When I worked at W1AW back in the mid-70s, we were still using paper
tape to send CW, but it was 5-hole tape, the same as used for RTTY. A
converter box made by Frederick Electronics converted the RTTY Baudot
code to Morse.
However, we did have an old 2-hole CW tape machine that was used for the
frequency-measuring tests because you could send long dashes with it by
manually covering up the "off" hole at the end of a dot or dash. I
don't remember what brand of machine it was.
You might consider donating your "find" to the ARRL museum. I believe
Bob Allison WB1GCM of the ARRL lab is the curator. 860-594-0210
Alan N1AL
On 10/30/2016 01:54 PM, Don Hall wrote:
Shades of yore!! I learned enough code to pass my Class C code test
given by an ex-Merchant Marineoperator in 1948 by using one of these
belonging to my dad W5RLM(SK).Shows my longevity(age!!)73 Don
K5AQW5OBS courtesy of the paper tape machine
On Sunday, October 30, 2016 8:34 AM, Kenneth Christiansen
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi to the group.
My silent key friend's XYL has a paper tape morse code device and we
would like to donate it to a museum. It is in a nice looking wood
box. It has one paper tape, a hand crank on the side of the box and
should be saved as an important piece of history. His XYL and I are
both 74 years old so it will just be a matter of time before this
ends up in a land fill if we don't find a home for it.
She sent me two pictures of it so if anyone is interested I can
E-Mail the pictures. She will donate the piece and I will pay
shipping if we can find a home for it.
73
Ken Christiansen. W0CZ w0cz at i29 dot net. Or I am good in
QRZ.COM.
Sent from my iPad
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