Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Backlight color will remain amber

2013-09-23 Thread Bill Conkling
ght lighting inside submarines is blue to protect the eyes for those that are transitioning from inside to outside. ...bill nr4c -Original Message- From: Ron D'Eau Claire [mailto:r...@cobi.biz] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 8:48 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re:

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Backlight color will remain amber

2013-09-23 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Also, human vision has the lowest acuity in the red region. That is, we see less detail in red illumination. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- FYI, if you're going to do as Wayne suggests and just turn the display off aiming a light at it (saving battery drain also) red is NOT the color t

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Backlight color will remain amber

2013-09-23 Thread Matt Zilmer
As a pilot, I use red lighting in the aircraft to view instruments, read charts, etc. Red is supposed to affect night vision the least, but maybe that's for reflected light? Incident light might be a different story. Traffic light green doesn't cause night blindness that I know of, and we all us

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Backlight color will remain amber

2013-09-23 Thread Fred Jensen
On 9/23/2013 2:42 PM, KC9TNH wrote: FYI, if you're going to do as Wayne suggests and just turn the display off aiming a light at it (saving battery drain also) red is NOT the color that best enhances night vision if that matters to you. Cabin lights [and cockpit lights too] in C=130's were red

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Backlight color will remain amber

2013-09-23 Thread KC9TNH
FYI, if you're going to do as Wayne suggests and just turn the display off aiming a light at it (saving battery drain also) red is NOT the color that best enhances night vision if that matters to you. It's actually a shade of green often referred to as "traffic light green" or if you think of what'

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Backlight color will remain amber

2013-05-02 Thread Jessie Oberreuter
I removed the green backlight LED from the K1 backlight kit, and replaced it with a red one :). I like it! -kb7psg On Wed, 1 May 2013, Wayne Burdick wrote: I found that kind of change to the backlight color would be very time-consuming and expensive, requiring new tooling at the LCD

[Elecraft] KX3 Backlight color will remain amber

2013-05-01 Thread Wayne Burdick
I found that kind of change to the backlight color would be very time-consuming and expensive, requiring new tooling at the LCD manufacturer. This is not practical for the KX3. Sorry about that. Meanwhile, another approach would be to turn the backlight off and aim a colored lamp at the KX3. (I