Not necessarily.  If the LED is shorted (admittedly a less likely possibility) it won't have any (or at least very little) voltage across it ... just as if its drive circuitry was bad.

Having been an engineer responsible for some LED product lines in the long distant past, I would say that the most likely faults would be an open LED (bad wire bond) or some fault in the drive circuitry, but a crystal fault could also cause a short in the LED.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 7/9/2020 9:34 PM, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
Measure the voltage across the LED when it’s supposed to be on and off. That 
will tell you whether the LED or something else is at fault.

Victor 4X6GP

On 10 Jul 2020, at 7:25, W4RAM <[email protected]> wrote:

Good morning,
I am looking for your advice with the follow issue:

D1 LED in my K1 does not work. LED does not light when I activate the RIT
function. I can see in the screen when RIT is activated (ON/OFF).
I already checked the D1 position, also solder, they look correct.
This problem may seem simple to fix, however, and I'm not sure if the
solution is just change the led.

Thank you for your advice and assistance.

Al
W4RAM




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