Re: [Elecraft] EL foil for K1 backlighting
Hi I have not tried it but there are some glow in the dark plastic sheets that once charged up with a flashlight will glow brightly for several hours. This is not the stuff you played with as a kid. This sheeting will put out some serious light for quite a while with only a few seconds charge time. A 3x5 card of this stuff will light up a room in complete darkness enough to read by. My thought would be to replace the K1 display with the one with the clear back and place a piece of this glow sheet behind the display. Here is a source for the sheeting http://extremeglow.com/Merchant4/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=GP Don Brown KD5NDB - Original Message - From: Jason Artz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 4:52 PM Subject: [Elecraft] EL foil for K1 backlighting Hello, Has anyone tried EL foil behind the LCD display on the K1? The display I have does allow some light through, so perhaps using a piece of this foil will work. Could the power inverter generate RF interference? If you've tried it, let me know how it went. Here's a source for the foil and driver: http://www.cooltronix.com/shop/ Thanks, Jason AC6XA __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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 ___ 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
RE: [Elecraft] EL foil for K1 backlighting
You probably recall mounting a big black neoprene spacer between the display and the board (pg 21, Figure 5-7). That's got to come out first so that means removing the LCD. Hint: this is a project I'd put off for a little while. Eric KE6US -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Artz Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:52 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] EL foil for K1 backlighting Hello, Has anyone tried EL foil behind the LCD display on the K1? The display I have does allow some light through, so perhaps using a piece of this foil will work. Could the power inverter generate RF interference? If you've tried it, let me know how it went. Here's a source for the foil and driver: http://www.cooltronix.com/shop/ Thanks, Jason AC6XA __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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 ___ 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
