[Elecraft] K1 Kit display back light

[EricJ]

Not so fast, Phil. It IS a fun project. I've done two: my own and one 
for a fellow ham. (That's mine in the photo on the K1 Mods order page) 
It isn't "exceptionally" difficult if you follow the Elecraft directions 
explicitly for the retrofit. If you can build a K1, you can retrofit the 
backlight.

However, it's not so easy that I would build a K1 knowing I was going to 
retrofit it soon. If you have a chance to install it at the time of the 
original build, that's the way to go.

Eric
KE6US

On 3/12/2014 9:47 AM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
> Thanks, Peter. I have a 4-band K1 I seldom use (S/N #18) and was 
> considering adding the backlight as a "fun project".  Maybe not so 
> "fun" :-)
>
> My less exotic approach of wearing a headlamp will have to do.
>
> 73, Phil w7ox
>
> On 3/12/14, 9:13 AM, Peter Wollan wrote:
>> Retrofitting the K1 backlight is exceptionally difficult, and installing
>> new is easy.  You could start assembling the K1, but for sure wait on 
>> the
>> lcd assembly till you get the backlight parts.  The assembly 
>> instructions
>> are on the Elecraft site, you can read up on it before anything arrives.
>>
>>       Peter W0LLN
>
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