I put my entire stuffed K2/100 together with the same lamp. No problems and I don't hear any noise from the lamp in said K2.
I had to get used to soldering through the magnifier but that's only because I'd never done it before. No big deal. > Jim...(and list)... > > Save your money! > > I have a Luxo lamp mounted on a tensor arm and with a 6" dia circline > fluorescent bulb. This particular one has the power supply in the > base. It was made in USA. Two (very negative) comments: > > 1. The power supply is extremely noisy (RF noise). I had expected > that the fluorescent fixture would be noisy, but this lamp is a real > noise-pig EVEN WHEN THE LAMP IS OFF. I cannot have it plugged in when > I am operating, as it saturates my receiver with RF noise. > > 2. The magnifier was almost useless for circuit board work. This is > because the "edge effects" are quite large, in the sense that the > in-focus image is only a tiny part of the whole aperture, and there > is no binocular effect. > John Ragle -- W1ZI -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
