[Elecraft] KX3 front panel replacement

[Mike Reublin NF4L]

I'd be tempted to try a matte finish spray-on polyurethane.

If you're near a city with a good graphics art supply or art store, go in and look at dry transfer letter sets. I'll bet you could find a pretty good match to the panel lettering. They are definitely fragile and a cover spray would be necessary.

73, Mike NF4L


> On May 11, 2015, at 2:36 PM, Joshua Gould <jg.k8wxa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I had screen printing scratch off of the front of my KX3 and Elecraft sent
> me a new front face plate.
> 
> I'm assuming that if I start in the assembly manual (I have Revision G2,
> Dated May 1 2013 printed and am working on printing Revision G5) and work
> backwards from page 18 with the current radio (it was factory built) and
> rebuild the front panel from that point everything should be as outlined in
> the Assembly manual, only in reverse at first. correct?
> 
> Another question (since I've had two faceplates that have had the screen
> printing scratch off) is can I use something to spray on the faceplate to
> make it a little harder to damage the screen printing?  The XYL has some
> spray acrylic sealer that she thinks will do the trick and I was thinking
> about disassembling the radio to use the face plate  with the damaged
> screen printing to test on.  Any suggestions if this stuff won't work?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 72,
> Joshua Gould
> K8WXA
> EM89pn
> 
> KX3 # 7480
> 
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> OMISS # 9948
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