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My wife bought me the radio transmitter and I was wondering what is being used out there for a sign. We live on a dark road not a neighborhood so maybe something electronic? Just trying to get some ideas… Thanks

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I've seen a bit of everything. Some have fancy matrix screens. Some buy LED boards of Amazon. My first sign was a piece of coro(plast) with stick on letters and numbers that we inserted into a metal sign holder (all from Home Depot) and lit with a solar powered light (didn't have a free channel).

At some point we bought the sign kit from HolidayCoro with the AC lights in it and have been very happy with it. 

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I have used a piece of plywood that I painted a dark color and then used painters tape to spell out the letters and numbers, then painted the sign white, and lastly pulled off the painters tape.  Later I built a light box with the letters and numbers made with stick on letters and numbers.  Currently I have a P10 matrix that is sequenced as part of the show with the artist, song title, and tune information.  I will post photos later when I get home.

 

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I have used a piece of white coro board with big black letters with a green light shining on it. This year I tried one usinn mini lights and it was so bright, i had to go back to the standar.  You don't want the sign to upstage your lights. 

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Here are some photos.  For each one, if your browser does not imbed the image, I included a direct link to it after the photo.

This first one is the plywood sign.  The photo was not taken to show the sign, but it's the only photo I have of the original sign.  There were two of them facing different directions.

2014_6_arches.jpg

http://www.newburghlights.org/photos/2014_6_arches.jpg

And these two photos are the light box - first in daylight and then in cyan at night.  It was RGB so I could make it any color I wanted.

Tune_To_in_daylight.jpg

http://www.newburghlights.org/photos/Tune_To_in_daylight.jpg

TuneTo_cyan.jpg

http://www.newburghlights.org/photos/TuneTo_cyan.jpg

And lastly is the current P-10 matrix as hung under the eves in daylight and showing both the P5 and P10 matrix lit up as they would be during a show (however the photo is showing them in their storage location in my family room).

P10_2018_mounting-3.jpg

http://www.newburghlights.org/photos/P10_2018_mounting-3.jpg

Matrix_panels_hanging_close-up.jpg

http://www.newburghlights.org/photos/Matrix_panels_hanging_close-up.jpg

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I just use your typical 2 sided yard sign and put a spot light on it. Each year I get it printed by Fastsigns, fairly cheap. I highlight a non profit each year so it's new and fresh looking each year

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My wife cut out the letters for this sign from adhesive backed paper using her Cricut. We place them on a piece coro and covered with clear contact paper to waterproof it and put  a spotlight on it. This pic from the first year I made it. Still using it but have had to change the station a couple of times. I just added new numbers on white paper and placed over the original ones.  Still using 4 years later.
 

https://1drv.ms/i/s!Apf6rN02PdwkmgKImH_gkEKP_BHE?e=vVJhhI

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20 minutes ago, tlogan said:

My wife cut out the letters for this sign from adhesive backed paper using her Cricut. We place them on a piece coro and covered with clear contact paper to waterproof it and put  a spotlight on it. This pic from the first year I made it. Still using it but have had to change the station a couple of times. I just added new numbers on white paper and placed over the original ones.  Still using 4 years later.
 

https://1drv.ms/i/s!Apf6rN02PdwkmgKImH_gkEKP_BHE?e=vVJhhI

Good job on the sign! My wife has a Cricut too, maybe I should have her do it :)

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Painted 20" high white letters on red background on plywood.  Then stapled clear minis (white wire) onto letters.  Can be seen for blocks.

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On 12/6/2023 at 6:04 PM, LaughsBrightly said:

bought the sign kit from HolidayCoro with the AC lights in it and have been very happy with it. 

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I have been using the HolidayCoro sign with LED AC Lights for past 3 years.  I use an empty AC Channel and have running as a static background sequence with dimming curve set @ 50% power so it doesn't "out-shine" the show.  Have "TUNE TO" in GREEN mini LED's and "88.1" in RED mini LED's. 

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On 12/11/2023 at 11:36 AM, Halladaylights said:

  I use an empty AC Channel and have running as a static background sequence with dimming curve set @ 50% power so it doesn't "out-shine" the show.  Have "TUNE TO" in GREEN mini LED's and "88.1" in RED mini LED's. 

Great idea. Never thought of it. Adding a linear curve and will try it out. My lights did look bright.

Edited by LaughsBrightly
Read the docs and answered my own question

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