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Old 16th Sep 2020, 12:49 pm   #32
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it was taken out of (bookable) service weeks before November 1969,
stood unused for ages until it housed a Shibaden helical scan recorder to record junctions for the benefit of Presentation inquests.
As a non Broadcast Engineer, I can identify with that, as I used to maintain the LP VHS machines in the Loggists Booth in Granada Quay St presentation area.

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Eventually the cubicle was re-built as two (Net1 and Net2) remote TARIF control desks with provision for control of 3 transmission machines each;
I know that "tarrifing" is basically riding the joysticks, but I note your correspondent has capitalised it, so is it an acronym for something?
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