♦	SERVICE RECORD:
	Service in general electronics since before 1960 Repairing exclusively Beta VCRs since 1975
♦	TEST AND REPAIR EQUIPMENT:
	Tektronix dual trace scope, Sencore all format VCR VC93 analyzer, Leader 408NPS NTSC/PAL/SECAM pattern generator, Sony SL-5151 video head tester, Sony KR5-1G and KR5-1V alignments tapes, Sencore vector scope, Sony BMCJ-888U signal conveerter, Sony SL-0003C and SL-0004C torque meters, plus various secondary support apparatus such as the EDS capacitor checker, All Tone transistor checker, VOM meters, digital flow meter, signal tracer, signal generator, performance tapes, specialty alignment wrenches and drivers, etc.
♦	REFERENCE MATERIALS:
	Service manuals with updates for most all of the Beta VCR manufacturers Service manuals with updates for most all of the Beta related accessories

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     The service person (and the designer and developer of this Web site) has been active and involved in electronics service work since before he entered high school. This is my brief autobiography.
     I have been very lucky. My father, in addition to being an electricians supervisor for the Chrysler Corporation, was in partnership with another individual in one of the first television repair shops in our city (of 150,000+). This was back in the early fifties when television was in its infancy. And so was I, at the beginning of this story. Being around ten years old. The nearest transmitter (TV station) we could receive was over a hundred and fifty miles away. Anyone in our not too small city that wanted to see Uncle Milty (Milton Berle) or The Ed Sullivan Show had to have a big directional antenna sitting on top of a tall tower. You aimed the antenna at the station you wanted to pick up using an electric motor, called a rotor. Television shows back then were only in black and white and were only broadcasted for just part of the day. They signed on in the morning (usually 6:00 AM) and signed off at night (some as late as midnight). The TV sets back then used vacuum tubes and everything inside got very hot. There was high voltage inside. Ah, those were the good old days. (I remember them best as being addicted to Howdy Doody and Bozo the Clown, then later Superman and Science Fiction Theater.) TV was young and mysterious. So anyone that needed repair of these picture radios called my dad. He understood electronics.
      I said I was lucky because my dad would let me go on television service calls with him. He would let me operate the tube checker. (It seemed to amaze his customers.) I was never allowed to touch anything inside the TV set though. Dad didn't want to risk frying his son. Something that would not have made my mom very happy. (I remember my Dad's way of driving home the point of why I didn't want to reach for anything inside. He would pull out the high voltage probe and show off the 50,000 volts created by the high voltage section. Once you saw one of these things crackle you instinctively knew to keep you fingers out of harms way.) I had a great time and this is why I developed an interest in all things electronic. As in taking things apart and putting them back together. Sometimes I needed help getting the back together thing down.
     My Dad trusted me though and even let me build some of his test equipment. This all came about from an ad he saw in an electronics magazine, for a kit building company called Heathkit. They made electronics kits that contained all the parts used to assemble a particular piece of equipment, along with instructions on how to put it together. Simple really, since the instructions told you where everything went and did it in a particular order. But he saw this as way to cultivate his sons interest in the technical side of life. Together we were one of their better customers. Some kits didn't require a lot of skill to get them running, but others could be a challenge. Buying the test equipment in kit form worked out well for dad. Not only did he end up with a technical tool, but it saved him time. Plus I got to make it for him, then set it up, test it and adjusted it to meet specs. The instructions also included information on how to use the new equipment. Later Heathkit expanded their lineup of kits and began to offer home entertainment products, including some really exceptional color televisions. I eventually built one of these and had the pleasure of aligning the electron guns so they would produce a great picture. Perfection paid off for the test equipment too. Since they were being used to test and check consumer electronic products, they had to be right. It all gave me a special understanding about how important it is to have your equipment "on the money".
     Dad eventually divorced himself of the repair business when it got too big. He found out he couldn't handle two jobs and still keep an eye on his partner. He kept most his customers and he still repaired all things electronic. This time in his new spacious garage and office. It became more like his hobby. We still went on a number of service calls. But now I was in high school and he was promoted to a plant supervisor. We both still played around with electronics and even built a few TVs and test pieces, but for me electronics had begun to take the back seat. After all, I had being a teenager to go through.
     My passion for everything electronic never went away. When Beta came along it was love at first sight. For that story and how I "MisterBetamax" came to be you will have to read my autobiography found elsewhere in my Website. Or you can just click here.