied t
o ground it com
-
mon pin t
h
ru t h
ree 7$ ohm
r
es
isto
rs.

M
I-26759
-18 S
et o
f C
oax F
i
ttings
. I
ncludes 5 j unct
ion ftt
ings
a
nd 5 t e
rmination ftings
f
or j o
ining c oax cat
de as- MI
-26759
-20 MI
-26759
-19
s
emb l
ies. .

M
I-26759
-19 Ma
le Chas
sis C
ame
ra 2
4-con
tac
t w i
th f i
ance for
C
able C
onnector
, mount
ing o
n chas
sis o
r p
ane
l.

M
I-26759
-20 F
emale Chass
is Came
ra 2
4-contac
t with fl
ange for
C
able Connec
tor
, mount
ing on c
has
sis o
r p
ane
l.

M
I-26759
-21 S
t
raigh
t Male C
ame
ra 2
4-contact f
or u
se a
s ic
able
C
able Connecto
r. t
e
rm ination
.

M
I-26759
-22 S
t
raigh
t F emale Came
ra 2
4-contact fo
r use as c
able
C
able Connec
tor, t
e
rm ination w
ith M
I-7
(759-21.

M
I-26759
-23 9
0° Female C
ame
ra C
able 2
4-contact fo
r u se in c able
Connec
tor. t
ermination
. D
e s
igrs
od s
o
t
hat cable e n
ters c osnector
a
t 9 0° t o axis o f contact
p
ins.

M
l-26759
-24 9
0" Ma le Came
ra C
able 2
4-contact fo
r u se as cable
Conne
ctor. t
ermination
. De
sign d s o
t
hat cable e n
ters connector
a
t 9 0° t o axis of contact
p
ins
. MI
-26759
-21 MI
-26759
-22

A
bove
, Pulse Termina
tion
P
lug
, MI-26759
-17
.
A
t ri
ght
, C
oax f
i
t
tings, MI-26759
-18
i
nc
ludes 5 j
unc
tion fi
ttings a nd
5te
rminat
ions
.
MI
-26759
-23 MI
-26759
-24

2
13
1
1
21 =
11
11
1
B
ulk C
able
The var
ious c ab
les described i n t
he a ccompanying table are ava
ilable to the
b
roadcaster i
n bulk quantities f
or mak
ing TV i nterconnect
ions in s
pecial or n
on- M 148 0 ° 1111
111
1.. .°
162
11
s
t
andard l eng
ths as desired . Cab
les li
sted are sui
table for use wi
th i nd
ividual
c
onnectors and plugs available
.
M1
-51
11.
1 =1
1 .
0 1
1
111
1Pv
!" 'li a

Peck A
pprox C
harac
ter
ist
ics
T
ypo C
able
I
d
tan
tif
ica
tien D
iam

P
ULSE CABLE-8 -conduc
tor
, rubbe
r 0
.073" 4 coax c onductors o
f 72 MI
-54 Ø
f0 01
1
110
11 =1 .
111
111a m m
u m
M
I-48 c
overed
, f l
exib
le w i
th indiv
idua
l o
hms i mpedance , a
nd 4
c
olo
r c od
ing. c
onductors o f =16 A
.W.G.
w
ith insulation for 600 v
.
d
-c
.

0
.050" 4 conductors o
f #14
M1
-74A
M
I-5
1 PO WER CABLE-4-conduc
to r
, r ub
b
er c ove
red, fl
exib
le, s h
ielded, A
.W.G. wi
th i n
sula
tion f
or
a
nd i n
div
idual c
olor cod
ing . 2
500 v
, r ms
, 6 0 c
ycle
s.

M
I-54 PO WER CABLE-4 -conductor, rub
- 0
.50" 4conducto
rs of 41 s
t
rands
b
er c overed, f l
exib
le, s hie
lded o
f .0063" coppe
r wire
.
wi
th c o
lor c oding ( un
tinned, 1
white
, 1b lack
).

M
I-74A COAX IAL CABLE—Type R G
-8/U , 0
.405" I
mpedance
, 5
2 +2 o
hms
.
f
l
exible, rubbe
r cove
red . Sing
le
i
nner conduc
tor a
nd o u
ter shie
ld
c
onductor
.
M1
-78 0
M
I-75 COAX IAL CABLE—Type R G
-59/U , 0
.242" I
mpedance
, 7
3 +3 o
hms
.
f
l
exible, rubber cove
red. S ing
le
i
nner conducto
r and o u
ter shie
ld
c
onductor
.

M
I-78 PO WER CABLE-2-conducto
r, rub
- 0
.390" 2conducto
rs of 6
5 s
t
rands M1
-79 Ø
f1
1101
111
11
1 "
11
1 ..
11
111
b
er c overed
, f l
exib
le, shie
lded o
f .0063" wi
re.
(
wire un
tinned, 1 wh
ite
, 1b l
ack)
.

M
I-79 PO WER CABLE-2-conducto
r, rub
- 0
.484" 2conduc
tor
s of 6
5 s
t
rands
b
er c overed
, f l
exib
le, shie
lded o
f .0
10" wire
.

siwo m mu
aia
in
(
wire un
tinned, 1 wh
ite
, 1b l
ack)
.
M1
-80
M
I-80 PO WER CABLE-12-conductor
, rub- 0
.590" 1
2 conducto
rs o
f # 18
b
er c overed
, f l
exible
, s hielded A
.W.G. with in
sulat
ion f
or
a
nd i n
div
idually c
olor coded. 2
500 v
, rms, 60 cyc
les
.

M
I42 I
NTERCOM CABLE — 8 -conductor
, 0
.490" 7conductors #18 A.W
.G.
r
ubbe
r c ove
red, f
l
exib
le, s h
ielded 1conduc to
r #14 A .W
.G.
w
ith in
dividua
l co
lor coding. w
i
v
th i
, rms
n
su
, 6
lat
ion f
0 cyc
les
.
or 2
500 m
i-
a2 o i
loo
a
M
I-83 COAX IAL CABLE—Type R G
-11 /U, 0
.405" I
mpedance
, 7
3 +3 o
hms
.
f
l
exible, rubber cove
red. S ing
le
i
nner conducto
r and o u
ter shie
ld
c
onductor
.
M1
-8.
3 I I
I MM
INNO=N
11 1
°
M
I-90 COAX IAL CABLE—Type R G
-62/U , 0
.242" I
mpedance
, 9
3 o
hms
f
l
exible, rubbe
r cove
red . Sing
le a
pprox
.
i
nner conduc
tor a
nd o u
ter shie
ld
c
onductor
.

M
I-94C CAMERA CABLE — 24
-conduc tor
, 0
.81" C
oax c
onduc
tor i
mpedance
, MI
-90 0
r
ubbe
r-covered, f
l
exible
, c
olo
r 5
1 ohms +5 % , 2
1 c on
.
c
oded
, s h
ie lded cable c onsis
ting d
uctors of #22 A .W
.G.
o
f
: (A) 3c oaxia
l conductors, (
B
) w
ith i n
sula
tion f
or 1
000
3 g
roups o f (7 each) s t
randed, v
, d-
c.
t
i
nned coppe r conductors
. M1
-94C 0.101
1111.11.5 4111 4.41

