Here is a link to the instructions on how to hand wind paper tape courtesy of RTTY Journal:

https://www.w6iwi.org/rtty/Tape%20winding%20-%20RTTY%20J%2010-77.pdf

On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 3:40 PM John <John@tubetestingpros.com> wrote:
Go to about 4:40 in the video ("William Podolski..."), pause it, switch
to full-screen mode, in the settings menu (gear icon) select "Playback
Speed 0.25"

It makes it clearer what he's doing.  I've got to break out some junk
tape and give it a try, but I think I see what's going on. He uses the
thumb and little finger to wrap the tape, giving it a half-twist each pass.

A new thing to learn! Woo Hoo!


Cheers

John KB6SCO

Carson City

On 3/20/2022 11:30 AM, Eric Moore wrote:
> Hi everyone! Thanks to some help, I have my BRPE running at 110CPS
> reliably!
>
> I am trying to learn to butterfly tape like in this video:
>
> https://youtu.be/hQG8VRSez_U
>
> I can not for the life of me figure out what they are doing with their
> fingers. It looks like they take the tape back up over the thumb, and
> then around the pinky, and there is a twist somehow in the middle.
> When I try it just twists the tape into a knot.
>
> Does anyone have expetience doing this and can talk me through it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Eric
>
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