[Elecraft] Resistor Color Coder

Kevin Rock kevinrock at earthlink.net
Wed Apr 27 00:03:17 EDT 2005


Black Brown R O Y G B V Gray White

I just recognized soil on the bottom with a rainbow in the middle and 
clouds on top.

Then Silver Gold for variance measures.
    Kevin.   KD5ONS



On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:44:03 -0700 (PDT), Art - W6KY 
<art-w6ky at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> When I was in the USAF electronics school, we memorized
> a limrick in about 2 minutes having to do with a girl named
> Violet (7 on the color code). Unfortunately, it is now politically
> incorrect to repeat this limrick here, but that 2 minute lesson
> has stayed with me for over 40 years. Takes about 5 seconds
> to determine the value of a resistor. No need to bring up a
> computer program.
> 73, Art  W6KY    K1-4 s/n 1717


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