S
ets o
f I
nterconnec
tion C
ables
The s pec
ial c ab
le g roups l isted b elow a re s upp l
ied a s special MI
-26740 , INTERCONNECTING CABLES AND F ITT INGS
s
elected s ts w
e hich p rove c onven ien t i n mak ing i nterconnec - FOR F IELD SWITCHING EQUIPMENT
t
i
ons o f v
arious c l
asse s of T elev ision e qu ipmen t. I
ncludes : 1-10 f
t
., 2-cond .
, P ower C ab le, MI-26759-2
MI-26730. I NTERCONNECT ING CABLES FOR F IELD 1— 6 f
t
., 1 2
-cond .
, P ower C able, MI-26759 -7
CA MERA EQUIPMENT 1— 6 f
t
., 1 2
-cond .
, P ower C able, MI-26759 -8
I
ncludes : 1-10 f t
., 2 -cond ., P ower C ab le, MI -26759-2 1— 7 f
t
., C oax ial T ransm ission C able, MI -26759 -I2
1— 6 f t
., 12- cond ., P ower C ab le, MI -26759 -7 1-25 I
t
., C oax ial T ransm ission C able, MI -26759 -13
1— 7 f t
., 7 -cond ., P ulse C ab le, MI -26759-9 1-100 ft
.
, C oax ial T ransm ission C able , MI -26759-15
1— 7 f t
., 9-cond .
, I ntercom C ab le, MI -26759 -11 1—Set o
f C oax ial Fittings, MI -26759-
18
1— 7 f t
., C oax ial T ransm ission C able, MI -26759 -
12 MI
-26746 , INTERCONNECT ING CABLES FOR S TUDIO
MI-26735, I NTERCONNECT ING CABLES AND PLUG FOR CA MERA CONTROL
F
IELD SYNC GENERATOR I
nclude s: 1-34 i
nch, 8 -cond ., P ower C able, MI -26759-6
I
nclude s: 1-10 f t
.
, 2-cond ., P ower C able w ith P lugs a nd Dus t
. 1-64 in
ch , T ransm ission L ine C able, MI -26759 -I4
c
ap , MI -26759 -2 MI-26745, INTERCONNECT ING CABLES FOR F IL M
2-50 ft
., 4-cond .
, P ower C able w ith P lugs, MI -26759-3 CA MERA
1-100 ft.
,4 -cond .,P ower C ab le v sith Plugs,M I-26759-4 I
nclude s: 1-50 f
t
., C amera C able, MI -26759-1
1-
-7 f t
.
, T ransm iss ion L ine C able w ith P lug s a nd 1-34 i
nch , 8-cond ., P ower C able, MI-26759 -6
Dustcap , MI -26759 -12 1-64 inch, T ransm ission L ine C able, MI -26759 -14
1-4 f t
.
, 7 -
cond ., P ulse C able w ith P lugs a nd Dus t MI-26755, INTERCONNECTING CABLES FOR F IELD
Caps , MI -26759 -10 RELAY TRANSMITTER
1-2 f t
., 4-cond ., P ower C ab le w ith F ema le P lug, I
nclude s: 1— 10 f
t.
, 2 -
cond .
, P ower C able, MI-26759 -2
MI-26759 -5 1
-- 25 It
.
, T ransm ission L ine C ab
le, MI -26759 -13
1—Pulse T erm ina tion P lug , MI -26759 -17 1-100 ft
.
, T ransm ission L ine C ab
le, MI -26759 -15

2
14
T
RANS M ITTERS
AM -FM-TV

P
age

AM T
RANS M
ITTERS 2
16

AM P
HAS
ING 2
37

FM T
RANS M
ITTERS 2
44

AM
, FM T
UBES 2
67

T
V T
RANS M
ITTERS 2
70

T
V T
UBES 2
81

CRYSTALS 2
82

2
15
AM T
RANSM
ITTERS

AM B
roadcas
t T
rans m
itter
, T
ype B
TA-250L
D
escr
ipt
ion
T
he T
ype BTA
-250L B
roadca
st T
ransm
itter i
s ac
omp
lete s
e
lf-
c
onta
ined un
it tha
t wi
ll p
rovide re
liable
, h
igh fi
del
ity o
pera
-
t
i
on a t a
ny fr
equency w
ithin the range o
f 540 to 1
600 kc
.
E
ncompas
sing t
he l
a
tes
t d
eve
lopmen
ts i
n b
roadca
st t
r
ansm
it-
t
e
rs, the RCA BTA-250L has b
een designed t
o f
i
l
l e
very n
eed
o
f the 250 w
att b
roadcas
ting st
ation
.

T
he BTA
-250L i
shou
sed i
n a mode
rn, a
t
trac
tive
, s
t
eel c
abine
t
f
i
nished in t
wo tone umber gray and tr
immed w ith st
rips o
f
s
a
tin chrome. T
here are te
n instrumen
ts convenient
ly loca
ted
a
t eye l
eve
l on the f
ront pane
l. All c
ontro
ls are grouped to
-
g
ether o n acentra
l c ontro
l p anel wh
ich is p
hoto-e
tched and
i
ndirect
ly iluminated. T he t
un ing c
ontro
ls a
re provided wi
th
i
ndicators s
o that their posi
tion s m
ay b e a
ccurate
ly logged.
T
he BTA -250L u
ses t
he RCA ver
tica
l chas
sis t
ype o
f c
onstruc
-
t
i
on, whereby the equ
ipment is mounted in s
uch a manner
t
ha
t each i t
em m ay h
e eas
ily removed b y o
ne man in t h
e
s
horte
st po
s s
ible t
ime. The v
ar
iable e
lements are pl
aced w here
t
hey are funct
iona
lly needed and where connection leads to
o
ther ci
rcuit components may be kep
t r e
lat
ively s hor
t. This
v
ert
ical t
ype of c
ons
truction p
rov
ides ahigh degree of mechan-
i
c
al r
igid
ity, a
dds con
siderab ly t
o t
he a
cce
ssib
ility of t
he c
om-
p
onen
ts, and grea
tly increases t
he norma
l circula
tion of ai
r
w
i
thin the cab
inet.

T
he BTA -250L employs a very simple bas
ic ci
rcu
it a
rrange-
m
ent c onsist
ing of acrys
tal osc
illator fo
llowed by abuffer
a
mpl
ifier a nd c
las
s "C" power amp l
ifier
.

Two RCA l
ow t
empera
ture c
oef
f
ic
ien
t q
uar
tz c
ry
sta
ls moun
ted
i
n RCA T ype TMV -129-B t emperature con tro
lled holders are
p
rov ided. T he osci
llator stage has an e xtra crys
tal socket in
which the spare crys
tal m ay b e con
tinuous ly mainta
ined at the
c
orrect operating temperature . These c
r y
sta ls p
rovide exce
llent
f
requency s tabi
lity with n o grea
ter deviat
ion t han +10 c ycles
f
rom t he assigned f requency.

T
he BTA-250L u
ses n
o variab
le c
apacitor
s. Con
tinuously v
ar
i-
a
ble i
nduc
tors a
re employed as t
uning elemen
ts throughou
t,
t
hus e
l
imina
ting the pos
sibi
lity o
f f
l
ashover
s s
ome
time
s o
c
-
c
urr
ing i
n var
iab
le capaci
tors.

T
he modulat
ion s
ys
tem i sh
igh-
levelwi
th a cl
ass"B" modulator
.
H
igh fi
del
ity i
s mater
ially a
ided by the u
se of approxima
tely
2
0 d
ecibel
s of a
udio feedback over t
he aud
io sys
tem .

F
eatures I
n o rder t o in
sure l ow m a
in tenance c ost, t he BTA -250L u ses
am inimum n umber o f tubes, a l
l i nexpen sive . There a re o nly
• L
ow i
n
sta
lla
tion c
os
t. e
leven tube s, a
ltogether, and o nly six tube t ypes
. A s ingle high
v
oltage p ower s upply provide s plate voltage f or a
ll tube s
. T his
• L
ow m
ain
tenance c
os
t—on
ly e
l
even t
ube
s, s
i
x t
ype
s. p
owe r s upply m akes u se o f t wo RCA 8 008 mercury v apor
r
ectif
ier t ubes
, w hich a re k nown f or t heir l ong l i
fe a nd u n
-
• C
omp
lete
ly s
e
lf-con
tained
. e
xcelled p erformance . Bias v ol
tage f o
r t he modu lator s isp ro-
v
ided b y as eparate p ower supp ly using a s ingle RCA 5 Y3-GT .
The p ower c ontrol c i
rcuits o f t he BTA -250L w ere d esigned
• S
imp
le a
nd e
fi
cien
t i
nopera
tion
. w
ith a n eye to simp l
icity while a l
so p rov iding a dequa te protec-
t
ion t o the e quipmen t a nd o perat
ing p ersonne l
. T his tran s
-
• V
ert
ica
l c
has
sis c
ons
truc
tion f
or a
cces
sib
ili
ty a
nd v
ent
ila
tion m
iner f
e
ature
s ar
e
lay w
hich e
l
imina
tes a
ny n
ece
ssi
ty f
or r
e

