[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterence to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi all,
Thanks to the very kind assistance of Don WB5HAK and Rob PE9PE, my TR7 is now again close to it's condition when it left the factory :)) Now that I had the TR7 apart, I took the oppertunity to find a solution for the annoying problem of the ever breaking light-bulbs. Especially replacement of the one behind the dial is a big job as the entire DR7 has to be lifted. Also the supply of bajonet lightbulbs is not eternel I suppose... So I decided to go for a LED-solution. The white LEDS used in modern flashlights are very light-intensive. The only problem is that their beam is very focussed. So what I did is cutting the front side of the LED untill it was flat, keeping 1 mm plastic between the LED and the front. I made the surface rough with sandpaper and in this way the light "diffuses" very nicely. I installed it in the house of the old bulb, a resistor of 220 Ohms in series. Result is very very nice, even the typical Drake "blue glow" is now much more intense! Highly recommended though, so thought I should mention it to the list. Best 73 and see you on the waves with my "new" TR7! Dick/PA2DW ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: http://www.zerobeat.net Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
