Mike you are sure dating yourself.  I had not heard the Voice of Music name
in over 20 years.  I learned my first CW on a wire recorder.  But I did not
get my ticket at that time something called girls came in to my life.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:24 PM
Subject: QST on Reel to Reel


> Yes, it was on 7 inch reels at 3 and 3/4 ips speed.
>
> They were two track, and were originally read by the Telephone Pioneers,
and
> produced by Science for the Blind. The recording division later became
> Recorded Periodicals.
>
> The first issue of QST I ever read was January, 1967, which I received in
> early summer of that year from Science. I remember that it contained an
> article about a new way to tune a Swan 350 transceiver. My Elmer, and
later
> I too, had a Swan 500. Talk about a big time rig!
>
> The tapes were shipped in reversible cardboard mailers, king size versions
> of the cassette mailers which Tom Carten uses for World Radio. Some of
them
> had no straps, and had to be re-fastened with new tape each time they were
> mailed.
>
> I had an old Voice of Music recorder which had no fast forward. Therefore,
I
> had to read the entire track.
>
> While I learned a lot that I would have otherwise skipped, there was also
> some pretty dull stuff there for a 12-year-old!