Re: [CQ-Contest] Contesting/Computer glasses?

[Joe <nss@mwt.net>]

exactly!
It was the strength you needed for that distance. NOTHING SPECIAL about it.

if you do not have astigmatism, you could have gone and got 2 buck 
glasses and done the exact and I mean exact same thing.
Optics is optics,

Joe WB9SBD / W9ET

On 2/18/2022 10:02 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
> The last time I had an eye exam, I asked the optometrist for computer
> glasses. She gave me a prescription that was especially for computer use.
> They focus at the distance from my eyes to a computer screen.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 9:05 AM Pete Smith N4ZR<pete.n4zr@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> > You can buy fixed "reading" glasses in various magnifications - 1.5, 2,
> > 2.5 etc - in drugstores.  You just need to figure out what your usual
> > distance from your screen is, and then test to find the magnification
> > that works best for you at that distance.
> >
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
> > Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
> > web server at<http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
> > For spots, please use your favorite
> > "retail" DX cluster.
> >
> > On 2/18/2022 12:44 AM, Gary K9GS wrote:
> > > I remember several years ago that there was an online source for
> > computer glasses for contesting.  The ones that focus a couple feet out as
> > opposed to readers.I tried searching the archives but couldn't find the
> > company.Any help?73,Gary K9GS
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