I really can't see any true wisdom behind such a statement.  This is the way I was taught and learned the color code, including every fellow pupil in electronics class.  To get people to learn it by sorting 500 resistors will work ok, but test them 37 years from now and they will probably not remember the sequence.  That is, unless they are constantly using resistors.  I still remember the phrase that I was taught 37 years ago in high school electronics class and use it to calculate the value of resistors today.

Two steps:

Bad    boys   r#@&  our     young   girls  but   Violet  g&%@*  willintly
Black  Brown  Red   Orange  Yellow  Green  Blue  Violet  Gray   White


Ten steps:

0 = Black
1 = Brown
2 = Red
3 = Orange
4 = Yellow
5 = Green
6 = Blue
7 = Violet
8 = Gray
9 = White

  Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IC746/

If that is not the 746pro group, mabe they can point you to it.

 I might be giving some radio classes in the future to some people who will, of course, need to learn the resistor color code numbering sequence. When I learned it, we had to use the rather naughty statement: Bad boys r#@& our young girls, but violet g%$* willingly.

This won't do, as the statement will be used by some church people. I once heard a 'not so offensive' sentence to use in learning the color code sequence, but didn't hear it clearly enough to write it down. Does anyone have a better sentence-learning tool for the color code?

  Thanks.

  Here is a new freeware program:

Amateur Radio ADF
http://www.gulfcoastal.bizland.com\arss.html

  I have been away from HF for some years now.  I
was wondering if there is some kind of web based
qsl bureau whereby hams can send qsls to each other
via the web.

  Thanks.