[Elecraft] K2 display line

[Andrey Stoev]

I think this is done on purpose as part of the design. In most cases the 
radio is placed on a desk and the operator looks down at the radio. Under 
such condition if the display is perfectly align then the top edge of the 
front panel display opening will obstruct the top portion of the LCD. (the 
actual LCD is recessed in the front panel). It will appear like the top edge 
is "touching" the numbers of the LCD. Depends on the angle it could be a 
pretty annoying effect. By lowering a little bit the LCD in the display 
opening, the designer compensates for the recessed display. As a side effect 
when you look straight at the faceplate or the radio sits above your normal 
line of sight, you can see a small "gap". This is completely normal! (note 
how small is the space between the top segments and the actual edge of the 
LCD. On other radios with bigger screens this is not a problem since they 
have a lot of "padding" around the actual display elements.

Just shows that Wayne and Eric thought of everything while designing the 
radio!



Btw.  My radio also has this feature and nothing is wrong with the way my 
display board is mounted in the front panel.

Hope this helps!

73s

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Carpenter" <NZ0T at cox.net>
To: "elecraft list" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:26 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 display line


>I took my K2 (5703) to the lake cabin last week and noticed that the 
>display has a line that slants down across the top from left to right.  I 
>sit much lower in relation to the rig there than here at home so I had not 
>seen it before.  At first I thought the display had moved but of course 
>it's held in place very well so that wasn't it.  Do I have a problem or is 
>this normal?
>
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