Re: [Elecraft] Why Black

;> -Original Message----- >> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net >> On >> Behalf Of Bill Frantz >> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:45 AM >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Subject: [Elecraft] Why Black >> >>> On 8/30/18 at 5:31 AM, glcazz...@

Re: [Elecraft] Why Black

H > > ARRL, FISTS, SKCC, NAQCC. > "If it doesn't work the first time you push the button it won't work the > 20th.Just stop." > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > On > Behalf Of Bill Frantz > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:45 AM >

Re: [Elecraft] Why Black

al Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Bill Frantz Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:45 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Why Black On 8/30/18 at 5:31 AM, glcazz...@alice.it (IK4EWX) wrote: >... Here the problem is the black face of KPOD. I have had pro

Re: [Elecraft] Why Black

Let's end the expanding 'why black' thread now in the interest of relieving email overload for others. 73, Eric Moderator /elecraft.com/ On 8/31/2018 11:47 AM, Rick Robinson wrote: Remember when computers were mostly all a shade of beige ? VHT makes black krinkle paint available in auto parts

Re: [Elecraft] Why Black

Remember when computers were mostly all a shade of beige ? VHT makes black krinkle paint available in auto parts stores. Three coat process by spraying in different directions. Looks great. -- Rick Genesis 1-29 __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] Why Black

It's for heat radiation.  Basic thermodynamics ... black body radiation.  Just took awhile to figure it out. [:=)  I've wondered when the black crackle finish fell out of fashion. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County K3 #642 On 8/31/2018 10:07 AM, Grant Youngman wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] Why Black

Almost everything was black (mostly wrinkle) at one time. The A-line Collins radios, while technically not black, were black enough. One of the problems with “decorator colors” is matching paint from batch to batch. Heathkit SB-line radios were “Heath green”, but they were not terribly

Re: [Elecraft] Why Black

I started the trend of black :-). Back in the early 1960s, my home-brew dual-811 linear and its power supply both had black wrinkle 19 inch rack cabinet front panels. Also, I built a SSB exciter that also had black wrinkle 19 inch rack front panel. I even had the black wrinkle rack cabinet

Re: [Elecraft] Why Black

Black is easier to touch up if necessary. And it looks uniform with other brands of items which are also black. Chuck KE9UW c-haw...@illinois.edu Sent from my iPad > On Aug 31, 2018, at 8:51 AM, Curt Nixon wrote: > > I think it was a trend started in the Consumer Electronics market. Audio >

Re: [Elecraft] Why Black

I think it was a trend started in the Consumer Electronics market. Audio stuff was never black.  Except the black glass McIntosh equip.  Others began emulating the high end of the market to instill a "touch of class".  Sony, Yamaha, Denton, etc all followed suit. Most were always bright face

[Elecraft] Why Black

On 8/30/18 at 5:31 AM, glcazz...@alice.it (IK4EWX) wrote: ... Here the problem is the black face of KPOD. I have had problems reading the labels on my K3 in dark rooms and tents. I wonder why most radio available today are black. In the old days, the Collins and Heathkit radios weren't

[Elecraft] Why black is the hot wire

At the early part of the 20th century, when electricians were wiring houses (knob and tube), the color of the electrical wire was only black. The power companies found that one side of the power feed (center tap on 220) to the house or building had to be grounded to prevent voltage buildup on the

Re: [Elecraft] Why black is the hot wire

Yes this makes wiring 220V US equipment in foreign countries like VK even more exciting, since we're the other way round... Black is Neutral. 73 Matthew VK5ZM On 18 September 2015 at 02:41, David Robertson wrote: > At the early part of the 20th century, when electricians