[Elecraft] Radio Displays

[Bill Frantz]

I have installed a couple of radios in my cars (a Yaesu FTM-10 
and an Icom 706). Both radio displays black out when I wear 
polaroid sunglasses. (I have also noticed that the displays on 
fuel station pumps black out.) It would be a good idea for 
designers to consider sunglasses when designing radios for 
mobile or portable use. I think the E-Ink technology 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eink> might be a good match for 
radio displays.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 5/9/12 at 7:04, yo3gjc at yahoo.com (VE3GNO Daniel) wrote:

>I want to ring the bell to ham comunity abt new fancy radios with LED/OLED displays.
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