I am not sure but could someone have replaced the spacer?
Could the original spacer been clear and now it isn't.
I assure you the dial should be lit.
73,
Gary
WB6OGD
On 10/16/2022 7:19 PM KW4H via groups.io <reedsteve@...> wrote:
All,
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In the SX-110, there are two dial lamps for the bandspread slide-rule dial. Both of these lamps are at the base of the dial plate, and they mount behind the front panel (see circled lamps on photo). However, in actual operation they don't really provide any light to the slide-rule dial (see photos 2 and 3) because at the very bottom of the dial area, sandwiched in-between the chassis and the front panel is a spacer. The spacer belongs there -- it provides the correct spacing between the front panel and the dials.
So, in effect, those two dial lamps aren't really illuminating anything except themselves and the backside of the front of the chassis. The two holes the lamps stick into go nowhere except a dark hole.
Was this a design flaw with the SX-110?
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73 ¨C Steve, KW4H
