[Milsurplus] GRC-9 rec dial light

[Hue Miller]

Well Bill, i done thought about those points also. The light switch is momentary 
contact. I am really into lighted dials, tho, so i was thinking of putting a small 
switch inside so i could pull out the rec section and switch lamp to always on.
The majority of my use would be from AC mains PS safe in secured territory. Yes,
the flashlight bulbs do have much shorter life, which may be a service issue
for those of you going out on LRPs. I thought of fixing up an ammo belt with
flashlight bulbs instead of cartridges.
-Hue 




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> Hi Hue,
>
> I wonder what a brighter bulb (more current) would do to battery life.
> More current from the same supply suggests a thinner (weaker) filament.
> It also suggests a hotter filament. This is a radio for field use so an
> already short-lived bulb would fail even sooner. Most of us, even those
> of us who might use the radio out in the wild, probably don't worry
> about enemy troops seeing a brighter dial light. I have a BC-1306
> receiver from a field set a generation earlier. I don't want to do
> anything to increase current drain. Along with that ammo box full of
> spare bulbs be sure to include more spare batteries to run them. Or, in
> the end, a few more mA might not be important.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H