[Elecraft] P3 - Split operation
Bayard Coolidge, N1HO via Elecraft
elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Tue Feb 24 19:10:00 EST 2015
I realize that the discussion about split operations have beenenough to tan the hides of every bovine used for McDonald'shamburgers for the next century, but I would like to add my "vote"to what Fred mentioned, as I'm one of those 10% or so of maleswho suffer from the inability to distinguish reds, greens, browns,and other similar "earth tones". I freely admit that my XYL has tomatch a lot of my clothing for me.
In my professional career, I even encountered one poor guy whohad to use a hood over a 7-segment LED display (on the front panelof a PDP11/34) to be able to read it, even though there were no othercolors in the immediate vicinity; he had to rely solely on the relativebrightness of the display. I can, I think, differentiate a lot of colors,but my wife will tell you that it's a guess at best, and usually wrong,and the accuracy depends strongly on the color/temperature of theambient light in the room. I score the best accuracy in pure sunlight.
So, yes, some chromatic ergonomic engineering would be sincerely appreciated!
tnx es 73,
Brandy, N1HO
Fred Jensen, k6dgw, said, in part,
"...red and green are probably the worst choices since defective colorvision is way more prevalent in males than females, the vast majorityof hams are male, and inability to distinguish red and green is the mostcommon color vision defect."
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