[GreenKeys] M32 reader(s) - Chadless tapes...

[Nick England]

You just need one of the NSA's "lawnmower" units designed to shear off
chads so tape can be read photoelectrically.
Surely NSA in-house equipment is readily available at hamfests? Ha!
Nick

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Kenneth Gartland <trnsrme at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all...
>
> 32 reader(s) do not particuarly work well or at all w/chadless tapes...
>
> The plastic tape gate w/pivoting lid does have a "Hollowed" out area on the
> underside which permits the reading pins to extend up into the gate during tape
> reading...
>
> However, depending on the sensing pin upstop bracket adjustment, on some
> machines, if the pin upward stop is set too high, the chadless "Lids" will
> snag inside the tape gate as the tape is being read...
>
> A lower setting, will result in the lids not being pushed thru far
> enuf to read properly...
>
> The spring tesnsion is relatively low on the sensing pins, as they are
> designed to pass thru a clean fully perforated opening...
>
> A person mite get lucky trying it at 50bd, but at a higher speed,
> almost guaranteed
> a "Fail"...
>
> In closing, the 32 TD feed wheel also likes a clean punch for it to
> feed reliably...
>
> Just my .02 cents worth! (.05 cents Canadian) - exchange factored in!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Ken VE3-HMQ