Well, we do have a 9cm band and there are at least six of us using it here
in the USA. I don't think your suggestion would bother the other 300,000 or
so hf/vhf operators though.
73,
Gerald K5GW
In a message dated 2/15/2010 9:47:02 A.M. Central Standard Time,
larryb.w1dyj@verizon.net writes:
Interesting idea!
Since no current band has a 9 in it, you could substitute white for black
and go "EIA" -- this would cover the WARC bands:
160M - brown, blue, white
20M - red, white
17M - brown. violet
12M - brown, red
6M - blue
23cm -- white, red, orange (the leading white indicates cm)
etc.
Of course, this could be tough for a multi-band antenna...
Actually, what I use now are the numbered wire labels that electricians
use -- you can find booklets of them in your local home depot, etc, in the
electrical dept. Mine are called "Brady Porta-Pack Wire Markers" although
I
don't know what the current brands would be as I picked these up about 50
years ago... (One pack lasts a long time.)
73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Brock-Fisher" <barockteer@aol.com>
To: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>; <yccc@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 9:50 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Band Color Codes
>I apologize if this may have been discussed before....
>
>
> Thinking of standardizing on a set of color codes for bands on coax,
> switches, filters, etc.
>
> What's the best choice?
>
> I'm ruling out black as a choice, because black tape on black coax is
hard
> to see.
> I don't do WARC bands so they are not included in my choices.
>
> Some of my thoughts are:
>
> (sort of) EIA color codes:
> first digit of band is resistor color code, with exceptions as noted
>
> 10-brown
>
> 15-green (only band with a '5')
>
> 20-red
>
> 40-yellow
>
> 80-blue
>
> 160-orange (only bright color left)
>
>
>
> (or just simple mapping, in ascending order of frequency)
>
> 160-brown
>
> 80 - red
>
> 40 - org
>
> 20 - yellow
>
> 15 - green
>
> 10 - blue
>
>
>
> (and in order of wavelength)
>
> 10 - brown
>
> 15 - red
>
> 20 - org
>
> 40 - yellow
>
> 80 - green
>
> 160 - blue
>
>
>
>
>
> Or maybe there's a better, simple idea out there...
>
>
>
> -Tony, K1KP
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