[TenTec] Changing pilot lamps to LEDs

[Rick Williams]

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 at Blomand.Net>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Changing pilot lamps to LEDs
To: tentec at contesting.com
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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