CORRELATION BETWEEN TAPE DROPOUTS AND DATA QUALITY

• Main Author: Law, Eugene L.
• Other Authors: Pacific Missile Test Center
• Language: en_US
• Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 1990
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613460; http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/613460

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 29-November 02, 1990 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada === This paper will present the results of a study to correlate tape dropouts and data quality. A tape dropout is defined in the Telemetry Standards as “a reproduced signal of abnormally 1 low amplitude caused by tape imperfections severe enough to produce a data error” Bit errors were chosen as the measure of data quality. Signals were recorded on several tracks of a wideband analog instrumentation magnetic tape recorder. The tape tracks were 50 mils wide. The signal characteristics were analyzed when bit errors or low reproduce amplitudes were detected.