Broadcast cartridge tape demonstration

This is a demonstration of broadcast cartridges and "cart" players and recorders.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Broadcast
• cartridge
• tape
• demonstration
• carts
• audi-cord
• gates
• spotmaster
• collins
• harris
• fidelipac
• 4-tracks
• secondary
• tone

[musicman0150]

Hi,

I thought you might be interested to know that I used to work with those cart machines and tapes myself at WKTL-FM in Struthers, Ohio and at WHEI-FM in Tiffin, Ohio. Are there any places that machines like this be found for home usage. I was also wondering if your home studio is just an in-house or if you have a broadcast license to play the music out to the barn?

Gary

[retrochad]

There is no transmitter connected to it! The audio board output just connects to a public address amplifier for 70 volt distribution to the speakers through the house.

There was a home unit made for the 4-track cart format.

[wilkes85]

hey those things are cool!

and the way they work, how the pinch roller pops up and everything.... that would be great for 8 tracks. It would really cut back on dragging like 8 tracks like to do when the tape is too tight.

[retrochad]

Yes, the pinch roller contained in the 8-track can be problematic. I'll have to demonstrate the 4-track home player as these were home/car units using the pop-up pinchroller like in the broadcast units.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Great collection. Those broadcast carts are disappearing fast. I know of a few stations where there still in use, but I don't know why.

[retrochad]

What kind of station did you see still using carts...that is indeed rare!

[stacymadden]

I have an Audio-Cord DL Series cart machine...anyone know where I can find out about it and it's worth?

[douro20]

Are any of those servo-drive cart machines? Some used servos because they had zero wow/flutter.

[DrJamesAQuevort]

Whoa, can you convert those tapes to CD?

[Wenlocktvdx]

I used to work at Consolidated Electronic Industries in Melbourne Australia testing and aligning their 913/916 mono and 993/996 stereo carts.

They look like your BE machine, but with Red Green and yellow buttons. Amber power light, toggle switch for power, and a head azimuth thumbwheel on the rec model, or a sticker covering empty hole on replay only model.

CEI did ship some machines to the USA, and there was a chart giving amended frequency response for NAB alignment with IEC test tape

[judenihal]

The carts look like hard drives, lol.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

i have a few of those-they wont play on an 8 track player...

[bumperstickerguy]

Worked with carts for 35 years, up to 2000. This brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for posting.

[manyvideoinerests]

Interesting, what station is this? Where I went to college the smaller stations in the area of Northern Michigan went to digital media in about 1996-97 and were phasing carts out at the college and around the area in general.

[cvueguy]

Still using ITC players & recorders at our community radio station.

Using "AristoCart" cartridges, which we have a zillion of !

[manyvideoinerests]

I remember seeing that kind of machine in 1990 when I visited WXLA AM 1180 in Lansing, Michigan. Then, as late as 1997-98 at my college the station there, WNMC were phasing out the carts in favor of digital. You know of any stations that are still using carts?