Blue tape retainers
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COURYHOUSE at aol.com
Tue Jun 9 16:42:12 CDT 2015
foam blocks ... hated the things we just tucked one end of the tape
under the tape ring and snapped it shut
seems things stayed in place nicely and no foam outgassing under the
seal of the tape ring.
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 6/9/2015 2:38:08 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
nf6x at nf6x.net writes:
> On Jun 9, 2015, at 14:32 , Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
>
> I'm getting a little tired of replacing old dried-out foam blocks to
hold down the ends of 1/2" tapes. Worse, some of the ones I've fished out
have utterly crumbled over the years, leaving bits of themselves inside the
reel.
I am curious: NOS tapes that I bought in the last year or so came with the
foam blocks, but I don't recall ever encountering either a foam block or
the magic plastic tape "back in the day" on tapes from the rack that I
handled as a backup operator. I presume that if they came with blocks, they were
discarded when the tapes were unpacked. Is it really necessary to secure
the tape end in normal use, or is it just needed during shipping to keep the
tape from getting loose on the reel during transport?
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
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