Another thing to look for and it took me months to find it, R15 & R16 was not soldered. Roland in Californ-i-a ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Wilhelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 5:35 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] display
> Chris, > > If you see nothing on the display, check to be certain you soldered pin 1 of > the U1 socket. If you missed it (and several other folks have made that > error) it is a bit tricky to solder since the LCD is now in place, but you > can cut away a bit of the plastic from the socket and solder the pin from > the socket side of the board. > > If you missed soldering some of the LCD pins, you would likely see some > stuff displayed (even though it looks like garbage). If you have doubts > about the LCD soldering integrity, solder the legs from the top of the > board. > > Another thing that can give strange troubles is the soldering of the > connectors - there are connector points on the Control Board, the RF Board, > and the Front Panel board - signals from the Control Board to the Front > Panel must go through 2 sets of connectors. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Hi I have just got to the stage of testing my K2.when I switch on I hear > > the relays clicking but the display does not show anything it is blank > > the leds light the display.Has anyone had this problem ? I am going to > > take it apart and re solder the pins of the display as they were very > > short and did not come all the way through the PC board . hope to hear > > from the group soon Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
