[Elecraft] K3S: LCD backlight is on, but no segments are lit

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

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Eric
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> On Aug 2, 2017, at 7:06 PM, Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:
> 
> You're an hour away from Elecraft. Your options:
> 
> 1) Drive it down and tell them you'll wait.
> 
> 2) Drive it down and ask for a loaner.
> 
> 3) Come by my house in Tucson and I'll loan you one.
> 
> Wes  N7WS
> 
> 8/2/2017 6:06 PM, Christopher Hoover wrote:
>> I went to bed last night leaving the radio on to decode 6m meteor scatter.
>> 
>> This morning I found the LCD blank.
>> 
>> The backlight is on, but there are no segments lit.
>> 
>> Power cycle does not change anything.
>> 
>> All the settings seem reasonable:
>> 
>> MN002;
>> MP;MP007;
>> MN003;
>> MP;MP005;
>> MN004;
>> MP;MP003;
>> 
>> Elecraft support says to send it in -- possibly a problem solder joint.
>> The current repair backlog is 2-3 weeks.
>> 
>> I am leaving for a trip on Monday and I was intended to take the radio with
>> me, so sending it in would be ... inconvenient.   I'd be frustrated about
>> losing the radio for 2-3 weeks even without the trip.
>> 
>> Has anyone seen this problem and fixed it themselves?
>> 
>> -ch
>> 73 de AI6KG
> 
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