[Elecraft] K3 LED/LCD brightness

[drewko]

Cookie, I can see the "dAY" display pretty well with my normal indoor
operating position lighting, but the LEDs at this setting are
irritatingly bright.

Sometimes during the day I have the rig on, just scanning a band or
listening to a SWBC station while I'm doing something else around the
shack; don't really need the display on then anyway. 

The ma difference as shown on the K3 between LCD Brt "2" and "dAY" is
about 70 ma. (No, I'm not a global warmist or anything... far from it.
Just thought it was interesting...)

73,
Drew
AF2Z



On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:48:30 -0700 (PDT), Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
wrote:

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>Now I see what you are talking about Drew.  I never paid attention to these settings other than LCD Brightness and Back light Brightness. I am not sure what your reason for turning the back light off might be.  If you are operating in sun light I don't think that you can see the back light on the LCD with a setting at 2 and the current drain is small enough that I don't detect it on my power supply ammeter.  I have never tried to operate my K3 outdoors and I am simulating it by aiming my 75 watt desk lamp at the LCD, but that looks OK to me.  Is that a possible work around for your?
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>Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
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