So this nice looking tape seems to be unusable.
So long story short... I've uploaded video of unwrapping Philips UCX tape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXsQd1P6Pz8
Word of warning. I've tried to calibrate it on my poor's man 3header (Sony TC-K711S), something was off. I smell crayon so ... you know pure chrome (?) or maybe not. But sadly tape is decomposed. Fortunatelly head was not damaged.
Remember fellow tapeheader - always rewind new tape, look at surface. Never play/record it straight away as I did. I was lucky that head was not damaged in any visible way (also tested playback and recording on good quality tape).
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