2
16
A
M -T
RANSM
ITTERS

c
yc
ling o
f t
he t
ime d
elay r
e
lay when mo men
tary p
ower f
a
ilu
res Audio I npu t Level for 100% Modulation +16 d bm•
o
r i
n
ter
rup
tions o
ccur
. O
vera
ll p
rotec
tion i
s p
rov
ided b
y t
he Audio F requency H armon ic Di
stort
ion ( 50 to 7 500 c yc
le s
.
0to 9 5 % modu la
tion) Not t
o exceed 3% r m
s
u
se o
f m
agne
tic c
i
rcu
it b
reaker
s, s
e
rving a
l
so a
s s
wi
tche
s, a
nd
R
-f L oad I mpedance ( unba
lanced t
ransmis
sion li
ne o r antenna )
c
omp
lete
ly e
l
imina
ting f
u
ses f
r
om a
ny p
ower c
i
rcu
its
. 2
0 to 250 o hm .
Tube C omp lemen t 1-807, 2-810
, 2-6J7 , 3-828 .
Am
atch
ing n
etwork i
sprov
ided b
etween t
he o
utpu
t t
ank c
i
r- 2-8008, 1-5Y3GT
D
imen sion s
, o vera
ll
c
u
it a
nd t
he o
utpu
t t
e
rmina
ls o
f t
he t
r
ansm
itter
, w
hich i
nc
lude
s
Width 4
01 /
2^
s
e
rie
s i
nduc
tive e
l
emen
ts a
nd s
hun
t c
apac
itance
s r
e
sul
ting i
n Depth 2
0 14
"
Height 8
4 7/
8"
v
ery c
omp
lete r
adio f
r
equency h
armon
ic a
t
tenua
tion
. O
utpu
t
Weigh t ( unpacked) 1
360 l bs
.
t
e
rmina
ls a
re p
rov
ided a
tthe t
op o
f t
he c
abine
t f
or c
onnecnng (
packed) 1
635 l bs
.
S
tock I dentif
ication MT-7242 -C
t
o a
n u
nba
lanced o
pen w
ire t
r
ansm
iss
ion l
i
ne o
r a
n a
nteona
l
e
ad-
in. A c
oncen
tric t
r
ansm
iss
ion l
i
ne m
ay b
e c
onnec
ted
t
hrough e
i
ther t
he b
ase o
r t
he l
op o
f t
he t
r
ansm
itter
. E
quipmen
t S
upp
lied
T
he fo
llowing i
s ac ondensed li
st o
f e
gnipmen
t i
n
cluded a
s
acomp
lete BTA-250L tr
ansm i
tter
.

S
pec
ificat
ions Q
ty. Descript
ion R
e ference
1 Type BTA -250L B roadcast T ransm
itter U
nit MI-7243-C
C
arr
ier F
requency R
ange 5
40 t
o 1
600 k
cs 1 Type UL4392 C rysta
l O sci
llator Unit MI-19458
1 Touch-up Finish K it MI-7443
C
arr
ier F
requency S
tab
ili
ty +10 c
yc
les 2 Ins
truct
ion B ooks TB-30116-1
2 Type TMV -129B C rysta
l Un its MI-7467
C
arr
ier P
ower O
utpu
t 2
50 w
att
s
2 Set
s of T ubes MI-7245-B
C
arr
ier F
requency H
armon
ics B
elow .
0
5% 1 RF Ou tpu
t Amme ter M
I-7 157-
11

A
-c P
ower I
npu
t (
105 t
o 15 v
ol
ts, 5
0/60 c
yc
les
, s
i
ngle p
hase
)
A
vai
lab
le A
ccessor
ies
A
ver
age P
rogram a
t 2
50 Wa
its O
utpu
t 1
625 w
attI
.
1KW Amp li
fier a
nd Conver
sion Kit MI
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arr
ier S
hif
t (
zero t
o 1
00% modu
lat
ion) Ie
s
s t
han 5% T
ype BPA-1 Antenna T
uner MI
-28901-A
T
ype BPM-1A R emote Me
tering Equipment _MI-
28027/28037-A
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arr
ier Noise a
nd Hum Leve
l An
tenna Towers a
nd RF Transmis
sion Line _On applica
tion
(
unwe
ighted b
elow 1
00% modu
lat
ion) __
60 d
i
.
"
dbm = n o. of d
b a
bove o
ne m
illowa
tt w
hen s
i
ngle f
r
equency
A
udio F
requency R
espon
se (
30 t
o 1
0
.000 e
vc
les
) +15 d
h t
one modula
tion i
s u
sed
.

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ly byadd
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our d
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t ap
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nd "
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.
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quipmen t
.
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ther r
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. Here i
sa
t
r
ansm
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hati
sbu
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n
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l con
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thin handy r
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i
tuses p
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l me
ter
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nforma
tion a
bou
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lif
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TA-
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r
h
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2
19
A
M I N
SMIT
TERS

AM B
roadcas
t T
ransm
itter
, T
ype B
TA-
1L
I-

F
eatures
• Low i nstal
lation a nd ma intenance c osts
. The BTA -1L p rovide s r eliab le, h i gh-fide lity o peration a t a ny
• Comp letely s el
f-contained. f
requency b etween 5 40 a nd 1 600 k c. Ef icien t h igh l eve l mod -
• S
imp le m id e f
icien
t o perat
ion . u
lation i se mployed . O nly i n expens ive t ube s a re u sed t hrough -
• Ver
tical c hass
is c on
struction for acce
ssibili
ty and v
ent
ilat
ion out a nd t he n umber o f t ube t ype s i s k ep t to am inimum .
• 1
000 w att, 5 00 w att, 500/1000 w att
, 2 50/1000 wat
t a n
il
Two RCA l ow t empera ture c oef f
icien t q uar tz c rystals moun ted
2
50/500 w at
t o peration.
• Adaptab le to 5 00 or 250 w at
t o pera
tion. i
n RCA T ype TMV - 129 -B t empera ture c on trolled h o
lder s a re
prov ided . T he o scilla tor s t
age h as a n e xtra c rystal s ocke t i n
• Low t ube c os
t.
w hich t he s pare c rystal m ay b e c on tinuou sly m aintained a t the
D
escr
ipt
ion cor rect t empera ture . T he se c ry s
ta l s p rov ide e xcellen t f r
equency
The BTA - 1L i s ao ne kilowa tt AM t ransm itter d esigned t o mee t st
ab ility w i th n o g rea ter d evia tion t h an +10 c ycles f r om t he
t
he mo st e xacting d emand s o f t h e modern b roadcas ting s t
ation . a
s signed f requency . A c ontro l i sp rov ided i n the o scillator c ir
-
E
s sen tia lly, t he BTA -1L i s c ompo sed o f a n RCA BTA -250L cuit f or p rec ise a dju stmen t o f t he c ry sta l f requency .
t
ran sm i
t ter , se rving a s a n e xciter s ection , w ith t he a ddi
tion o f T he T ype BTA - 1L w ill d eliver r ated p ower i n
to a 2 0 t o 2 50
a
n a mp lifier s ect
ion . T he c omp le te transm itter i sh ou sed i n a n ohm t ransm ission l ine o r i n
to a ny t ype o f a ntenna n orma lly
a
t
trac t
ive c abine t a ssemb ly c on sis
ting o f t he BTA -250L c ab- u
sed b y b roadca st s t
a t
ions . A m a
tch ing n etwork i s p rov ided
i
net , am atch ing a mplifier c ab ine t, and a c enter s ection w hich between t he o utpu t t ank c i
rcu it a nd t he o utpu t t erm ina ls o f
c
on tain s t he h eavy p ower e quipmen t. T he c omp letely a cce ssible t
he t ran sm it ter w hich i nclude s s erie s i nduc tor s a nd s hun t
RCA o pen v ertica l chassis c on struc t
ion , w hich i su sed t h rough - c
apac itor s, r esu lting i n e xce llen t r ad io f requency h armon ic
o
ut, i nsure s mechan ica l r igidi ty a nd g ood v entilation. T he a
ttenua tion . O utpu t t erm ina ls a re p rov ided a t t he t op o f t he
e
qu ipmen t i s moun ted i n s uch a m anner t hat every i t
em c an c
ab ine t f o r c onnec tions t o a n u nba lanced o pen w ire t ransm is-
b
e e asily r emoved b y o ne m an. C ontro ls f or e ach o f th e t wo s
ion l ine o r a ntenna l e ad-in. A c oncen tric t ransm ission l ine
u
ni ts a re g rouped o n indirec tly i lumina ted p anels c onven ien tly m ay b e c onnec ted t hrough e i
ther t he t op o r t he b ase o f t he
p
laced o n e ach o f t he t wo c ab inets. T here a re n o v ariab le t
ran sm itter . S hou ld t he BTA -1L b e c oup led i nto e ither a c on-
c
apac i
tor s u sed i n this t ran sm itter. T he t uning e lemen ts a re c
en tric l ine o r t o as i
ng le e nded l ine, t he RCA T ype BPA -1
c
on tinuous ly v ariable i nduc tor s w hich a re c onnec ted t o t he (
511-2890 1) A ntenna T uner m ay b e u sed . I n s uch c ases, a
c
on trol k nob s b y m eans o f b eve led g ear s a nd e xten sion s hafts. r
emo te me ter ing k it BPM -1A i s a va ilab le t o r eplace t he r -
f
The t un ing c on trols are p rov ided w i
th i nd icator s so t hat t he ir amme ter i n t he t r
ansm itte r.
p
o sitions m ay b e a ccurate ly l ogged . T he c abinets a nd c enter Term ina ls a re p rovided o n t he BTA -1L f o
r modu la t
ion i ndi-
s
ect ion a re f inished i n t wo-tone umber g r ay w ith t r
im s t
rip s c
ation b y means o f ap ickup c oil c oup led t o t he t ank c o
il o f
o
f s a
tin c hrome . t
he o utpu t s t
age . E xc itation f or r -
f f requency mon itor ing i s

