Re: [Elecraft] K2 Front Panel assembly question

2011-06-19 Thread R Thompson
Thanks Don, I installed the LCD last night and I used the remaining spacers (that I hadn't lost) and stacked on top of one of them the spacer used for the switches (so that the larger switch spacer would clear the cut off leads. It looks good to me, flat, level, and no visible gap, when

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Front Panel assembly question

2011-06-17 Thread Mike K8CN
Hi Ron, Check Figure 5-9 on page 27 of the rev. H manual - the spacers are used only temporarily to set the height of the backlight assembly prior to soldering its pins in place. I suppose any other means you might devise to keep the backlight 1/8 inch off the front panel board and parallel to

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Front Panel assembly question

2011-06-17 Thread Don Wilhelm
Ron, You need only some kind of spacers that are the thickness of 2 PC boards stacked one upon the other. While it is convenient to have the proper spacers that fit over the leads of the backlight assembly, that is not necessary. Find two pieces the thickness of the PC board material used

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Front Panel assembly question

2011-06-17 Thread R Thompson
Thanks, I spent almost 2 hours looking for the missing pieces, without success. There are several alternatives I can think of to use as temporary spacers. Fortunately this has been the only mishap during assembly, and hopefully the last. Ron VE8RT On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 15:26

[Elecraft] K2 Front Panel assembly question

2011-06-16 Thread R Thompson
While assembling my new K2, I've lost some of the LED backlight spacers that are broken off of the Spacer Set PC board. Ref. Figure 5-1 on page 23 of the assembly manual. I don't see where the LED backlight spacers are used, are they? If so I should order a replacement. Ron