[GreenKeys] 1/2" wide tape - what for?

[Nick England]

Flogging the poor deceased equine one more time.  The federal spec for this
1/2” TELETYPEWRITER RECORDER tape specifically says it is for printing not
perforating. I’m still looking for a printer that it works with.

The tape for the Teletype/Kleinschmidt Wheatstone keyboard perforator is
15/32. That’s what the manuals all say and that's what the reels of tape
that I have are.

I don’t know about the McElroy perforator but my McElroy tape reader takes
15/32 but not 1/2. Ditto for my Boehme tape reader. Hard to imagine that
the McElroy perforator uses 1/2" tape that will jam in their reader....

Nick, who has tried 1/2" tape that does not work and is always on the
lookout for the real 15/32 stuff

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 5:18 PM Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Morse perforators at AWA Museum (wooden cased "Teletype" branded) and
> newer McElroy units all used 1/2" tape.
>
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
>
>
> On 25-Oct-21 15:53, til128 at juno.com wrote:
> > It might be wrong, but my Wheatstone punch has 1/2" tape in it..
> > .
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > ---------- Original Message ----------
> > From: Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
> > To: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] 1/2" wide tape - what for?
> > Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:37:03 -0400
> >
> > OK on the pen register, etc., but the carton clearly says
> > Teletypewriter.....
> > It also says Recorder, but Morse ink recorders I have seen use 3/8 tape.
> > Nick England K4NYW
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> >
> > On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 2:52 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >     What was this 1/2" wide tape used for?
> >     https://www.ebay.com/itm/403254065206
> >     I have seen 3/8 tape for tape printers and 15/32 for Wheatstone
> >     perforators (and of course wider tape for 5-level perforators)
> >     Nick England K4NYW
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