20
A
M T
RANS '
ERS

t
aken o f an r -
f v o
ltage d ivider across a c apac
itor in ; he Audio F requency H armon ic D
istor
tion ( 5
0 to 7 ,
500 cyc
les ,
g
round s i
de o f the b uff
er s tage
. A -f monitoring i s a
ccom - 0to 95 % modu lat
ion) no
t to exceed 3% r m
s
p
lished b
y means o f av ol
tage d eveloped ac
ro s
s ar esis
tor con- R
-f L oad I mpedance
n
ected in se
ries with the se condary of the modu lat
ion tran s
- (
unbalanced tr
an smiss
ion li
ne or a
ntenna) _
20 t o 2
50 o
hms
f
ormer, a
t w hich point al e
ve l of approx
ima tely +10 d bm i s D
imen s
ion s
, overa
ll
a
vailab
le at 100 % modu la
tion . Width 1
08 3/
4"

Contro l circuit s are s imp lif


ied a nd o fer m aximum p rotection Depth ( door swing 1 8 3/
4"
) 2
01 /
4"

t
ot he t r
an sm itter a nd o perating p er
sonne l
. Ad ist
inctive f e
ate.e Height 8
4 7/
1"

i
s ar elay wh ich e l
im ina tes the n ecess
i ty o f r ecyc
ling o f t he Weight (unpacked ) 3
,
410 lbs
.
t
ime d elay w hen momen tary p ower f ailure s o r interrup tions
o
ccur. O verload p rotection i s prov ided b y using m agne tic c ir
- T
ube C
omp
lemen
t
c
uit b reaker s t hat also s erve as s wi
tche s. F
or BTA -
1L T ransm it
ter E xciter O nly MI
-7320
The BTA -
1L i sn orma lly s upplied f or o peration a t 1000 w atts 1 RCA -807 1 RCA-8 10 2 RCA-637
o
utpu t. Where p ower c hange i sr equ ired, ak it o f power c hange 3
'828 2 RCA-8008 1 RCA-5Y3GT
e
qu ipmen t ( MI-7188 -A) i s n
eces sary a nd i se asily installed s l
n F
or T ype BTA -1L Amp lif
ier O nly MI
-7318
t
he c hassis in t he c enter s ec
tion o f the e quipmen t. Thi s e quip- 4 RCA -833-A 4 RCA -8008 2 RCA
-866/866A
ment w i
ll r educe t he p ower o utpu t from 1 000 t o 500 o r 2 50 S
tock Iden
t i
fication
wat
ts o r from 5 00 t o 250 w at
ts a s required . A v ar
iab le t ran s
- BTA-1L T ran smitter MI-7186-B
f
ormer a d
ju stab le f r
om t he c on trol p anel p rovides a meae s BTA-1L Amp l
ifier ( f
or 250K a nd BTA -250
-L)
o
f m aint • •g t he p roper v oltage s a s r equired . A s epara e (
comp lete with c onvers
ion a cce s
sories) M I
-7187-A
10 v ol
ts, 5 0 t o 6 0 c ycle s upp ly i s required f or the c rystal
h
eater s. E
quipmen
t S
upp
lied
The BTA -1L i s f u
rn ished w ith t wo s ets o f t ubes a nd t wo
T
he f o
llowing i s ac ondensed l i
st of equ
ipmen
t inc
luded a s
c
rystals.
ac omp lete BTA -1L t ransmitter:
S
pec
ificat
ions 1T ype BTA -1L E xc
iter U ni
t M
I-7281-B
1T ype BTA -1L P ower Amp lif
ier M
I-7185-A
C
arrier F requency R ange 5
40 t o 1600 k es 1T ype BTA -1L P ower E quipmen t Sect
ion. _ N
1
1-7284-A
C
arrier F requency S t
ab i
lity -
1
-10 c ycles 1T ype UL4392 C rys
tal O sc
illator Unit MI
-19458
C
arrier P ower O utput 1T ouchup F inish K it M
I-7443
(
a) 1 ,
000 w atts (
c) 5 00/1,000 w at
ts" 1M iscelaneou s Hardware K it MI
-7474
(
b ) 500 w a
tts (
d) 2 50/1,000 w at
ts* 2Instruction B ook s I
B-30118
-1
(
e) 2 50/500 w a
tts* 2T ype TMV - 129B C rystal Un i
ts MI
-7467
C
arrier F requency H armon ics be
low . 05% 1 RF O u
tpu t Me ter MI
-7157-1
1
A
-c P ower I npu t (220 t o 2 40 v o
lt, 50/60 c ycles
, s i
ngle p hase 2Sets o f T ube s M
I-7320/7318
(
Line v o
ltage r egulation a nd v ar
iation n ot to exceed 5%) 1Set of S t
ation C al
l L et
ters M
I-26910
Average P rogram L evel at 1 ,
000 w a
tts 4
,500 w at
ts
5
00 w a
tts 3,
700 w ane
2
50 w a
tts 3350 w ai
ls A
vai
lab
le A
ccesso
rie
s
1
00 % Modu lation 1
,
000 w a
tts 5
,700 w at
ts T
ype It
l
'A-1 Antenna Tuner MI
-28901-A
5
00 w a
tts 4
,900 w at
ts P
ower Change Equipment MI
-7188-A
2
50 w a
tts 4
,450 w at
ts T
ype BPM -
1A R emote Metering Kit MI
-28027/MI
-28037-A
A
-c P ower I npu t (crystal h eaters) 10 v o
lts, 28 w at
ts An
tenna Phas
ing E qu
ipmen t Ona
pplica
tion
C
arrier S hift— troni z ero to 1 00% modu lation _
le ss than 5* An
tenna Towers a
nd RF T ransmis
sion L
ine _On a
pplica
tion
C
arrier N oise a nd H um L evel
(
unwe igh ted b e
low 1 00% modu lation) —60 d b •MI-7188
-A Power Change equ
ipmen t i
srequ
ired.
Audio F requency R esi)))se ( 30 to 10
,000 c ycles
t _ - ±1.5 d b •
• dbm = n o
. of d
b a
bove one mi
lliwa
tt w
hen si
ngle f
r
equency
Audio Inpu t for 100% Modu lat
ion +11 d bm' s t
one modulat
ion isused
.

