[Boatanchors] Ohm Color Code Calculators

Philip Atchley ko6bb at yahoo.com
Tue May 28 19:04:58 EDT 2024


What's wrong with doing it in your head?  Been a long time, but that's 
how I did it back in the day (don't work on stuff as much as I used to).

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On 5/28/2024 8:05 PM, jeffv wrote:
> No, but there are apps for android. Prob iDevice too.
>
> On 5/28/24 15:53, Keith Densmore wrote:
>> Back in the day, Ohmite and others used to give away color code 
>> wheels that
>> gave the value of a resistor if you put in the colors. Not sure what 
>> they
>> are called but I wonder if anyone knows if they are still available
>> somewhere? I'd like to find one.
>>
>> 73,
>> Keith ve3gem
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