[GreenKeys] Tape loops

[Ralph Irish]

Making tape loops can also be done with the TD, if one is careful and cautious 
to 'bump' the tape forward, one character at a time. Tape loops were made before 
the Tape Splicer was available. 

A few LTRS characters at each end of the tape, carefully overlapped and 
cautiously put into the TD, then 'bump' the TD forward, one character at a 
time until the chads seat themselves into the holes comfortably. Maybe 
a tiny amount of glue at the 'overlap point' to reduce the chances of the 'loose 
ends' getting snagged on something. 

We made lots of loop tapes when I was in the Navy and I never saw a splicer 
until I'd been into Teletype as a ham, for a decade or more. We had a 14KTR 
monitoring the Fleet Broadcast, along with two 28KSRs and we had few 
problems keeping up with incoming traffic. 

The tape loops got used in other aspects of communications operations on the 
USS Hancock. (aka NWLD and "Rampage") 

Later on we had a 28KTR available which made things a lot easier to keep up 
with incoming traffic. 

73, 

Ralph 


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