[Elecraft] K3, k4 Black knobs

Bill Frantz frantz at pwpconsult.com
Fri Oct 16 13:34:07 EDT 2020


I will add, the Tikka has 3 levels of white light and one of 
red. It also has a red blink mode, if you can think of a use for it.

If you are trying to avoid insect attacks, the best color is one 
they can's see. If I remember correctly, most insects see well 
in the blue and UV range.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 10/16/20 at 1:26 PM, frantz at pwpconsult.com (Bill Frantz) wrote:

>The Petzl Tikka headlamp has a red LED mode. I like them 
>because they seem to be reasonably reliable compared with the 
>other small, inexpensive, headlamps I have used.
>
>(One of the other headlamps I otherwise liked kept the battery 
>compartment closed with a thin loop of plastic. After changing 
>the batteries only a few times, the loop broke, the battery 
>compartment wouldn't stay closed, and the contacts on the 
>flopping lid no longer completed the circuit.)
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