[Elecraft] K1 Kit display back light

[Phil Wheeler]

Thanks for that input, Eric!

73, 

Phil -- Sent from my iPhone 5S

> On Mar 12, 2014, at 11:09, EricJ <eric_csuf at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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