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Air -conditioned 28 ft. truck
houses two live color camera chains
and associated equipment.
Complete facilities are provided
for on -air and closed- circuit applications,
and for use at the studio location
as a temporary color facility
Fig. 1: Color Television Mobile Unit
By H. H. KLERX
Broadcast Video Equipment Dept.
RCA, Camden, N. J.
Mobile Unit
For Color TV Broadcasting
THE versatility of Television
Mobile Units and their advantages
in affording extra revenue by
opening new avenues of programming
are well recognized by broadcasters.
Now a similar unit is available
for color TV. This unit embodies
complete facilities for remote
color pickup, either for on -air
or for closed- circuit application. It
may also be used at the studio location
as a temporary color facility,
providing a quick means of getting
on the air with live color.
The RCA Color Mobile Unit is
designed to adequately accommodate
2 color camera chains with a
full complement of equipment, and
still provide room for comfortable
operation. The equipment is housed
in a 28 -ft. truck (Fig.1) complete
with heating and air -conditioning.
Equipment
Figs. 2 and 4 show the location
of equipment and storage sections
within the truck. Fig. 2 shows how
the truck has been divided into two
sections. The front section is the
operating area. The rear section is
a storage area which also houses
many of the components required
for operation of the two color
cameras. The mobile unit with full
complement of equipment includes
2 live color camera chains, switcher,
audio console, color sync and test
equipment, power supplies, and
audio, video, camera and power
cables. Provision has been made
to include microwave facilities.
Control Room
Fig. 4 shows a view of the operating
area looking from the front
of the truck toward the rear. The
first row of equipment (right foreground)
is the audio console and
switcher. The seating arrangement
here is such that either one or two
men can operate at this position.
Fig. 2: Location of equipment and storage sections within
28'
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94 TeleTech & ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES June 1956