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K2 Display

Wayne Reed
I am building K2 04858 and have arrived at the display installation in the front panel.  I have a couple questions and am too impatient to wait for the Elecraft gang to open up about noon [here] Monday so I turn to this group.
1.  When does the kind of flimsy white tape/paper come off the diffuser/LED backlight assembly?
2.  Is only the front tape removed?
3.  The LCD display has a grey mylar looking tape on the back.  No 'stripes' but opaque so I assume it must be removed for the backlight to shine thru?
4.  Does a correctly prepared LCD display have anything on the back or should I see bare glass?
5.  Any problems identifying the removable film from the front of the LCD display [DO NOT PICK OFF THE THICK PLASTIC MATERIAL .....] I assume this is the clear case of the LCD?

Curious minds.  Obviously my first K2.  Some of you have tons more experience.  Build going well so far.  Only a couple anxious moments installing the push button switches, bent a pin and managed to get one switch cocked but fixed that.

Wayne K9NE
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RE: K2 Display

Don Wilhelm-3
Wayne,

If there are no stripes - REMOVE nothing from either the diffuser or the LCD
display.  The white tape/paper never should come off the backlight assembly.

After you finish all the soldering, and before putting the front panel on,
remove the thin clear plastic film from the front of the LCD.  You can
usually scrape up a bit of the corner with a fingernail - if you prefer to
use a tool, be careful not to scrape the hard plastic (glasslike) LCD front
surface.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> I am building K2 04858 and have arrived at the display
> installation in the front panel.  I have a couple questions and
> am too impatient to wait for the Elecraft gang to open up about
> noon [here] Monday so I turn to this group.
> 1.  When does the kind of flimsy white tape/paper come off the
> diffuser/LED backlight assembly?
> 2.  Is only the front tape removed?
> 3.  The LCD display has a grey mylar looking tape on the back.
> No 'stripes' but opaque so I assume it must be removed for the
> backlight to shine thru?
> 4.  Does a correctly prepared LCD display have anything on the
> back or should I see bare glass?
> 5.  Any problems identifying the removable film from the front of
> the LCD display [DO NOT PICK OFF THE THICK PLASTIC MATERIAL
> .....] I assume this is the clear case of the LCD?
>
> Curious minds.  Obviously my first K2.  Some of you have tons
> more experience.  Build going well so far.  Only a couple anxious
> moments installing the push button switches, bent a pin and
> managed to get one switch cocked but fixed that.
>
> Wayne K9NE
>


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