[Elecraft] KX2 color option: Army green (olive)?
w4ien
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Tue Mar 17 14:45:46 EDT 2020
On 3/17/20 1:51 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> A bazllion years ago, Zone VI insisted on making a 4x5 field camera bag in white, so it wouldn’t heat up in the sun.
>
> https://www.keh.com/shop/large-format-zone-vi-15x11x9-wht-4x5-669764.html
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> wunder
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>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 11:13 AM, Steve KC6ZKT <kc6zkt at effable.com> wrote:
>>
>> Several of us SOTA operators have asked for a high visibility color
>> option (orange or green-yellow). I think I would choose the current
>> charcoal over olive drab.
>>
>> On 3/16/20 10:37 AM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft wrote:
>>> My Elecraft equipment is already olive drab — I favor black olives.
>>>
>>> :-} K7PEH
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 16, 2020, at 10:19 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One of our customers who has outfitted units with KX2s is hoping we'll provide an Army-green case color option (olive drab). Note: We're not talking about camo -- just a solid color :)
>>>>
>>>> To make such an option viable we'd need to know if there's enough demand, both military and otherwise.
>>>>
>>>> Please drop me an email if you might be interested, or have an opinion on this possibility.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Wayne
>>>> N6KR
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That would make a great target. Military is looking for things that
don't stand out. In Vietnam we could not wear white t-shirts because
it was too good of a target.
72/73,
Robin
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