[ICOM] IC 756

[U Sidarau]

I recall the display lines problem developing at an IC-756 I used to have.
When it started building up, I decided to play with the backlight level and
found out that at the 40-50% level the lines appeared to be not that
articulated. The display was quite dim but readable. Then, as time goes by
and while I was keeping the same background light level, the lines started
diminishing. Finally the display basically returned to the original shape.
But I did not risk to increase the light, perhaps the problem would come up
again. The rig was fine after these experiments for a year or two, and then
I sold it. The new owner did not complain to me on any lines. Obviously he
knew the story and handled with the rig accordingly. 
I don't recall any other report on this kind of "recovery" but mine. And
perhaps it's too late now.

Otherwise not only DX Commander, but also HRD, even older free versions,
would help you a bit with some basic information displayed. But
unfortunately no software will help you with the extremely useful
panadapter. It only works on the built-in display.

73,

Vlad VE3TM

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From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of manualman at juno.com
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 9:44 PM
To: icom at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ICOM] IC 756

I inherited a IC-756 with the lines in the display. I recall replacement
displays are no longer available from any vendor. The rig works great on
receive and transmit. I was able to mimic some of the display readings
using the DX Commander software but was wondering if there was any other
fixes (hardware or software) to make the rig a little more useful.

Pete, wa2cwa

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