[ICOM] IC-230

[Ynkedragon at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/6/2006 18:33:13, aa6dx at arrl.net writes:

<< Loved `em, but 

wasn't too long before the dial lamps started failing! >>

Nostalgia time :-)  I forgot about how fast the '230's bulbs burned.  Solved 
that problem in mine by using 18V. bulbs or an in-line dropping resistor.  
(That was back in the days when radio could be modified and repaired without 
using a microscope.)

k3yd