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> ...“Transmission 109 of 13 May 1971. It has two parts, first part with TM, second part without TM. Length: 40' [probably minutes]”. Looking at the handwritin

> ...“Transmission 109 of 13 May 1971. It has two parts, first part with TM, second part without TM. Length: 40' [probably minutes]”. Looking at the handwriting for reel 1, it appears that the transmission session number is rather 709, not 109. Note, that the handwriting for the second reel shows the session 509 in March of the same year. The "first" reel dates the session in May. P.S. Hard to judge about origins of the tapes, but by the looks, the reels seem more like some personal use dubs, not much an "official" storage. No reg numbers, names, very non-official. Additionally, the edge remarks on the second reel mention that some parts were dubbed on "someone-else's" recorder. This is likely noted in case the head alignment needs adjustment for better read.

daniel_reetz 5y ago
In Russian handwriting, the "1" has a hooked top and the "7" has a strike through the middle. This is most likely a "1". You can see a "7" in "1971". Looks like a "1" to me but I'm not a native speaker.
Nikbul 5y ago
If you look closely, 1 in 1971 is a lot closer than 7 that written in 109. Also as mentioned below, defining stroke in the middle with 7, and how it is written. For number 1, writing starts with upper left and goes down, that makes sense for translation from 1 to 0. For 7 you do same but middle stroke takes your hand off paper so there is no direct and smooth translation to next number. That's my reasoning for interpreting it as 109, rather than 709.
zoomablemind 5y ago
> ...Looking at the handwriting for reel 1, it appears that the transmission session number is rather 709, not 109. Perhaps, I'm mistaken, however in support of this reading speaks also the mission's Lunar day numbering [1] This places the March session recordings, as marked on the reel (509,...) on the 5th Lunar mission day, then May session recordings could correspond to the 7th Lunar mission day (thus 709). Again, just a hunch. Maybe the narrator announces the number clearly on that May tape. [1]:https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4-1 https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%... Lunar-mission-day, Date-range-1971 1st, Nov/17-24/1970 2nd, Dec/8-23/1970 3rd, Jan/7-21 4th, Feb/7-20 5th, Mar/7-20 6th, Apr/6-20 7th, May/6-20 8th, Jun/4-11 9th, Jul/3-17 10th, Aug/2-16 11th, Aug/31-Sep/15 P.S. Also an interesting read is the mission PR in the state newspapers [2]. Gives an outlook at what notable was achieved on which date. So this might provide some hints about possible kind of "graphic" content on the tapes...if any, of course. [2]: http://epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/osvoen-kosm-pr-sssr/1971/05.html http://epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/osvoen-kosm-pr-sssr/1971...

daniel_reetz 5y ago

In Russian handwriting, the "1" has a hooked top and the "7" has a strike through the middle. This is most likely a "1". You can see a "7" in "1971". Looks like a "1" to me but I'm not a native speaker.

Nikbul 5y ago

If you look closely, 1 in 1971 is a lot closer than 7 that written in 109. Also as mentioned below, defining stroke in the middle with 7, and how it is written. For number 1, writing starts with upper left and goes down, that makes sense for translation from 1 to 0. For 7 you do same but middle stroke takes your hand off paper so there is no direct and smooth translation to next number. That's my reasoning for interpreting it as 109, rather than 709.

zoomablemind 5y ago

> ...Looking at the handwriting for reel 1, it appears that the transmission session number is rather 709, not 109. Perhaps, I'm mistaken, however in support of this reading speaks also the mission's Lunar day numbering [1] This places the March session recordings, as marked on the reel (509,...) on the 5th Lunar mission day, then May session recordings could correspond to the 7th Lunar mission day (thus 709). Again, just a hunch. Maybe the narrator announces the number clearly on that May tape. [1]:https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4-1 https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%... Lunar-mission-day, Date-range-1971 1st, Nov/17-24/1970 2nd, Dec/8-23/1970 3rd, Jan/7-21 4th, Feb/7-20 5th, Mar/7-20 6th, Apr/6-20 7th, May/6-20 8th, Jun/4-11 9th, Jul/3-17 10th, Aug/2-16 11th, Aug/31-Sep/15 P.S. Also an interesting read is the mission PR in the state newspapers [2]. Gives an outlook at what notable was achieved on which date. So this might provide some hints about possible kind of "graphic" content on the tapes...if any, of course. [2]: http://epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/osvoen-kosm-pr-sssr/1971/05.html http://epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/osvoen-kosm-pr-sssr/1971...