[Elecraft] Problems with display on initial alignment

[W3FPR - Don Wilhelm]

Pete,

Display problems like that are often caused by partially soldered 
connections to the LCD.
The pins barely protrude through the circuit board holes and it is easy to 
get the solder to fill the hole without heating the LCD pin adequately for 
solder to properly adhere to the pin.
I would suggest you re-solder the LCD pins from the top side of the board, 
making certain that the solder flows on the pin as well as the PC board.

To repeat -- first check soldering, then re-check soldering, and when you 
have finished, check the soldering!!!  (that fixes most problems).

73,
Don W3FPR

----- Original Message ----- 
>
> I wonder if anyone has come up with a similar happening on the first
> alignment (Panel, control board and partial main board) I had
> intermitant problems when I first put it together, so I dismantled it
> and checked for bad joints, component values, etc. I found I had not
> soldered a switch. That put right I put it all back together again. And
> it almost worked. DISPLAY did not bring up the voltage/current values.
> Tapping menu several times brings up a menu but its behavior is must
> odd. Tapping menu again returns to the band and tuning is OK for a few
> seconds, rate also works.....then up comes menu all on its own. Lots of
> garbled numbers on the display looks like its switching between menu and
>
> band very rapidly. I have no messages, Elecraft comes up OK then this
> happens. I've had it apart several times looking for problems, but I'm
> darned if I can see any. could a component failure cause this wierd
> behavior?
>
> Any help would be most appreciated, 73,
>