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[Paul Gates]

All Check out this web page is see which is a best.... for a guy with
cataracts but still seeing good with eye glasses....
http://xtronics.com/optivisor.htm
Paul Gates
Elecraft K1 #231
XG1
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[srife]

        Their prices are too high Paul. I bought mine last year for 35
bucks. I think someone else said they found them for around 30.

Stan Rife
W5EWA
Houston, TX
K2 S/N 4216
 

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All Check out this web page is see which is a best.... for a guy with
cataracts but still seeing good with eye glasses....
http://xtronics.com/optivisor.htm
Paul Gates
Elecraft K1 #231
XG1
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[Bruce Bowman-3]

Not a recommendation, but Google came up with this one which has a
decent $$$.

http://www.jewelerssupplies.com/optivisor-binocular-magnifier.html

I thought I bought mine from these folks but don't see the loupe or
light listed any longer, so I'm not sure it's the same source.

Bruce, NM5B

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> All Check out this web page is see which is a best.... for a guy with
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[Craig Rairdin]

Every time I see a picture of that OptiVisor head vise torture device I
cringe.

If you're wearing reading glasses for close-up work already then for the
same price this is a significantly better solution:
http://www.wassco.com/mag.html. They're made by Bausch & Lomb, they're very
high-quality, they work great, and they don't require the use of midieval
head clamping technology.

Craig
NZ0R
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[Ron D'Eau Claire-2]

Craig NZ0R wrote:

Every time I see a picture of that OptiVisor head vise torture device I
cringe.

If you're wearing reading glasses for close-up work already then for the
same price this is a significantly better solution:
http://www.wassco.com/mag.html. They're made by Bausch & Lomb, they're very
high-quality, they work great, and they don't require the use of midieval
head clamping technology.

--------------------------

That looks like a very nice option. Do you use them? Do they 'stay put' and
not tip when bending over the work?

I've been wearing an OptiVisor for close work for over 20 years now (and
wearing it often!) I've never found it to be uncomfortable. The
screw-adjustable padded headband keeps 'em secure without any "tight"
feeling to me.

Indeed, when I flip the hood with the lenses up I tend to forget I have it
on.

But then, my Stetson isn't uncomfortable either, even if I wear it all day.
Clearly some people don't tolerate things on their heads very well.

Ron AC7AC


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[Craig Rairdin]

>> If you're wearing reading glasses for close-up work already then
>> for the same price this is a significantly better solution:
>> http://www.wassco.com/mag.html. They're made by Bausch & Lomb,
>> they're very high-quality, they work great, and they don't require
>> the use of midieval head clamping technology.

> That looks like a very nice option. Do you use them? Do they
> 'stay put' and not tip when bending over the work?

I wear the version that clips onto your glasses, so a lot depends on how
your glasses fit. If they tend to flop around on your head, then adding some
extra weight out front isn't going to help. They work fine for me.

Depending on what I'm looking at I can alternate between looking over the
top of the glasses and through the magnifiers, or alternate between looking
through the magnifiers and "under" the magnifier (but still through the
glasses). I don't find myself taking them off or sliding them around at all,
but again it depends on how badly you need your glasses.

Craig
NZ0R
K1 #1966

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[roncasa]

 Well
Mother Nature has a way of disrupting plans.
The planned W1ACT trip to Martha's Vineyard went as planned. We arrived by
Ferry Thursday night. We set up our tents and main camper at the Gay Head
light house.
Next morning was overcast and cool. We could see 360 degrees of horizon! I
set up my QRP station using the VBWFP and AT Sprint-3.
>From my tent, I worked about a dozen stations from Canada, Europe and
stateside.

Then it started to happen. First came the winds, sustained @ 25 to 35 MPH.
After dusk, came the rain, heavy wind driven rain. During the night it
became progressively worst. During the day Saturday the rain finally stopped
but the worst of the winds was to come.
During that time we almost lost one tent (badly bruised) and one tower
(snapped at 3 places). We rode out gusts to 74 MPH! (a ham brought his wx
station). The remainder of Sunday was still windy. Thank goodness the ferry
was running so we could leave.

We did more batting down than operating. We did manage to participate in the
NE QSO 'test.  Pix will be available at W1ACT web site soon.

Ron wb1hga
"I survived the Nor'easter @ Martha's Vineyard"

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