I would like to take a moment to tell you all a bit about my brother.
Jay Zacharias passed away November 5 in Seattle, Washington. He was 56 years old.
He was an accomplished broadcast engineer for Tribune Broadcasting, Journal Broadcasting, and at various times for each of the regular over-the-air stations in Wichita, KS (USA). He supervised the MTS stereo audio conversions for KPTS and KWCH in Wichita, and later Journal and Tribune's conversions to the digital broadcast formats in Traverse City MI. and in Seattle. In each case he did not merely "supervise"; he was hands-on physically involved.
In the 80's and early 90's Jay was a product support engineer for the old Ampex Magnetic Tape Division, and supervised the restoration of many old analog masters which had deteriorated with binder problems, and was an expert on the subject.
He is survived by his wife Mary, and two daughters (well, and me...)
Jay was suffering liver cancer, and knew the end was coming. You never could imagine anyone handling this so well, a tribute to his belief in a life after. He did his best to make sure his work and personal affairs were in the best possible order. He was able to work up until the last couple weeks.
Ironically, he gave me his Tektronix multimeter and 'scope. I haven't had the heart to even open the box.
RIP bro'. You will be missed.
Mark Z.