Any Reel guys interested in a tape swap?

Yes I think so to. I have 4 decks and they all played it slow .. but just not to break the chain I am sending it on. I have buried in amongst my stuff ... a calibration tape. I got it when I bought my RT2044 .. it has 10k and a 1k test tones on it. I also have a function generator and a scope ( 20mhz dual trace). I can also make a tape if I can't find my original tape. My original has both quarter track and half track tones on it.

I have yet to locate my old service manual for the old A77 that I had.. Seems to me they had a motor speed control on them .. I know I had two boards as mine had come from a radio station that I worked at. I thought one was for 15 & 7ips and the other for 7 & 3.75ips. Seemed to me that it had a pot on it for fine tuning .. but I can't remember all that clearly and I haven't found the manual. It may have gone the way of the deck. But I don't think so .. I don't throw much away ! :D It would be nice to help Mr Slabi get his deck in good working order. :thmbsp:

Steve
 
I got a tape from Harry today but don't know what i'm listing to as it didn't have play list.After reading some of you guys replies me thinks me needs to learn a lot more.Hopefully you will tell me what i have done wrong when you get my tape.
Jim
 
PS i forgot to put my routing slip in my tape.I did put a note and playlist and ask for help as i haven't done this in 25 or so years.
Jim
 
I also forgot the playlist as well. I realised this after I had already mailed it. It was laying on my desk at home.
Sorry for any confusion. I will send a play list with the tape in round 2.

The tape is a mix of Rock music.

Enjoy it. I will try to do better next time.

Harry
 
boxoboom said:
Yes I think so to. I have 4 decks and they all played it slow .. but just not to break the chain I am sending it on. I have buried in amongst my stuff ... a calibration tape. I got it when I bought my RT2044 .. it has 10k and a 1k test tones on it. I also have a function generator and a scope ( 20mhz dual trace). I can also make a tape if I can't find my original tape. My original has both quarter track and half track tones on it.

I have yet to locate my old service manual for the old A77 that I had.. Seems to me they had a motor speed control on them .. I know I had two boards as mine had come from a radio station that I worked at. I thought one was for 15 & 7ips and the other for 7 & 3.75ips. Seemed to me that it had a pot on it for fine tuning .. but I can't remember all that clearly and I haven't found the manual. It may have gone the way of the deck. But I don't think so .. I don't throw much away ! :D It would be nice to help Mr Slabi get his deck in good working order. :thmbsp:

Steve
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only have a german Servicemanual for A77....
if you want...?
Helge
 
Dynacophil said:
only have a german Servicemanual for A77....
if you want...?
Helge
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Thanks Helge,

Even tho my Family lineage comes from Germany .. I do not speak nor can I read one lick of german, Hence it would do me no good. Thanks for the offer, I have not been successful in locating mine .. I may have gave it to the person I gave the decks to some 10 odd years ago.

Mr Slabi told me he had a service manual.
 
Hi Everyone,

I just heard from John,

I told him that his tape may have been bad. I just emailed him and told him that I would send his tape back and he can send me another tape. This may delay my sending out a tape .

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up.


Harry
 
The speed adjustment is on Page 28 of the PDF, which is page 26 of the printed manual.
 
U R right Warren. P21 is the adjustment that I remember . Rick I can fire you off a tape if you want, of a 1k tone, 10k tone and a 440 (A) tone for reference. But you will have to have either a scope or a freq counter to check it.

I did find my nab tape .. unfortunately it is only done at 15ips. 0 vu @ 1k, 10k then a sweep from 15k to 20k . :D I cannot hear that high anymore .. I know my RT 2044 will produce it with out fail. Especially with the half track heads.

I was thinking .. if I made an alignment tape, those who wanted could use it to align your decks .. when I send it off once you are done with it send it on to the next guy and so on just like you would with a listening tape. I have the ability to do either half track or quarter track spacing. The tape would be on a 7' Reel. for any and all decks .. at 7.5 ips.

Let me know

I have to mention it is just a wonderful night .. I came home to no electricity do to our early lake effect storm here in W Michigan .. so I went downtown for a cocktail or two. By the time I arrived here back at the house. Power had been restored, It is still snowing :thmbsp: big beautiful wet flakes ... and I have a good glow about me thanks to an adult beverage or three ! :D

Steve
 
My missive to Canada was dispatched yesterday morning,so it is in the trustworthy hands of the USPS at this time.

(does anyone detect a note of sarcasm?)
 
Be Very Careful

George W. has made sarcasm along with any other disparaging remarks grounds for being detained as a Digital Combatant. The USPS has been enlisted to rat out everyone involved..... :tears: :tears: :tears:
 
Mr Slabi said:
The ten thousand dollar question is this. Can it be done without a frequency counter, or oscilloscope?
The idea of matching soundwaves on a tape while playing to a good source sounds like it should work...but will that really work. I'm open to try it.
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My Fluke 87 has a frequency counter. So your 88 does not?

There is no translation between duty-cycle and frequency. And if you do need a scope, you can always buy an old cheap used (but working) POS that will get the job done for a whole lot less than a Tech will charge you... Same goes for a low-end frequency counter.
 
Pen_Man's tape

pen_man said:
I sent my tape out today to Mike in Spring, Tx. I included a playlist and a short note for Mike and subsequent recipients.
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Thanks for the heads up. I'll be looking for it.

Mike
 
Just a word to the 10.5" group. I travel a lot. I will be out of the US for about a month, and back home just before Thanksgiving. If I receive pen_man's tape in time to listen and forward it, before I go (Oct 20), I will do so. Otherwise - don't get depressed (Luther) - it will be forthcoming. Hopefully everyone will be satisfied with "casually punctual" in moving the tapes along. (I can't get to any 10.5" machines in Angola!).

Mike
 
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