Data cards with tape

Andrew07

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Recently picked up a hawk hill data card and the previous owner had tape stuck to the card which I feel will work better in inclement weather than a erase able marker. Are you guys carrying a roll of tape with you to matches or stacking them up on the card before a match? Just need some ideas
 
Tape is the way to go. Sometimes masking tape won't stick in the wet, so in the rain I use gaffers tape and a silver sharpie.

There's lots of good uses for tape at a match and some you might not expect. One time I saw 2 shooters DQ on a holdover stage right in front of me. They just instinctively reached up to dial between shots. I quickly put a piece of tape over my turrets to dummy proof it.
 
One time I saw 2 shooters DQ on a holdover stage right in front of me. They just instinctively reached up to dial between shots.

Damn, did they get DQ'ed from the match or just from the stage?

Anyway, I keep a length of painter's tape on a section of 1/2" PVC so I don't have to tote an entire roll around with me. I ran a piece of 550 cord through it so my Sharpie can clip to it.
 
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I roll lengths of tape around my tripod leg sections
I make 3 x 5 cards with varying DA data and wrap them in clear packing tape... This allows me to use a grease pencil, white board marker or Sharpie on them during a stage.
 
I use a rite in the rain note pad for notes. I fill ten pages with yellow painters tape, pre cut to fit my card. I refill at night.
 
Tape. even a post it note works well. I’ll write out my door for the stage on a post it and then stick it to my data card and then when I’m done I can take it off and post it inside that stage brief in my match book to go back and look at later for comparison. Either way works.
 
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Layers of painters tape dog eared on my wrist coach and write dope for each stage. Peel off and discard after the stage, like Nascar screen protectors.
 
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