A Strip-Chart-to-Punched-Tape Translator

A strip-chart translator was developed to convert complex strip-chart records (for example, those obtained from radio propagation tests) into digital format, on punched tape, to allow analysis by electronic computer. An operator is required to follow the chart trace with a cursor mark, but the translation process is otherwise automatic. The detail contained in such record traces has so far precluded the use of a fully automatic translation process.