[SMCARA] Shack lighting ideas for not very much money

[JD Delancy]

See below from my friend K5FNI in Ganado Tejas; sounds like an idea.  BTW 
the price is in CENTS, not dollars.  Thanks for sharing Rick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Rick Herndon
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:53 AM
Subject: Shack lighting ideas for not very much money

Tonight, I was doing some research for low-power emergency lighting, when I 
found the Web page at
http://home.comcast.net/%7Ebuck0/led.html

The text and photos at the bottom of the page surely show some good ideas 
for both the home station and portable station lighting with LED high-out 
devices. I went to the recommended eBay site and searched for white LED 
resistor and came up with a number of "sell-now" offers from Hong Kong 
distributors with good eBay reputations that averaged between $.36 and $.39 
per device. Although the devices are very high light output, their viewing 
angle is very narrow. It is about 12 degrees, so I look forward to using 
several bulbs to cover my working area in a fanned cluster to spread the 
light out. Using the ARES standard power connections would certainly allow 
them to be used in emergency operating situations, where those kinds of 
connectors abound. Each one comes with a resistor to allow using it on 12 
volts.

So, this is a suggestion that the prices have definitely come down for 
affordable, BRIGHT, white LEDs for hams to use in custom illumination 
projects.

73,
Rick Herndon
K5FNI
Ganado TX