The manual is being updated (when I stop messing about here) with a simple procedure to align the LEDs, either using a straight edge or your fingernail.
We never thought aligning them perfectly would be such a mystery, so it wasn't covered in the manual :-) For anyone who has misaligned LED's: with the front panel mounted run your fingernail along the LEDs, pushing them up or down against the opening. They will be perfectly straight. Optionally, you and place a straight edge (such as a common rule) along one side of the LED's and use it to press them all against the opening. Want them perfectly centered in that opening (only a tiny gap on either side, but for the absolute perfectionist), just use that rule to push them all slightly away from one edge of the LED opening to the center. It really isn't something that can be fixed at the factory - it's just too easy to misalign them when handling or packaging the board. The above procedures are what the factory does to insure the factory-assembled KPA500 LEDs are perfectly straight. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ke9uw Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 5:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Serial 0194 Done! I am really wanting to order this, started to twice, but the LED alignment kind of is holding me back. The screws I can manage. Any chance one of you can post a picture so I can see what or not the misalignment looks like? Thanks, Chuck KE9UW Tony Estep wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Bruce W1UJR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ...Metering LEDS not very straight or level... > > ==== > Bruce, I had good luck by just holding a ruler along the bottom of the > line > of LEDs (with the panel on) and straightening them with a finger. They > look > pretty good now. > > 73, Tony KT0NY > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-Serial-0194-Done-tp6615927p66244 03.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
