[Elecraft] Swing Arm Magnifiers -OT

[Vic Rosenthal]

Tom Skinner wrote:

>  I
> need a really good swing arm magnifier - looking at the type that has a ring
> fluorescent lamp around it - but that's not an absolute requirement.
> 
> I've had poor ones in the past and they are a pain to keep stationary. I
> can't find anything in local stores and while I have no problem ordering one
> over the internet, it's difficult to winnow the wheat from the chaff.

I've whiled away countless hours in fabric stores with the XYL, and they often 
have such things at reasonable prices.  They also sell lamps that supposedly 
have a daylight spectrum so that you can see true colors, which I suspect might 
help with color-coded parts.

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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco