[Elecraft] RE: Dumb mistakes I have made

[Benjy Cline AC4XO]

Thanks to all who shared their dumb mistakes.  It's nice to have
company.

My claim to fame came about when I built a Wilderness Radio
Sierra.  It worked first time.  Then I built the add-on frequency
display/keyer/S-meter kit.  I tested it, and it worked fine.  Then
I removed the protective film on the LCD display, installed it
in the Sierra, and did another test.  The displayed characters
were almost invisible.  I got the logic probe out and determined
that the LCD display was bad.  I assumed I had damaged
some how and ordered another display.

Then, the same thing happened again.  The display was
easy to read, but then when I removed the protective
film, it was barely readable.  Then, finally, I caught on
and put the protective film back on.  The display was
easy to read again.  I had removed the thicker
polarizing film instead of the thin protective film.

I did a dumb thing, but I finally figured it out.  When
I removed the protective film from the K2 display,
I was very careful :-)

72 de Benjy
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Benjy Cline, AC4XO
http://www.tuxcat.com/benjy