That's why I always check the value with an ohm meter if there is any ambiguity in reading the color code.
Doug W6JD -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well, I have had the experience! Sometimes the orange band looks a lot > like a red band ... and I have seen 'brown' bands that were really a dark > red. I let the smoke out of one of those once. > > Don K7FJ > --------------------------------------- > > Don, you are right on the money! > > The resistor I put in was 10K, not 1K! Ahhhggg! > > I went back and tried a 1K. Now i get very stable full output on all bands. > 10 Meters is giving 95 watts into a dummy load. That's plenty. > > Now, back to special event station K1Y SKN operations ... > > - Keith N1AS - > - k2 5411.ssb.100 - > > ________________________________ > > From: Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I'll bet you find out that the 1 K you put in was actually some other value > .. or .. something happened you did not plan (cold solder joint?). If the > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
