I forgot to mention that the S-meter scale now has a white background
with black letters and a red tipped needle. I copied the original on the
scanner and made the changes with Adobe Photo Shop before printing it to
glossy paper. I may get around to making a new case cover from heavier
sheet metal, just for fun.

Pete KE9OA wrote:

That sounds like a cool looking combination. It's pretty good to personalize
the radios!

Pete

"starman" wrote in message
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Pete KE9OA wrote:

There is a place in Youngsville, Ohio called Lumitex that
actually makes the panels. I got ahold of a sample for possible use in
the
MW receiver design and I liked it so much that I threw it into the Lowe
receiver.
What it consists of is a woven fiber optic bundle that emits light. This
is
very similar to the diffusing panel that is used in the Drake SW-8
receiver.
You can actually change the color of the backlight by using a different
LED
at the end of the fiber optic bundle. I have been thinking about changing
the LED color in my SW-8.
I hope this helps.

Pete

As you may have read here Pete, my R8B now has a blue display. I removed
all of the green backlight LED's (56 of them!) and replaced them with
four white ones, which are mounted in holes at each end of the display
frame. They are powered from the 10-V source with current limiting
resistors. The R8x's LCD has an inherent blue color when it's back
lighted with white light. The charecters appear white on a blue
background. I like it much better than the sickly OEM green.

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