[Boatanchors] Re: [Milsurplus] Reading Diode Color Codes

[J. Forster]

Typically, they read just like resistors. The wide band is the cathode, often
Brown, then the numbers:

BROWN, yellow, green, violet is a IN457

-John

WA5CAB@cs.com wrote:

> Groups,
>
> Does anyone have the crib sheet (instructions) for reading the color bands on
> a diode so marked?  I imagine that some of the later TM's have it but hate
> the thought of digging through several hundred looking.
>
> 73
> Robert Downs - Houston