[GreenKeys] Why no reels?

[Duncan Brown]

Tape reels were used in the military tape relay centers.  For every 
outgoing tape reader, there would be a reperf with a take-up reel to 
monitor & record what had been sent.

In the manual Torn-Tape relay stations, messages were normally short (a 
few feet of tape) and the loose pieces of tape were just walked from the 
incoming reperfs to the outgoing tape readers.  See 
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1016529556-circa--1953---women-operate-us-navy's. 
And https://www.navy-radio.com/tty-relay.htm. If a message was long, 
more than a few feet, then it would be rolled up on the fingers into the 
football.

have fun,

Duncan
K2OEQ


On 23-Mar-22 09:43, steve bennett via GreenKeys wrote:
> Why did they not used take up reels with paper tape?
> -Steve
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