Thanks Ken, Was told that one in radio school, Keesler AFB, summer 1955. You never forget it do you.
73! Rick, W7LKG -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Ken G Kopp Sent: Friday, June 15, 2018 17:26 Cc: Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Color code memory aid ... >From the distant past ... Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly ... 73! K0PP ________________________________________ On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 18:13 Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > OK, cool! I'd like to see it work. While I have a lot of respect for > design folk, and especially those who design the super easy websites > to use where you find what you need, do it, leave, and your coffee is > still hot, the Mech E's who can visualize in 3D with motion astound > me. I understand the multiple reels of feedstock. It's the "remove > the parts from the tape" part that I find hard, that tape was really > sticky. [:-) > > Every time I've asked my wife to tell me the colors on a resistor, > even after I tell her, "They're all supposed to be preschool colors," > I still get, "Well, sort of reddish-orange ... might be a little pink too." > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > On 6/15/2018 4:43 PM, GaryK9GS wrote: > > Hi Fred, > > It's called a sequencer. Individual reels of tape and reel axial > > parts > are loaded in the sequencer. So there would be an entire reel of 10k > resistors, a separate reel of 100k, separate reel of diodes, etc. > > The sequencer then removes the parts from the tape and creates a new > tape with the parts in the proper order and count. The sequencer my > company used to have would also measure the value of the part and > reject it if it wasn't in the tolerance window. > > I hope that all makes sense... > > Surface mount is oh so much easier. We have 9 surface mount lines > > and > rarely use the axial through hole inserter these days. > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w7...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
