[Elecraft] Paper Tape CW sender

Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft eric at elecraft.com
Tue Nov 1 18:10:56 EDT 2016


Let's wind down and end this OT thread in the interest of controlling email 
overload for other list readers. (We're now at 35 posts..)

73,
Eric
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On 11/1/2016 11:32 AM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Los Angeles, early 1953:  They used a 2-hole tape reader.  Big thing, smelled 
> of oil, sat in a tin tray next to the examiner's desk.  Used a tach on the 
> motor shaft to indicate speed on a gauge that looked exactly like a pressure 
> gauge on a steam locomotive.  Very imposing and intimidating, and the Examiner 
> [wearing a green eyeshade] told me to sit right next to it. :-(



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