The Old Tape Recoder
 

Reel to reel sounds like fun. I've always wanted one. Is it possibble
to record cw and play it back at a slower speed? ............

Sure. But you can also do that using windows sound recorder.
Also, as mentioned, you can get software to decode it in real
time, or....maybe I'll let you rent my brain if you really want
good copy... :/ Not sure what to charge for that service though... MK

The Old Tape Recoder
 

On 16 Oct 2005 01:26:26 -0700, wrote:

Reel to reel sounds like fun. I've always wanted one. Is it possibble
to record cw and play it back at a slower speed? ............
Certainly can, however remember the frequency of the CW tone changes
as well. If the tone was 1000hz at 3 3/4th, it will have the speed,
AND half the Frequency (500hz) at 1 7/8th

Sure. But you can also do that using windows sound recorder.
Also, as mentioned, you can get software to decode it in real
time, or....maybe I'll let you rent my brain if you really want
good copy... :/ Not sure what to charge for that service though... MK

The Old Tape Recoder
 

One of my big reel to reel tape recorders is a three speed reel to reel
tape recorder.I once saw an ad in Thrifty Nickle about twenty years ago
about a guy whom was lookng for just such a three speed reel to reel
tape recorder.Of course I ignored that ad,I don't get rid of my old
things.I also own some small reel to reel tape recorders,some of them
date back to the 1950's and 1960's.Later model G.E.and Panasonic
cassette tape recorders show up at the Goodwill store every once in a
while.
cuhulin

The Old Tape Recoder
 

I think the least you would have were 3 speeds. Some really cheap
recorders required you to place a larger capstan over the stock one to
change the speed. The pro-gear used 15 ips, though that found it's way
into consumer gear eventually.

I wisely trashed all that gear years ago. Too many reel to reels
recorders were produced to be of any collectable value. Now IBM
typewritters, well, that's another story....especially the IBM
Executive.

wrote:
One of my big reel to reel tape recorders is a three speed reel to reel
tape recorder.I once saw an ad in Thrifty Nickle about twenty years ago
about a guy whom was lookng for just such a three speed reel to reel
tape recorder.Of course I ignored that ad,I don't get rid of my old
things.I also own some small reel to reel tape recorders,some of them
date back to the 1950's and 1960's.Later model G.E.and Panasonic
cassette tape recorders show up at the Goodwill store every once in a
while.
cuhulin

The Old Tape Recoder
 

Many radio broadcasters use reel to reel tape recorders with a speed as
low as fifteen sixteenths inch per second for tapeing/recording their
broadcast output.
cuhulin

The Old Tape Recoder
 

I own a few very old typewriters too.Corona and Underwood
typewriters.They are nice to have sitting around for decoration,they all
work too.I also own a small round kid type typewriter.The History of
Typewriters is very interesting.
cuhulin

The Old Tape Recoder
 

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 06:31:24 GMT, D Peter Maus
wrote:

wrote:
I think the least you would have were 3 speeds. Some really cheap
recorders required you to place a larger capstan over the stock one to
change the speed. The pro-gear used 15 ips, though that found it's way
into consumer gear eventually.



Not to nitpick, but it was usually the stock capstan sleeve had to be
removed to change speeds. AKAI/Roberts was famous for this. Simplified
the mechanicals. Less wear on the belts and drive wheels.

And not all Pro gear used 15 ips. Ampex, for instance offered two
speeds on their machines for years. 7 1/2 and 3 3/4 was the more common
standard option. But you could order the machine in 15 and 7 1/2. It
wasn't until three speed models started to hit the market that 15 ips
was commonplace on Pro gear.

Although I did have a pair of Maggies that would run at 15 ips.
Somewhat less fun than a drunken frat party was when the reel brakes
would hang. Or the back tension would come out of calibration and tape
would pool on the floor in knots on a mid reel rewind.

Great days, they were.

And I'd miss them, if I could still get 456 without selling a kidney.

I wound off my last pancake onto 7in reels for my 601 last year.


I can take 300, 350, 351, 440, 600, 601, 602 machines apart and put
them back together in my sleep. 7.5 and 15 were the standard speeds.

The Old Tape Recoder
 

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:26:19 -0500, wrote:

Many radio broadcasters use reel to reel tape recorders with a speed as
low as fifteen sixteenths inch per second for tapeing/recording their
broadcast output.
cuhulin

Loggers ran at 15/16ths. Not at all broadcast quality.

The Old Tape Recoder
 

David wrote in news:qn77l1tq4dc3ldu921nefvhdfi8b9mh7i5@
4ax.com:

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:26:19 -0500, wrote:

Many radio broadcasters use reel to reel tape recorders with a speed as
low as fifteen sixteenths inch per second for tapeing/recording their
broadcast output.
cuhulin

Loggers ran at 15/16ths. Not at all broadcast quality.



Speaking of loggers -- anyone remember the [made for the government?]
recorder that recorded for something like 24 hours on a 3" spool of 2" wide
tape [super slow helical scan]? Kind of wonder where all those old spools
are sitting [and what's on them....] Probably landfill at area 54.

The Old Tape Recoder
 

Made for govt tape recorders? I don't know,but I will keep my eyeballs
peeled for them at the local thrift stores and junk shops around here.I
own a bunch of old movie projectors too,(yes,and one of them is a kid
type movie projector.It has a long spiral spring,sort of like a light
duty old fashioned screen door spring,that drives the two reels) in
fact,less than two months ago,I bought three old movie projectors and
two big empty reels and a big round movie reel can that has two movie
tapes in it about Martin Luther and a cardboard box full of like new
never been used before movie projector lamp bulbs.(those movie projector
lamp bulbs aren't cheap if you buy them brand new) There are some decals
on the movie projectors,a Church donated the three movie projectors and
other stuff to a local Goodwill store less than one mile from where I
live.I paid $25.00 for all of that movie projector stuff.I own a bunch
of old slide projectors too and three old movie screens,the kind that
fold up for compact storage.
cuhulin

The Old Tape Recoder
 

David wrote:
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 06:31:24 GMT, D Peter Maus
wrote:

wrote:
I think the least you would have were 3 speeds. Some really cheap
recorders required you to place a larger capstan over the stock one to
change the speed. The pro-gear used 15 ips, though that found it's way
into consumer gear eventually.


Not to nitpick, but it was usually the stock capstan sleeve had to be
removed to change speeds. AKAI/Roberts was famous for this. Simplified
the mechanicals. Less wear on the belts and drive wheels.

And not all Pro gear used 15 ips. Ampex, for instance offered two
speeds on their machines for years. 7 1/2 and 3 3/4 was the more common
standard option. But you could order the machine in 15 and 7 1/2. It
wasn't until three speed models started to hit the market that 15 ips
was commonplace on Pro gear.

Although I did have a pair of Maggies that would run at 15 ips.
Somewhat less fun than a drunken frat party was when the reel brakes
would hang. Or the back tension would come out of calibration and tape
would pool on the floor in knots on a mid reel rewind.

Great days, they were.

And I'd miss them, if I could still get 456 without selling a kidney.

I wound off my last pancake onto 7in reels for my 601 last year.


I can take 300, 350, 351, 440, 600, 601, 602 machines apart and put
them back together in my sleep. 7.5 and 15 were the standard speeds.





And I've worked with all off them, in markets across the country.
I've owned several, myself. With the exception of one I worked with in
St Louisc, I'd not seen a 15 ips Ampex until I got to Chicago.