[ICOM] IC765 meter lamp

[Floyd Sense]

John - when my 765 meter lamp died last year, I used one of the hi-intensity
white
 LEDs from Radio Shack and put a resistor in series so as to run the LED at
just below the rated current.  The LED lens focused the light a bit to much,
illuminating the center of the meter quite a bit more than the edges.  I
roughed up the end of the LED with some 600 grit sandpaper, making the
resulting light much more diffused and that illuminated the meter face
pretty evenly.  A spot of white paint on the end of the lens might be just
as effective.  Those LEDs are not cheap, but I'll bet they're less than the
cost of getting a bulb from Icom and you'll never have to worry about one
burning out again.

K8AC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John L Merrill" <john.merrill at wivb.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:57 PM
Subject: [ICOM] IC765 meter lamp


> I assume these maybe available at ICOM. Is there another source?
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> 73,
> John N1JM
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