Excellent guess; but no, the tone is too high in frequency to be heard on fast winding.

Cheers,

Marcos Sueiro Bal
Senior Archivist, New York Public Radio
646 829 4063

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Von: "Marcos Sueiro Bal" <[log in to unmask]>

> After hearing a few more of these, I think I have figured it out. They
> seem to have used the (handmade?) buzzer blasts as a sort of audio
> countdown for the start of the program. Definitely not for broadcast!

I thought it might be a cue to find the start of the segment when fast-winding the tape. I used to use a few seconds of a 40 Hz tone.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o0dYPfN-PM

This link directs to somebody's "clever" idea of what an SMTPE leader ought to look and sound like. Did you mean to use that link?


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