On 5/9/2012 10:05 AM, Bill Frantz wrote:
> I have installed a couple of radios in my cars (a Yaesu FTM-10 > and an Icom 706). Both radio displays black out when I wear > polaroid sunglasses. (I have also noticed that the displays on > fuel station pumps black out.) It would be a good idea for > designers to consider sunglasses when designing radios for > mobile or portable use. I think the E-Ink technology > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eink> might be a good match for > radio displays. It would be a better idea for sunglass manufacturers to stop using cheap plastic polarizers and go back to the heavy-gradient (G-15) glass or polycarbonate that they used before the cheap stuff became available. I had a pair of Ray-Ban G-15s that lasted almost 20 years the lenses outlasted the frame. Can't find them today. --- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ 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
