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
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