                     MOTOR SPEED CONTROL UNIT
                     

       +12...15VĿ
                                   
              47R                 C
              1/2W              /       BD649 or equal
                            B  /      NPN Darlington transistor
              1K  <ĳ
       speed                 \\
       adjust                      \\ E
     potentiometer  two diodes                  to tape recorder
                    1N4007                      motor + terminal
                   >>Ŀ       >
                              gnd                   (remove internal speed
                                                  control unit from motor
                                                  case). Connect motor - 
                                                  terminal to ground)

A motor with mechanical internal speed control does not work with this!

If RFI problems exist, add 1nF ceramic capacitors
between base and emitter and also between collector and emitter.

You should get typically about 70 RPM (or more), at the beginning of the
tape on the take-up (smaller) C-cassette reel, when recording. This makes
1000 to 1200 LPM speed decodable with the tape recorder.
When playing back, the speed should be able to go down to around 5...10 
seconds / round on the take-up reel.
   This is just my quick and easy proposal to make the speed control work. 
There are numerous other, less easy ways to do it, just don't believe 
the pulse control gives any better results without a feedback from the motor, 
than any other type of DC control without feedback.

Thanks to Adrian, G4JBH for pointing out an error in the earlier file. The
chain of diodes must be terminated to the ground.
