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\memo Plan for 2.70 Contest Technical Talks

\leftline{\bf Week 1:  Introduction}
\leftline{\quad --- Goals of these talks}
\leftline{\quad --- Dealing with people}
\leftline{\quad\hskip1em Importance of a plan}
\leftline{\quad\hskip1em Stupid people will tell you that things don't work}
\leftline{\quad ---  Review of last year's design}
\leftline{\quad\hskip1em Discussion of trade-offs made}
\leftline{\quad\hskip1em Things that degrate signals}
\leftline{\quad --- The MIT Cable Television System}
\leftline{\quad\hskip1em Cable TV Frequency Allocations}
\leftline{\quad\hskip1em Upstream/Downstream and four branches}
\leftline{\quad --- Audio (time permitting)}
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\leftline{\bf Week 2: Details}
\leftline{\quad --- Termination}
\leftline{\quad --- Live problems:  Modulation}
\leftline{\quad --- Recording problems: tapes, VHS, and 2 hours}
\leftline{\quad --- Genlock and phase}
\leftline{\quad --- Cable lengths, power interference, and bad connectors}
\leftline{*** HOMEWORK:  THE DESIGN FOR THIS YEAR}
\vskip11pt
\leftline{\bf Week 3:  The Plan}
\leftline{\quad --- Review of proposed technical layout for this year}
\leftline{\quad --- Finding the right cables }
\vskip11pt
\leftline{\bf Week 4:  The Last Step}
\leftline{\quad --- Practice wiring}
\leftline{\quad --- The look}

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