Hello Tom, Thanks for your reply. It's really no problem. I just thought for a short moment that I have missed something. I find the instructions very clear with good illustrations. Thanks.
73 Alex OZ9AEC On 3/3/06, Tom Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex: > > When the K1 backlight instructions were written (by me), it was > assumed that many of the backlights would be installed in > already-built K1s. So the builder was just instructed to unplug the > MCU... it should NOT have been soldered in, so the only added effort > you should have to expend is to pull the IC and replace it later. > > Sorry for any added inconvenience this may have caused you. > > 73, > > Tom Hammond N0SS > > At 04:53 PM 3/2/2006, you wrote: > >Greetings, > > > >I have just started to build my K1-4 for which I have also bought the > >LCD backlight mod. After mounting the MCU into its socket on the front > >panel board (step 5 on page 21) I have to continue with the > >instructions of the backlight mod. Here, the first step is to remove > >the MCU from the socket. I'm puzzled... Is it really neccessary to > >remove the MCU right after it has been mounted? If so, wouldn't it > >have been better to jump to the backlight instructions before mounting > >the MCU in the first place? > >I guess I'm just too tired and lazy at 23:45 and I will do exactly as > >the instructions say when I continue tomorrow, but if anybody could > >explain why this is neccessary... > >Thanks > > > >73 > >Alex OZ9AEC > >_______________________________________________ > >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