RCA TK-42 in Australia broadcasting Pakenham races on ATV-0 1967

[Aussie Bloke]

G'day all.

Flipping through more of those RCA Broadcast News mags downloaded from http://www.americanradiohistory.com/...ange-Guide.htm I have found an excellent article on Australia's first experimental colour broadcast which was ATV-0's coverage of the Pakenham horse races on 15th June 1967 using a RCA TK-42 4 tube vidicon/IO colour camera , the article can be found in issue 138 on page 32 http://www.americanradiohistory.com/...BC-138-com.pdf . I have known about this experimental colourcast for some years but had very little info on it until seeing that article.

The article states that the RCA TK-42 was brought to Australia for demonstration purposes as part of the week long National Convention of the Institute of Radio and Electronics Engineers and was brought to ATV-0 for evaluation purposes. On the day of the Pakenham horse races one of ATV-0's B&W cameras conked out (I assume a TK-60) and for that reason the TK-42 was used to fill the gap and at the same time put to a live broadcast test to show its versatility in producing good colour pictures. The race was broadcasted live to viewers all over Melbourne and wherever else around that can get ATV-0 reception in B&W and in colour to the OB van and in ATV-0 studios via closed circuit link. The results were very stunning and the technicians/reporters were very impressed with the great colours made from the camera despite the weather being very rainy that day.

The article also has some great photos of the TK-42 in action including a colour photo of it at the race course.

It's amazing to find some great articles in these mags on RCA cameras used in Australia and this article along with the QTQ-9 article are some of the highlights I've found in those mags!