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roadcas
t T
rans m
itter
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ype B
TA-5F

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eatures
• L
ow o
pera
ting c
os
t—long l
i
fe t
ube
s —h
igh ef
ic
iency c
i
rcu
its
. i
ng ex
tra t
e
st equ
ipmen
t a
nd simp
lif
ies t
uning and m a
inte-
n
ance
. Some o
f th
e t
ime p
roven c
i
rcui
t des
ign fe
ature
s a re
:
• L
ow i
n
sta
lla
tion c
os
t —bu
ilt
-in w
ire c
hanne
l —ef
f
ic
ien
t l
a
you
t.
A
utomat
ic rec
losure w
ithou
t r
ecyc
ling o
n i
n
stan
taneou
s p
ower
• V
ert
ica
l c
has
sis c
ons
truc
tion
--u
tmo
st a
cce
ssib
ili
ty.
d
rop-ou
ts.
• P
ush b
utton e
lec
tric tun
ing —comp
lete c
i
rcu
it me
ter
ing —
C
las
s C r
-
f S
t
age
s —ea
sy t
uning —no c
r
itica
l a
dju
stmen
ts.
p
ane
l v
iewing w
indows.
C
las
s B Modu
lator
s—s
imp
le c
i
rcu
it d
es
ign —h
igh e
fi
ciency
.
• E
quipped w
i
th c
ontro
l c
onso
le —cen
tra
lized c
ontro
l s
y
stem
.
E
qua
lized F
eedback —
low d
i
stor
tion o
pera
tion —no a
dju
stmen
ts.
• E
ntire
ly a
i
r c
ooled —a
ll c
ool
ing a
i
r f
i
l
tered
.
F
ixed N
eutra
liza
tion —
stab
le p
erformance
.
• C
an b
e o
pera
ted a
t 1k
w b
y t
he f
l
ick o
f as
wi
tch
.
The BTA -5F r epresents a d i
stinct a dvance i n tube e conomy .
• Q
uick
ly a
nd i
nexpen
sive
ly c
onver
ted f
or 1
0 k
w o
pera
tion
.
F
ewer tubes are e mployed w hich reduce s the number o f spares
• Ex
tension wing c ab
inets ava
ilable for hous
ing p
has
ing
, r
equired. Only 6 t ube t ypes are used a s compared t o 1 t ube
moni
toring
, te
sting and aud
io e quipment
s. t
ypes in apreviou s de
s ign. Greater use i sm ade of beam p ower
t
ubes w i
th c onsequen tly lower d r
ive r equirements a nd i n
-
c
reased e f
ic
ienc ies
. A l l tubes a re air-cooled a nd e ach h igh
p
ower t ube has i t
s o wn b lower, i n
suring a n adequate supp ly
Descr
ipt
ion o
f air and elim inat
ing a ny p os
sibil
ity o f o verhea
ting.
The BTA -51. 3k w Broadcas
t T ransm it
ter i s cons
idered o ne of The con
trol console f
or the BTA
-5F h as b
een d es
igned to pro
-
t
he f i
nest
, mo st e f
ic
ient e quipmen ts e ver o fered t o broad- v
ide a m aximum o f e
ase and ef
iciency in sta
tion operat
ion.
c
asters
. I t
s e xcel
lent design i n
clude s r ef
inemen ts i n ci
rcuits
, E
ach m ajor control f
unct
ion of t
he transmi
tter isat the engi
-
c
arefully planned m echanica
l l a
yout, long l i
fe componen ts, and n
eer'
s fingert
ips, and impor
tant me
ters are pl
aced w i
thin easy
c
omp lete p ro
tection for per
sonne l a nd e qu
ipmen t
. T he des
ign v
iewing d i
stance.
o
f t h
is tr
ansm i
tter is 80 c
onservative t hat itm ay b e operated
F
or t
he purpose of h
ousing phas
ing componen
ts and mon
itor
-
on 1 0 kw w i
th o nly m inor mod if
ications. T he f ront panel
i
ng
, te
st, and audio equipments
, extens
ion c
abinet
s may be
v
iew o f the n ew BTA -5F s hows t he a t
tract
ive u n
ified panel
a
dded t
o e
ither or b
oth ends o
f the BTA-5F
.
w
ith t wo-
tone umber g ray fin
ish and l ight tr
im .
The BTA -5F of ers an ew c oncept of acce
ssib
ility
. When t he
f
ront doors a
re o pened, componen ts and tubes are immediately I
ncreas
ing Po wer t
o 10 K W
a
ccess
ible. This f ea
ture p rov ides ready acces
s f or serv
icing.
The BTA -5F m ay be ea
sily a nd i nexpensively changed o ver to a
a
nd a l
low s aq uick c hange o f tubes w hen fa
ilures occur
. I n s
t
andard RCA T ype BTA -10F , 1 0 k w T ransmitter by t he in
-
a
ddit
ion i tisp ossible to erect as ma
l ler a
nd less co
stly st
ruc-
s
t
allation of a1 0 k w k
it ( MI-7267 -A). The spare tube p osi
tion
t
ure to house the t ran
sm i
tter. o
f the BTA -5F provides as ocke t for the additional required
Ver
tical c
hass
is c on
struct
ion i s employed th
roughou t
. T h
is T
ype 8 92-R T ube. Sockets
, c omp letely wired, are provided f o
r
t
ype of c
ons
truction fa
cil
itates t
he removal o
r te
sting of c
om- t
wo a ddi
tional 828 modu lator d r
iver t ubes. The M I
-7267.A c on
-
p
onen t
s and i n
sures bet
ter v ent
ila
tion of t
he c abine
t with v
ersion k i
t i nc
lude s ab lower , f i
lamen t tr
an s
former s, 1 0 kw
r
esul
tant l
onger li
fe for ind
ividual un
its
. Modulation T ransformer a nd R eactor
, a nd all n ece
ssary a c
-
c
essories
. Moun ting fac
ilit
ies h ave b een provided fo r n
ew c orn
-
No tr
ick circuits are u sed in t
he BTA -5F. Basic ci
rcui
ts have p
onen ts so tha
t c onvers
ion i s rap id and e as
ily m ade.
b
een time-
te s
ted a nd p roved in atle
ast one h
undred 5 -D, 5
-DX,
5
-E and 5 -F i ns
tallat
ions t hroughout the w or
ld . The use of T
he I3TA-5F issh
ipped wi
th c ontrol c
onso
le, 2type TMV
-129-B
s
t
raight-
forward c i
rcuits w hich are eas
ily ad
ju sted and m a
in- c
rys
tal units
, 2complete se
ts of t ube
s, 1ins
tal
lation m
ater
ial
t
a
ined, preven ts lo
s s of time, e
liminate
s the necess
ity for buy
- k
i
t, 1t ouch-up k
it a
nd 2 instruction manual
s.

22
A
M T
RANSM
ITTERS

S
pec
ifi
cat
ions W
ti ght in P ounds (u npacked ):
T
ransm it
tei i (Less Modu lator Output U
nit/ 6
000
Al
l v alues u nder " Specif
ications - are b ased Oil RMA 1.41; d
M
iklulator Ou tput Un it
,

Impedances )
Modulation T rans
former , Modulat
ion R eac
tor
,
T
ype o f Em is sion 3
B
lock ing C apac
itor 9
92
Norma l R a
ted P ower Ou tput ( in
to RMA n orma l load) _5 w
P
late Trans former ( a
ir c ooled) 7
50
Maximum P ower Ou tpu t 5
.5 . w
C
onsole 3
93
F
requency L im its —Lower 5
40 c
Upper 1
600 c E
quipmen
t F
urn
ished
F
requency S tab i
lity -
110 c yc •s
P
ower S upp ly R equiremen ts : T
he BTA -5F T ransm it
ter iM I-72(
.0-C) (o
nsis
ts o
f:
Line V ol
ts 2
30 v o t
s 1 RF Un it MI -7259-E
Phase 3 I L
.P. R ec t
ifier MI -7253-C
Frequency_ 5
0 o r 60 c y le 1 A
.F . Un it MI -7258-E
P
erm issible V ol
tage D eviation -15 I Modu la tor Ou tpu t Un it __ _ _ _ _MI -7087-A
1 Power C ontrol Un it MI-7257-A
A
-c P ower I npu t
C
arr ier O n
ly 1
6
.5 w I Base A ssemb ly MI-7255 -A

