Amateur Radio Quiz: The Ins-and-Outs of the Bits-and-Pieces

By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
n0ax@arrl.net

Once the homebuilding bug bites, you’ll be using a whole new set of jargon: acronyms, color codes, numbering conventions, parameters, measurements and more. Here are some questions about the many interesting methods — and short-cuts — we use to describe our electronic components.

1) Which sequence represents the resistor color code?
a) OBAFGKM
b) BBROYGBVGW
c…

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