NAEB Engineering Newsletter (Dec 1955)

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-li- And while we're on the topic of closeo circuit TV, did you know that THERE ARE NOW BETWEEN 1,000 AND 1,500 INSTALLATIONS OF INDUSTRIAL CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION? MOST OF THESE ARE RELATIVELY SIMPLE SINGLE CAMERA INSTALLATIONS, ALTHOUGH SOME ARE MORE ELABORATE AND A FEW ARE EQUIPPED FOR COLOR • THE TV EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY BELIEVES THAT A BOOM IS NEAR IN INDUSTRIAL TV. At PRESENT, THE LARGEST USER IS THE UTILITY INDUSTRY WITH RAILROADS, BANKS AND THE STEEL INDUSTRY ALSO IN THE FIELD. HOWEVER, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ALMOST UNLIMITED AND WITH EVERY CURRENT INSTALLATION SAVING MONEY, INCREASING EFFICIENCY, OR ELIMINATING DANGER, IT IS BELIEVED THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN YEARS INDUSTRIAL TV COULD BECOME A 5 TO 10 MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS. More than twenty manufacturers are now producing this equipment built AROUND THE FEATURES OF LOW COST AND RUGGEDNESS OF THE VIDICON PICK UP TUBE. Cy BrAUM OF THE JCET IS REVISING THE JCET LIST OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELE¬ VISION FACILITIES IN USE AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. If YOU HAVE CLOSED CIRCUIT FACILITIES AND ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LISTING OR DO NOT RECEIVE HIS QUESTIONNAIRE INTHE NEAR FUTURE, HE T D BE GLAD TO HEAR-- FROM YOU. CY HAS ALSO RECENTLY PREPARED AN EXCELLENT PAMPHLET ON "Low Cost Educational TV Stations." He'd be glad to send you a copy UPON REQUEST. YOU MAY ADDRESS HIM AT 17^5 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W., Washington 6, O.C. Note for the West Coast! RCA is holding its 9th Color TV Seminar in San Francisco on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29 . The two-day course will consist of technical lectures ano demonstrations of the latest color techniques and equipment. Through the courtesy of KUON-TV THE LIVE COLOR CAMERA and 3-V, FILM CAMERA DEMONSTRATIONS WILL BE HELD IN THEIR STUDIOS, RESERVATIONS MAY BE MADE THROUGH YOUR RCA Broadcast Field Representatives. Have a note from Wallace Garneau, Director of Broadcasting at WMCR- Western Michigan College of Education at Kalamazoo, Michigan which says, WMCR has for sale a 250 watt General Electric FM transmitter, a 2-bay General Electric antenna, and an 8-bay Western Electric clover LEAF ANTENNA (lj.200 POUNDS). THE TRANSMITTER IS FIVE YEARS OLD, IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND WAS GIVING US FINE SERVICE WHEN WE CHANGED TO 36,000 WATTS POWER. HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A 10-WATT STATION TO INCREASE ITS POWER AT A TREMENDOUS SAVING. THE TRANSMITTER IS TUNED TO 91 MEGACYCLES. WMCR INVITES BIDS ON THE EQUIPMENT. "IT MIGHT BE VERY HELPFUL IF A SECTION OF THE NEWSLETTER WERE DEVOTED TO AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT FROM MEMBER STATIONS, A NUMBER OF WHICH ARE INCREASING POWER."