25 % Modu la t
ion , Average P rogram L evel 1
75 - w 1 Enclosure MI-7256 .A
1
00% Modu la tion ( tone) 2
15 • w I I
nterconnec tion J umper K i
t MI -7077
C
rys tal O scillator s I P
late T rans former ( air c ooled) M I-7088-C
15 v ol
ts, 50 o r 60 cycIe
, s i
ng ie phase, 30 w a t
s 2 UL-4392 C rystal O scillator Un i
t MI -19458
Modu lation High level class B I S
uperv isory C on trol C onso e MI -11616
Audio F equency I npu t— 2 TMV -129B C rystal Un i
t MI -7467
Impedance 6
00 o s Miscellaneous H ardware K i
t _ _ Ml -7474
Approx .) -100% Modu lation L eve
l -
I12 5 d Tool K it MI -7086-B
Aud io F requency R esponse 3 0-10,000 cy. u niform, Touch -up K it MI -7499-A
wi
th in +15 b 2 S
ets of T ubes _ _ _ _ _ _
__ MI -7083-A
Aud io F requency D istortion 5 0-7,500 cy. S
et o f F requency D e
term ining P ar
ts MI-19465 -A
Namep la te MI-28180 -A
not to e xceed•• 3% s
Residua l No ise, Unwe ighted B e
low 1 00 % Modu lat
ion _60 ( I
) I
nstalla tion Wir ing K it MI -7268-E
Max imum Amb ient Opera ting T empera ture 4
5c . 2 I
nstruc tion B ooks IB-30140
2 I
nstalla tion P r
in ts 1B
-300991 -I
T
ube Co mp
le ment (
MI-7083A
)
C
r)
,stal Osc
illator 2 RC . %807; RF B uff
er 1—RCA 8 28; '•
F A
vai
lab
le A
ccesso
ries
ICon,u lt n earest RC k o fice f or particular-1
Dr
iver 2—RCA 8 10; P
ower Amp lif
ier 1—RCA 8 92R; 11
AF Amp lif
ier 2—RCA 1 620; 2nd AF Amp lif
ier 2—RC• Antennas a nd RF T rans ini— ion L ines On a pplicat
ion
8
28; AF D river 2—RCA 8 28; Modu lator 2—RCA 8 92' ; Antenna Tuner , BPA -1
11 i less or with mon i
torl _MI-28902A o rB
B
ias Rectif
ier 2—RCA 8 008; Low P ower Rec
tif
ier 2—RC. S
pec ial P hasing E quipmen t On a pplicat
ion
8
008; Ma in R ec
tif
ier 6—RCA 8 008
. T
ransm i
tter Amp lifier a nd Mon itor R ack MI
-11623
T
es t a nd Measur ing E qu ipmen t On a pplicat
ion
Mechan
ica
l S
pec
ifi
cat
ions Mod ification K it f or c onver t
ing BTA -5F t o
Overa
ll Leng th 1
71! " BTA -10F ( with o ne s et of tubes) 6 0 c yc
le MI
-7267 -A
Overa
ll H eight 8
5. " S
et o f Tubes f or BTA -5F Ml
-7083 .A
Overa
ll D epth ( l
ess modu lation o utput un
it Le
ft Wing E x
tension C abine t ( Phasing ) MI-7485-F
a
nd pla te t
ransformer ) 3
8! " R
igh t Wing E xten sion C abinet ( Aud iol MI-7485-E
P
late Transformer ( a
ir cooled) 3 %" x 2 1" x 2
4 %" 5
0 C ycle C onversion K it Ml
-7085 .A
Console 6
0" x 341 2 "x 4
/ 112 "1
/ %,
1 L
ine Vo l
tage R egula tor On application
Modulator Ou tput Un i
t ( BTA -5F)
Modulation T ransformer 9
6" x 191/ "x 2
2 31/ "h
2 is •F
or 5 kw output, p
ower f
actor i
s 8
5%.
(Output F i
lter —Increases t ransformer h eight f
rom F
or 1 kw output, p
ower f
actor i
s 7
8%.
2
31/"t
2 o 2 71/"
2 ) *
* A
t 95 % Modula
tion and o
perat
ing i
n
to a l
oad I
ti
tb
in
Bui
lding E ntrance R equiremen ts 3
81/ "w
2 ide
, 87" hi.
41 l
imi
ts.
The RCA 1
0-K W A M t
rans-
m
itter
, T
ype B
TA-
10F
, i
siden-
t
i
cal i
n s
ite a
nd a
ppearance
t
o t
he B
TA-5F yot s ee he-e.
Ove
r 1
25 t
rans m
it-ers o
f this
s
er
ies n
ow i
n o
pera
tion
.

4
Phct c
our
fe w c
f R
adio S
ta
iioi I
rOOL
,
R
hoodx
,Ar
izona
)

24
w
ith 1
0-k
ilo a
tt i
nsurance
T
h
is s
imp
le k
i
t (
M
l-7267
-A)
BTA-.5F. The o ne 5-K W AM T rans- a
nce o
fthe i
nst l
a
tion b
y s
evera
l t
imes
.
m
itter that insures easy i
ncrease to 10 t
a
kes t
h
e B
TA-5F t
o 1
0 K
W...
And c areful l ann ing l ike this g oes
KW a t any time! Power c hangeover is r
igh to nthrough F or ins tance ,this trans- i
n
expen
sive
ly a
nd w
i
thou
t o
ne
s
imple ..i nexpens ive .
.quick. Because mitter i se quipp d w ith o ne o fthe mos t
i
t wasplanned t hat way
. c
hange i
nst
a
tion l
a
you
t.
comp lete c entr li
zed c on tro l s ystems
When y ou i nstall the BTA -5F T rans- e
ver d esigned f o a ny transm itter . .w ith
• O
ne b
l
owie
r
mitter for 5 -K W o pera tion there isjust a
ll the n ecessary con tro ls, c ircuit b reak-
one t ube i n the p ower amp l
ifier st
age e
rs a nd r elays ne d ed f or f ully automa tic • T
wo f
i
lamen
t t
r
ans
forme
rs
(
left-hand c ubic le in v iew b elow). B ut opera tion o r se -
t by-step manua l o per-
note t he add i
tiona l t ube socke t al
ready a
tion . I t has p u h-bu tton mo tor- tuning • O
ne 1
0-KW m
odu
lat
ion
moun ted in place . To i ncrease p ower to f
or i t
s h igh-po e r st ages . ..and i nstan- t
r
ans
forme
r
10 KW , y ou n eed o n
ly b uy the simp le t
aneous p ower c n tro l r educ tion . Itc an
• O
ne r
e
acto
r
mod ificat
ion k it ( descr ibed i n b ox at bef urn ished w it ma tch ing c abine te nd-
r
igh t). Wi th the p ar ts contained in this e
xtens ions f or h using a ntenna p has ing, • A
l
l n
e
ces
sary h
ardwa
re
k
it...and t he few s imp le circuit changes mon i toring , tes
t a nd a ud io e quipmen t
.
r
equ ired ,c hangeover c an be made " over- These e xtensio s h ave f ron t sections
n
igh t
." It
's e asy ..
.it's inexpens ive. You t
ha t b ecome a n itegra l p art o fthe o ver-
n
eed l ose n o air time . a
llu nified front a no ther e xclusive RCA
Naturally, you c an a lso b uy this trans- f
eature o f great i mpor tance i n s tat
ion
mit
ter o r
ig inal ly for 1 0
-K W o pera t
ion a
ppearance . And o te t his t oo:t he 5 -K W
(
spec if
ied asT ype BTA -10F ). Both mod - BTA -5F u ses o nl 2 4 t ubes ( 6 dif erent
e
ls— the BTA -5F f or 5 -K W o pera tion, t
ube t ypes) he 0
; t - K W BTA -10F u ses
a
nd t he BTA -10F f or 1 0-K W o pera t
ion only 2 7 tubes ( 6 d
iferen t t ypes).
—have t he s a me s leek , we l
l-fin ished , • • •
business-like a ppearance s hown b y Here, we b e
lie i
s t he fi
nest st
ream-
KOOL 's ins tallation o n the o ppos ite l
ined sta
tion insta l
a
tion e ver eng
ineered
p
age . Both mode ls h ave the true u n
ified f
or standard -ban b
roadcas t
ing... w
ith
f
ront ...a n e xc
lu sive featur e o f RCA a
ll basic circuits p
roved i n more than
h
igh -power AM t ransm itters. Th is front 1
25 t ransm it
ters ft his s
eries now o p
-
i
sa ni n
tegra l piece s eparate from t he com- e
rat
ing t hrougho tt he wor ld. Get t
he T
he T
rar snif
ter C
ont
rol

p
artmen t enclosur es
. I tg reatly facilitates d
etai
ls f rom y ou RCA B roadcast Sa
les C
onsole —stanz
_ard equip ment
H
ush -moun ting . ..and i mproves a ppear- E
ngineer , or writ Departmen t 19AD w
ith e
very BTA-5F a
nd BTA-10F.

