There a re a couple of other wire label options. 3M and maybe others make wire
labels that have a white surface to write info on and a clear portion of tape
covers the writing to preserve it.
Another more inexpensive method is to use white electrical tape and mark with a
Sharpie marker. They last fairly well.
73
Jim Cassidy
KI7Y
> From: larryb.w1dyj@verizon.net
> To: towertalk@contesting.com; yccc@contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:46:19 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Band Color Codes
>
> 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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