[Kenwood] Display gone on my 850

[Mark Nace]

Same thing happened to mine about 5 years ago.  Just be careful installing  the jumper and new lytic.  Mine still works great (knock on wood, or knock on kenwood)
Mark
N5KAE

 


----- Original Message ----
> From: Jerry Holcomb <jlholcomb at cableone.net>
> To: "Ed Swiderski, KU4BP" <ku4bp at triad.rr.com>; Kenwood at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 5:29:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] Display gone on my 850
> 
> An electrolytic capacitor designated as C18 on the display board has leaked 
> 
and possibly damaged the traces underneath it.  It's a fairly frequent 
> 
posting on kenwood 850 sites.  I inspected mine yesterday.  Its 
> not hard to 
get at nor replace.  73s Jerry 
> N0XWR

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From: "Ed 
> Swiderski, KU4BP" <> href="mailto:ku4bp at triad.rr.com">ku4bp at triad.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 
> March 23, 2010 4:18 PM
To: <> href="mailto:Kenwood at mailman.qth.net">Kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: 
> [Kenwood] Display gone on my 850

>
> Had a very strange problem 
> happen to my 850 today. The display has gone
> completely blank. The radio 
> still works fine but I have no idea where I 
> am.
> Any ideas where 
> to look to fix it.
>
> Ed KU4BP
>
> 
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