Black is easier to touch up if necessary. And it looks uniform with other brands of items which are also black.
Chuck KE9UW c-haw...@illinois.edu Sent from my iPad > On Aug 31, 2018, at 8:51 AM, Curt Nixon <radio.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think it was a trend started in the Consumer Electronics market. Audio > stuff was never black. Except the black glass McIntosh equip. Others began > emulating the high end of the market to instill a "touch of class". Sony, > Yamaha, Denton, etc all followed suit. Most were always bright face prior. > > Curt > KU8L > >> On 08/31/18 9:44 AM, Bill Frantz wrote: >>> On 8/30/18 at 5:31 AM, glcazz...@alice.it (IK4EWX) wrote: >>> >>> ... Here the problem is the black face of KPOD. >> >> I have had problems reading the labels on my K3 in dark rooms and tents. I >> wonder why most radio available today are black. In the old days, the >> Collins and Heathkit radios weren't black. It would seem that black letters >> on a light background would be more visible under low light conditions. It >> would also liven up the shack. >> >> 73 Bill AE6JV >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Bill Frantz | Concurrency is hard. 12 out | Periwinkle >> (408)356-8506 | 10 programmers get it wrong. | 16345 Englewood Ave >> www.pwpconsult.com | - Jeff Frantz | Los Gatos, CA 95032 >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to radio.k...@gmail.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to c-haw...@illinois.edu ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