T
HE 5
-K W B
TA-5F (
open v
iew
). Swee
t a
nd s
imp
le... w
ith e
very
thing u
p f
ron
t whe
re y
ou c
an r
each i
t
.
A
M T
RANSM
ITTERS

AM B
roadcas
t T
ransm
itter
, T
ype B
TA-
10F

F
eatures
a
l
so p ermits tran
sm itter houses to be p l
anned for ac omplete
• Low o perating c os
t— long l i
fe tube s —high e f
ic
iency c ircuit
.
i
nsta
llat
ion w ith m inimum s pace requirements
.
• Low i nstallation c ost —eff
icient layou t —bu i
lt-in wire channe l
.
• Vertical c hassis c onstruction —utmo st a cces
sibility —
tube s The BTA -
10F i sshipped w i
th c on
trol console
, 2type TMV-129-B
C
ry s
tal U ni
ts, 2 c omp le
te s et
s o f tubes (except only seven
e
asily r emoved .
8
92-R tubes are supplied), in
terconnec t
ing wire ki
t, 1touch-up
• Entirely a ir-cooled . P ush b u
tton e l
ectric t uning.
• Automa tic r e
clo sure w i
thou t recyc l
ing o n i ns
tantaneou s p
aint kit and 2 i nstruct
ion manua ls
.
p
ower d rop-ou t. Spec ificat ions
• Equ ipped w ith c ontrol c onsole —cen tralized c ontrol system. (All v alue s u nder " Spec if
icat
ions" a re b ased on RMA L oad
• Power o u
tpu t m ay b e reduced t o 2 kw i n eme rgencie s by Impedance s)
o
pera tion o f o ne s wi
tch . Type o f Em ission _ A3
• Exten s
ion w ing c abinets a vai
lab le f or h ousing p has ing
, Norma l R ated P ower O utput (into RMA n orma l l
oad ) _ 10 k w
mon itoring , testing a nd a udio e quipmen ts. Max imum P ower Ou tpu t 1
0 6k w
• Tube h our me ter . F
requency L im its —Lower 5
40 k c
• Dry t ran s
former s
. Upper 1
600 k c
F
requency S tability -
I
-10 c ycles
Power S upp ly R equiremen ts:
Descr
ipt
ion
L
ine V olt
s 93
0 v olts
The T ype BTA -10F p rovide s a1 0 kw AM t ran sm itter wh ich i s Phase 3
o
utstand ing i n a ppearance , p erformance , a nd r e liab ility. F ide l- F
requency 5
0 o r 60 c ycle
i
t
y, d is
tor tion , a nd n oise l eve l a re h eld t o s tandard s mee ting Perm issib le V ol
tage D eviat
ion
t
he h ighe st r equ iremen ts. E conomy i s a s
sured b y t he u se o f A
-c P ower I npu t
e
xtreme ly l ong l i
fe t ube s
, a nd t he h igh ly ef icien t h igh l e vel Carrier O nly 9
4 0k w
s
ystem o f modu lation . T he c o s
t o f o pera t
ion p er h our o f t his •25% Modu lation , A verage P rog ram L evel 2
6 k w
1
0 kw e quipmen t h as b een s hown t o b e c on siderab ly l ess t han 1
00% Modu la tion ( Tone ) 3 5k w
t
hat o f many 5 k w i nstallation s
. Crystal O scillator s _115 v .
, 50 o r 6 0 cy
., sing
le phase, 30 w at
ts
B
as ica l
ly t hi s 1 0 k w T ran sm itter i ssim ilar t o t he T ype BTA -5F Modu lation H
igh level c l
ass B
5 kw T ran sm itter. I t difer s i n t hat i ti nclude s a n a ddi tiona l A udio F requency I npu t—
8
92-R t ube w i th i t
s a s
soc iated f i
lamen t t rans former s a nd b lower Impedance 6
00 o hms
motor , a l arger modu la t
ion t rans former , a r e actor a nd t wo (
Approx .)- 100% Modu lat
ion L eve
l +12 5 d bm
a
dd itiona l 8 28 modu lator d r
iver t ubes. T he c ond ition s o f o per - A udio F requency R esponse 3 0
-10 ,000 cy. u ni
form,
a
t
ion o f the t ube s a re t he s ame , p erm itting s imi lar p erformance w
ithin +1 5 d b
a
nd t he s ame l ong t ube l ife w hich e xpe r
ience h as p roved t o b e A udio F requency D istortion 5 0
-7,500 c y.
a
t
ta ined i n t he BTA -5F T ransm i
t ter
. T he f i
de lity o f t ran sm is
- n
ot t o e xceed** r
ms
R es
idua l N oise, Unwe igh ted B elow 1 00% Modu lat
ion__60 d b
s
ion a nd o pera ting e ff
iciency o f t he T ype BTA - 10F T ran sm itter
i
se xcep tiona l. I ts h igh l evel modu lation s ystem i si den tica l t o Max imum Amb ient O perating T empera ture 4
5° C .
t
hat i ncorpora ted i n t he BTA -5F . T he a ud io f eedback c ircu it T
ube Co mp le ment ( M
l-7084A )
i
se xtreme ly s table a nd u naf fected b y a dju stmen ts o f t he r ad io C
rystal Osc
illator
, 2 RCA 8 07; RF B ufer, 1 RCA 828; RF
f
requency c ircu its. O ther e xclu sive c ircuit d esign f eature s o f Dr
iver, 2 RCA 8 10; Power Amp lif
ier
, 2 RCA 8 92R; 1s
t AF
t
he BTA -10F w i
l l b e f ound u nder t he d escrip tion o f t he t ype Amplif
ier
, 2 RCA 1 6
20; 2nd AF Amp lif
ier, 2 RCA 828; AF
BTA -5F T ran sm itter . Dr
iver, 4 RCA 8 28; Modula
tor, 2 RCA 8 92R; Bias R
ectif
ier,
The BTA -10F T ransm itter i s e quipped w ith a n a t
trac tive , u ni
- 2 RCA 8008; L ow P ower Rectif
ier
, 2 RCA 8 008
; Main R ec
ti-
f
ied f ron t p ane l f inished i n t wo-tone umber g ray a nd l i
gh t t rim . f
i
er, 6 RCA 8 008.
Exten sion c ab ine ts a re a vailab le f o r b oth e nd s f or p ha sing
c
omponen t s a nd mon itoring , t es
t a nd a udio e quipmen t. T his •
• A
t 95 % Modu
lat
ion a
nd o
pera
ting i
n
to a l
oad w
ith
in RMA
c
ompac t d esign n ot o nly r epresen ts t he i dea l i nstallation b u
t l
imi
ts.

