Those were my thoughts too. If anyone knows of a right angle led/bayonet
base pilot lamp (where you can rotate or bend the leds) I would be
interested.
Thanks for the info...nice site also.
Chuck, KE9UW
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Rick Williams
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 22:18 PM
> To: TenTec List (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Changing pilot lamps to LEDs
>
>
> Thanks Bob!
>
> I looked at these as well and found them a bit pricey since they have a
> minimum order of 5 units. (I spent $12 Can or about $8.50 US to
> build ALL 6
> lamps and the resistors were in my stock. As for the bayonet base
> - 2 lamps
> were dead the other 4 lamps were - how can I put this - "sacrificed"!)
> Also, even with the 120 degree lens it looked like most of the light would
> be going straight up into the roof of the equipment rather than forward
> through the meter. So being cheap and figuring I could fine tune my own I
> went the home brew method.
>
> Thanks for the kind comments on the site.
>
> 73,
> Rick
> VE7TK / VE7ASR
>
> Website: http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk
>
> -------------- Bob wrote ---------------
>
> Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 19:41:10 -0500
> From: Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX <RMcGraw@Blomand.Net>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Changing pilot lamps to LEDs
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Message-ID: <003201c43ba7$a691d990$c1b34ace@s0024901093>
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>
> Neat site!
>
> Here's my offering of lamp to LED replacements.
>
> http://www.ledtronics.com/datasheets/minbase_index/minbas_index.htm
>
>
> Direct replacements and at reasonable cost.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
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