[Elecraft] OT - Magnifier lamp

[R. Kevin Stover]

I put my entire stuffed K2/100 together with the same lamp.
No problems and I don't hear any noise from the lamp in said K2.

I had to get used to soldering through the magnifier but that's only
because I'd never done it before. No big deal.



> Jim...(and list)...
> 
> Save your money!
> 
> I have a Luxo lamp mounted on a tensor arm and with a 6" dia circline 
> fluorescent bulb. This particular one has the power supply in the
> base. It was made in USA. Two (very negative) comments:
> 
> 1. The power supply is extremely noisy (RF noise). I had expected
> that the fluorescent fixture would be noisy, but this lamp is a real 
> noise-pig EVEN WHEN THE LAMP IS OFF. I cannot have it plugged in when
> I am operating, as it saturates my receiver with RF noise.
> 
> 2. The magnifier was almost useless for circuit board work. This is 
> because the "edge effects" are quite large, in the sense that the 
> in-focus image is only a tiny part of the whole aperture, and there
> is no binocular effect.
 
> John Ragle -- W1ZI




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R. Kevin Stover
AC0H