[Hammarlund] Yellow meters?

[Les Locklear]

It "was" white when new.

Look for a Hq-100, 100A, 110, 110A meter and replace it. Snow white!

Les Locklear
Monitoring Since '57
Located On the Gulf of Mexico
Gulfport, MS.
http://www.hammarlund.info/homepage.html



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Kinyon" <w7ts at comcast.net>
To: <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 1:48 PM
Subject: RE: [Hammarlund] Yellow meters?


> Hi Russ,
> Thanks for the info, the receiver in question is a
> HQ-150.  I am still interested in all opinions.  Anyone
> remember seeing a HQ-150 when it was new?
> 73,
> Ken W7TS
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: hammarlund-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>[mailto:hammarlund-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On
>>Behalf Of Russ WQ3X
>>Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 12:41 P
>>To: hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
>>Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Yellow meters?
>>
>>
>>A lot of the military gear had yellow or tan
>>meters to begin with. The
>>Collins 51S-1 is an example. I've always
>>thought this was done to relieve
>>eye fatigue at night. I think the HQ-150s
>>were a yellowish orange not white
>>when new. The later 170s and 180s were white.
>>
>>Russ WQ3X
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ken Kinyon" <w7ts at comcast.net>
>>To: <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
>>Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 1:08 PM
>>Subject: [Hammarlund] Yellow meters?
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Why are many of the meter faces on older Hammarlund
>>> receivers yellow.  Were the made that way or is it a
>>> aging discoloration?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ken W7TS
>>> -------------------
>>> Kenneth E.  Kinyon
>>> 34 Princeton Circle
>>> Longmont, CO 80503-2106
>>> -----------------------
>>> E-mail: W7TS at comcast.net
>>> ------------------
>>
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