Ian Roberts wrote:
>It should have been obvious what I was trying to say. The pure form of
>BeO IS white, but the manufacturers have licence to make it any colour
>that they please, from white to black, depending on what mix of
>"alumina", "silica", and "beryllia" and other compounds they choose to
>incorporate in the mix
>An amateur who assumes it has to be pure white to be BeO, such as
>urself, apparently, could be in for a nasty....
That isn't what I said at all! I said that the pink colour has NO
CONNECTION with any beryllia content, so the colour is totally useless
as an indication.
73 from Ian G3SEK Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.demon.co.uk/g3sek
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