NAEB Engineering Newsletter (May 1955)

- 2 ' Dage Division of Thompson Products put on a demonstration of their vidicon camera equipment in the TV-MP studios of the University of Illinois, February 25. They are providing a “package" TV station for the Armed Forces with one live vidicon camera, two film projectors, vidicon film chain, 100 watt VHF transmitter and antenna for $52,000. If the FCC approves, these low power packages might be the answer for school systems in smaller cities with a VHF channel reservation. Work is progressing on the installation of the WTLC (or as we at NAEB so quaintly call it, WILL-TV)transmitter, and bids have been received for the erection of the antenna on the Illinois Memorial Stadium. Schooley reiterates, "Could be on the air in thirty days." Joe Belcher of the General Precision Laboratory writes to tell about a new TV Utility Projector Model RA-101C which sells for $2,350. Joe says it has the basic mechan¬ ism from their standard telecine unit but less pedestal, upper magazine, trimmings, etc. Says it 1 s normally delivered with an intermittent usable for color vidicon, or image orthicon use but can be ordered for "ike" chain use. These units can be used as standby equipment, preview, telecine, or small background projection jobs (U* x 6*)* Also sound is flat to 7 kc, with better than usual light distribution and 600 line resolution. The report of the 195U TV Engineering Workshop is about ready to turn over to Harold Hill and his blue pencil. The printer is now working on the 195>U Production Work¬ shop with page proofing partially complete. Bob MacDonald and Paul Carlson of Philco*s Chicago office stopped here the other day to tell us that Philco is going into production on their new TV Cinescanner. It em¬ ploys a continuous film transport mechanism operating in conjunction with a flying spot scanner. The scanner is available either for monochrome or color, with the monochrome projector readily convertible to color at some future date, if desired. FAE GRANT TO KUHT KUHT. the University of Houston*s educational television station, has been awarded a $34,500 grant by the Fund for Adult Education, General A. D. Bruce, president of the University, has announced. The money will be used for the purchase of kinescope and film equipment Mr. John C. Schwarzwalder, KUHT manager, stated. He said, "This new equipment will enable KUHT to further serve the community and the nation by pre¬ serving in permanent form programs of educational value." The University is one of 12 schools in the country receiving this grant. The University of North Carolina is the only other college in the South receiving a similar grant. Included in the list of equipment to be bought are two studio cameras with 12,000- foot magazines for filming complete 30-minute programs. These can be used either for kinescoping or for straight film production. This equipment will be used to make film recordings of KUHT programs which will be sent to the Educational Tele¬ vision and Radio Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for distribution to other educational television stations. A group of such programs from KUHT has already been planned, Mr. Schwarzwalder said. The first of these will be a series of programs on Life Sciences with Dr. H. Burr Roney, associate professor of biology at the University. In addition, KUHT will now be able to kinescope programs for use by area commercial stations or local advertising agencies.