[GreenKeys] Reperforator tape colors

[Charles Ring]

I am not a newcomer but never knew any of this, my TTY experience being 
limited to railroad and ham uses.

How was Top Secret traffic protected in this way?  Never put on machine 
readable tape?

73 de W3NU



On 1/8/2013 1117, John Hensley wrote:
> Most of you probably know this but for the new comers on the list, TTY 
> baudot tape
> colors (at least in the Navy) were used this way:
>
> Yellow - Unclassified traffic
> Green - C O N F I D E N T I A L traffic
> Red - S E C R E T traffic
>
> Top Secret traffic on ships which was received was almost always 
> printed out
> on adhesive backed white strip tape which was then stuck on a message 
> blank
> for continuity.  Outgoing went through encrypting engines but I was 
> never in a
> position to use TS on outgoing tape.
>
> I've seen blue & dark blue tape but have no idea who used it or for 
> what purpose.
>
> John W5JV
>

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