[Premium-Rx] RF-590 display

[Stephen M. Linscott]

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Gary Mitchelson wrote:

> The RF-590 I just bought is my first RF-590. I don't know if the diplay
> problem I am seeing is normal or not. For a quick background on this
> RF-590, it had sat in it's original Harris box since it was new (1989)
> for 10 years in a warehouse. Then it was unboxed and used occassionally
> until I bought it last week.
>
> The displays are not clear e.g. the unused segments and digits have a
> slight glow. Is this normal? I adjusted the brightness but that just
> makes it to bright. I have the brightness set to about 1/3. The original
> owner said it's been like this since first taken out of the box.
>
> Gary
>

A temporary solution I used on another piece of gear was to put a darker
piece of plastic over the display, and turn the brightness up.  I don't
know if this would apply to the 590 - I have Racals with LCDs.

                                  73,

                                      - Steve - W5EGP

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