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

John john-koster at tx.rr.com
Mon Oct 25 17:20:22 EDT 2021


The third picture looks more like it's 7/8" to me.  It would have been clearer if he'd not used the end of the tape.  

John, W9DDD


> On Oct 25, 2021, at 4:07 PM, Sheldon Daitch via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> It could be 7530-577-4681, as 7530 is Stationery and Record Forms.
> 
> 73
> 
> Sheldon
> 
> 
> On Monday, October 25, 2021, 03:36:51 PM EDT, Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> My first thought was for some sort of Morse register, but the package 
> label says "Tape, Teletypewriter".
> 
> Too bad we can't see the first digit of the Federal Stock Code.  I tried 
> searching for what was there, but couldn't find any thing.
> 
> FSC for teletypewriters would normally start with "5815-"
> 
> What did the early WU 2B printers start out with?
> 
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
> 
> 
> On 25-Oct-21 14:52, Nick England 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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