Hi Byron,
By any chance did you capture few pictures of process?
Steve - W5JK
> On Jul 21, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Byron Cordes via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com>
> wrote:
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>
> Hello everyone.
> My experience with changing Orion display . First off it works! I took me 3
> hours . 27 minutes soldering 14 wires and the rest of time taking apart and
> putting back together. Measuring for standoffs took the longest time but now
> I know make them 3/32 to 1/8 inch longer than the stock. I used plastic
> standoffs from a repeater cabinet for the insulators. I put them up against
> the stock board post and cut the new standoffs ,worked well.
> New display came with ribbon cable tried to cut and separate but no luck
> there. So removed ribbon cable . Soldered 14 bread board wires about 5 inches
> long to the display. This was not easy , difficult for even a good tech, just
> so small . I checked the connections and found pin 5 v+ wasn’t soldered !
> Must of flew right by it .hihi
> Bought 90 pcb connector cut to 14 pins ,simple. Soldered 14 wires from
> display to each pin not to bad .
> Trimmed the 14 stud post off of cpu board so that 90 deg plug mates flat on
> board. Need all the clearance you can get.
> Everything else is just putting back together. You will probably have to
> adjust contrast control (it’s on bottom of radio)
> Happy with it ? I like the original better but this gets the radio back on
> air. When I get some more time probably will download N4py software fore the
> Orion.
> Hope this helps if anyone has a bad display. 73s AC9PA Byron
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