[GreenKeys] Why no reels?

[Nick England]

You can see photos of some winders here.
https://www.navy-radio.com/rtty-misc.htm

One side of the reel is removable so that you can remove the roll of tape.
Unlike movie film or magnetic tape, rolls of paper tape weren’t permanently
stored on reels.
Nick

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 5:01 PM 1oldlens1 <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Are these anything like motion picture or recording tape reels?
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> Sent from my Galaxy
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
> Date: 3/23/22 1:48 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net>
> Cc: steve bennett via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Why no reels?
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> There were also some tape winders made by J. H. Bunnell.  The ones I'm
> familiar with are small reels, like about 5 inch diameter and powered
> by a wind-up spring like a clock spring.  This was probably big enough
> to hold a day's production in a smallish Western Union office.
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