[Boatanchors] 4 or 5 color band carbon resistors

[Gary]

I forgot to mention, there's resistors with 6 bands also.
Gary...WZ1M
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From: "Gary" <xfrmrs at roadrunner.com>
To: "Yong Surk Lee/HL1FB" <yonglee at yonsei.ac.kr>;
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Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] 4 or 5 color band carbon resistors


> That's the "TOLERANCE" band.
> Gary...WZ1M
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> From: "Yong Surk Lee/HL1FB" <yonglee at yonsei.ac.kr>
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> Subject: [Boatanchors] 4 or 5 color band carbon resistors
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> > Hello
> >    I have a lot of 1/2 watt old carbon resistors. Some of them has 4
color
> bands
> > and some has 5 color bands. I know the 4th color band is the tolerence.
> > what does the 5th one represent? I have an old tube radio made in 1960s.
> It uses
> > 4 band carbon resistors. What year did the 5 band ones introduced?
> > YSL
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