"DesignGuy" wrote in message
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I purchased a new Icom R-75 about 3 weeks ago, and noticed that there is no
clear plastic window covering the LCD panel. Touching the LCD panel causes
the blurring or distortion effect on the digits that you would normally
see.

After checking the Yahoo newsgroup one other person responded that his R75
does not have the window either. This surprises me, since even my $5 desk
calculator has a protective window for the LCD panel.

So now I'm wondering if it was left off some radios during manufacture, or
if this is actually a design flaw.

Could owners of R-75's please reply to this post whether or not their
receiver has a clear protective window over the LCD panel?







I just got mine like a month ago and it has no cover I can detect. Hmm,
perhaps like one poster said the lens might distort the LCD but someone I
just can't see how. This is good question to ask Icom support about.

Usually these things are resource based decisions. I guess they felt it was
unneccessary and not worth adding. I would have never noticed it till you
pointed it. Now I have to think of this and you every time I look at the
display

Hey wait, look at large LCD TV screens and some monitors. They have no
protective plate at all. I guess for visual quality. Might apply here too.

Lucky