this is the early version of these rigs.
in an effort to look slick icom went to a blackout multi color display in these rigs.but the lights would have to be on full and the tiny bulbs went out fast.
these were new in the late 80's-early 90's.later rigs came with the more standard lcd with black on a light background.i got this one about 17 years ago and led modded it with the new at that time 1st gen nichia white led's.
well running 24/7/365 in normal use wore them out.their best was barely adequate anyway.fast forward to today when i noticed the thing was barely readable.
i have a bunch of 3mm nichia diffused white led's i got in a surplus parts lot.
replaced them again.
this time i had to set the dimmer on d-1 or it was obnoxious to look at!
replaced some dried out caps in the voltage regulator section too.area runs hot enough that the blue rubycons were brown.
in an effort to look slick icom went to a blackout multi color display in these rigs.but the lights would have to be on full and the tiny bulbs went out fast.
these were new in the late 80's-early 90's.later rigs came with the more standard lcd with black on a light background.i got this one about 17 years ago and led modded it with the new at that time 1st gen nichia white led's.
well running 24/7/365 in normal use wore them out.their best was barely adequate anyway.fast forward to today when i noticed the thing was barely readable.
i have a bunch of 3mm nichia diffused white led's i got in a surplus parts lot.
replaced them again.
this time i had to set the dimmer on d-1 or it was obnoxious to look at!
replaced some dried out caps in the voltage regulator section too.area runs hot enough that the blue rubycons were brown.