[BC] Achieving good S/N

[Steve]

Hi Dave:

> KVIL-FM in Dallas used the Fairchild Limiter when they went on the air in
> 1961.  They also used those real heavy gear drive turntables.


Talk about rumble! Remember (how could we forget) the QRK's? James Gabbert
in San Francisco (KPEN eventually KIOI) mounted those in huge cases that
were filled with tons of sand for damping. Worked. You couldn't hear rumble
from his QRK's. They were the 16" platter versions. I once owned two of the
12" versions which I bought right out of the QRK garage in Fresno in 1966.
Bodine motors. Heck, those were used as rewind and capstan motors in Ampex
and other machines. Sure did start fast!

Steve