26
AM T
RANSM
ITTERS

Me
chan
ica
l S
pec
ifi
cat
ions 1 Base A ssemb ly MI -7255-A
D
imen s
ion s i n inche s ( Approx .) 1 Enclosure MI -7256-B
Overall L eng th 1 I
nterconnec tion J umper K i
t MI -7077
1
71%"
Overall H eigh t 1 P
late T ransformer ( a
ir coo led) MI -7088-C
8
51 A"
Overall D epth ( l
ess modu lat
ion o u
tpu t un
it 2 UL4392 C rystal O sc
illator Un i
t MI -19458
a
nd p late t r
ans forme r ) 3
81/2” 1 S
uperv isory C ontrol C onsole MI -11616
2 TMV -129B C rystal U ni
t MI -7467
P
late T ran sformer ( air c ooled ) 3 %" x 21" x 2 4 %" high
Console 6
0" x 3412 "x 4
/ 112 "h
/ igh 1 Misce
llaneous H ardware K it M I
-
7
4
74
Modu lator O utput U ni
t ( BTA -10F) 1 Tool K it M I-7086-B
Modu lation T ran sformer " x2
96 0" x 247/8" h
igh 1 Touch-up K it _ MI -7499
-A
Modu lation R eactor 2
91/"x 2
2 7" x 2" h igh 2 S
ets of T ubes MI-7084-A
Block ing C apacitor a nd Ou tpu t F
ilter 2
61/ "x VA" x 2
2 0" high 1 S
et of F requency D e
term ining P ar
ts MI-19465-B
1 N
amep late MI-28 180-1
Bui
ld ing E ntrance R equ iremen ts 3
81/2"w ide
, 87" high
Weigh t i n P ounds ( unpacked): 1 I
nstal
lation W iring K i
t M I-7268-E
Transm itter s (Le ss Modu lator O utput Unit) 6
500 2 I
nstruction B ook s I
B -30141
Modu lator Ou tpu t U nit 2 I
nstal
lation N otes 1B-30099-1
Modu la tion T ran sformer 1
15
Modu la tion R eac tor 1
340 A
vai
lab
le A
ccessor
ies
B
lock ing C apac itor 5
8 (Con sult nearest RCA of ice for particulars)
P
late T ran sformer ( a
ir c oo led) 7
50 Antennas a nd RF T ran sm iss
ion L ines O
n a pplication
Con sole 393 Antenna T uner, BPA -10 ( les
s or with mon itor)._MI-28902A o rB
Special P has
ing E quipmen t On a pplication
1
0 t o 5k w A n
tenna C utback K it MI
-28152
E
quipmen
t F
urn
ished Transm it
ter Amp lif
ier a nd Mon itor R ack MI
- 11623
l
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he BTA -10F T ran
sm it
ter (
MI-7266
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ons
ist
s o
f
: Test and Measur ing E quipmen t On a pplication
1 RF Unit MI
-7259 4 Mod if
ication K it f or conver ting BTA -5F to
1 L
.P. Rectif
ier _MI
-7253
-D BTA -10F ( with o ne s e
t of tubes) 6 0 cycle_ _ _MI -7267 -A
1 A
.F. U ni
t MI
-7258 4 S
e t of T ubes f or BTA -10F MI
-7084 -A
1 Modulator O u
tput U n
i _MI
-7087
-B Left W ing E xtension C abinet ( Phasing) MI
-7485 .F
1 Power C ontro
l U n
it _Ml
-7257
.0 R
igh t W ing E xten s
ion C abinet ( Audio) MI
-7485 -E

F
ron
t v
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ith d
oor
s o
pen s
how
ing i
n
ter
ior c
ons
truc
tion
.

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-10F T
ran
smi
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ith l
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ft a
nd r
igh
t w
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xtens
ion c
abine
ts.

27
T
rans m
itter C
ontro
l C
onso
le, M
I-1
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F
eatures D
escr
ipt
ion
• S
imp
lif
ies t
r
ansm
itter i
n
sta
lla
tion
. A
ll c on trol s, s w
itche s a nd me ter s a re moun ted o n t hree p ane ls
which a re a ssemb led i n the t urret moun ted o n am eta l d esk .
E
ach p anel i sh inged a t the b ottom s o t hat i tm ay b e o pened
f
or e asy s erv icing a nd t he e ntire r ear c over o f the t urre t m ay
• Major c
ontro
l func
tions are a
t engineer
's fi
nger
tips a
nd b
e r emoved t o f acilitate i nstalla tion o r b asic c hange s
. D esk
impor
tan
t meter
s are wi
thin e
asy vi
ew ing d
is
tance. a
nd t u
r ret a re o f me ta l c onstruc tion t hroughou t. T he l eft h and
p
ede sta l con ta in s at ypew riter s helf a nd t he r i
gh t p ede stal c on -
t
a
ins t wo c onven ien t d rawer s. A t hird d rawer i sl ocated i n t he
• C
onta
ins a
l
l r
equ
ired m
ixing a
nd s
wi
tch
ing f
a
cil
ities
. c
enter b etween t he p ede s
tals. A c ylinder l ock o n t his d rawer
a
lso l o cks t he d rawer s i n t he p ede sta l
. S kir t
s h ave b een p ro-
v
ided b elow t he p ede stals t o c oncea l t he w iring c ondu i ts a nd
a
l
l w iring i sc arr ied i n side t he d e sk. T he d esk t op i sc overed
• S
tandardized vu meter p
lus e
xtens
ion modu
lat
ion mon
ito
r w
ith b lack l inoleum w ith r ounded c orner s a nd me tal t rim .
a
nd antenna curren
t ind
ica
tion
.
Mechan ica lly i nter locked p ush -key s p ermi t i nstan t s elec tion o f
t
he c ircu it t o b e mon itored b y t he v u me ter o r b y t he mon i
-
t
oring a mp lifier.B y means o f t he se k ey s,t he mon ito ring s peake r
• A
ll neces
sary c
ontro
ls f
o
r t
r
ansm
itter o
pera
tion
s p
lus v
i
sua
l may b e u sed t o c heck ( 1) t ran sm itter a udio i npu t, ( 2) t r
an s
-
i
ndica
ting lamp
s. mitter a ud io o u tpu t
, ( 3 a nd 4 ) t wo i ncom ing l ine s a nd ( 5)
t
urn tab le o utpu t.
Balanced , h igh q uality , s t
ep -by -step m ixer s a re p rov ided f or
t
he ( 1
) i ncom ing l ine, ( 2) a nnounce m icrophone a nd ( 3 ) turn -
t
able . A ma ster o r t ransm itter i npu t c on tro l a nd a mon itor
U
ses amp lif
ier v olume c ontro l a re a lso f urn ished . K ey s witche s i n
The MI-11616 T ran sm i
tter C on trol C onso
le isan a t
trac
tive desk t
he o utpu ts o f t he m icrophone a nd t u rntab le m ixer s a re
t
ype console c ontaining a l
l t he m ix
ing a nd switching faci
lit
ies equipped w ith i nd icat ing l amp s
. T he m icrophone k ey i si nter-
r
equired at t he transm itter plan t. It isequipped w ith a st
and- l
ocked w i
th t he mon itor ing s peaker t hrough a r e
lay a nd d is
-
a
rdized v u me ter, e xtens ion modu lat
ion mon itor m e
ter a nd c
onnec t s t he s peaker w henever t he m icrophone i s o n
. A l ine
a
ntenna c urrent me ters. D esigned p rimari
ly fo r use with the t
rans fer k ey p erm its r e ady s elec tion o f two i ncom ing l ines a nd
RCA BTA -5F a nd BTA -10F B roadcast Transmitter, i
t may b e t
rans fer s t he t e
lephone s et t o t he l ine n ot b eing u sed f or t he
c
omb ined w ith t he MI -11623 T ransm i
tter Mon itor and Amp l
- p
rogram . At hree p osition k ey s witch s e
lec ts t he s tud io l ine o r
f
i
er R ack t o prov ide a mo s
t f l
exib
le a nd comp lete sys
tem o f t
h e l ocal m icrophone a nd t u rntab le. C hrom ium p l a
ted g uard s
c
ontrol and mon itor s
. preven t a cciden ta l o pera tion o f t he i mpor tan t k ey s
. A s pare

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v
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s sible t o
L
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s _600 o hm s
r
ead l e vel
s o f + 4 v u to + 40 v u; a modu lation me ter i n
tended Telephone S et 6
00 ohm s
t
o o per ate a s an e xtension f o
r at ype 6A modu lation mon i
tor Microphone a nd T urntable s 2
50 ohm s
a
nd a n a ntenna c urren t i ndica tor c onsis t
ing o f a 0 -50 m a
, Mon itor —Tran smitter i n and o ut ( Bridg ing) _ _20 ,000 ohm s
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