[TowerTalk] Band Color Codes

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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 at 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 at aol.com>
To: "Towertalk"  <towertalk at contesting.com>; <yccc at 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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