My apoligies -- I should have gone a bit farther up in converting SHF
frequencies to cm!
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: <TexasRF@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>; <yccc@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Band Color Codes
>
> 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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