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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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