[Boatanchors] Old resistor values

[Mark Bell]

I'm red/green color blind.  Like you, I get the first page of the Ishar
color test right, and none of the rest.

My wife is very helpfull in helping me with color related work in repairing
boatanchors, but even she has trouble with the old black beauty style of
caps, as well as the new "non pure" colors on new resistors.

Funny, until I was told I was color blind by the FAA, I never knew it !!

Mark K3MSB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Troglodite at aol.com>
To: <Scott.Freeberg at guidant.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Old resistor values


>
> In a message dated 12/15/04 8:23:06 AM Central Standard Time,
> Scott.Freeberg at guidant.com writes:
>
> I'm not  color blind but I had to get the ohm meter out sometimes to make
> sure of the  values because I couldn't tell if it was dark red or light
brown
> :))))
>
>
>
> Imagine what it's like when you ARE red/green deficient, which is very
> common. When I took the physical for the army, they brought out that
infernal  book
> and said, "Read the numbers." The only one I could see was on the first
> page, because it was black and white dots. Then as a backup test in case
you're
> faking, they ask you, "How do you know when a traffic signal is red?" If
you
> ARE  partially colorblind, you will know the answer to that question. I'm
not
> totally  color blind, but I'd be lost without my ohmmeter. Even it doesn't
help
> sorting  pairs in the newer telephone cable.
>
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