[ICOM] 775DSP panel labels..hard to see

[Bill NY9H]

carl wrote:
>Has anyone come up with a way to brighten the markings on the front 
>panel of the 775DSP?


I have my icom mounted in a cabinet;  while I have ceiling down 
lights lighting up my work surface, at night I don't have enough 
light on the face to read all the small fonts either. During the day 
there is enough ambient light coming in the windows to see. I stuck 
two white CCFL cold cathode fluorescent lamps in the cabinet above 
the radio, just forward of the set. Run the little inverter on the 
12DC supply for the rest of my stuff. Then I put a wirewound 25 ohm 
pot to tone down the light......
cost $4.95 for the light kit from a computer store in bloomington 
indiana on the internet. This worked out better than the string of 
leds I tried.... or the row of "grain of wheat" lamps.

bill


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