I recently purchased a new Kenwood TS-2000 and wanted a different color and brighter display. I found that HamKitt has put together a nice little package that gives you everything you need to change the display over to a cool blue led display.
I ordered the kit on line and received it in about 4 days, the kit came with everything needed to preform the mod. You will need some basic tools and a decent soldering iron to accomplish the mod.
The kit had 8 LED's, 4 resistors, a small length of solder braid and a short length of solder. It also has some very detailed instructions with pictures. You get 2 extra LED's and 1 Extra resistor just in case.
I was a bit skeptical at first as I'm the guy they shouldn't sell soldering irons to, but I figured it couldn't be that bad.
Following the instructions made it pretty easy, the hardest part was removing the 3 surface mounted resistors from the back of the LCD display board. All of the soldering should be done with low temps as you are soldering on a board and you don't want to damage any traces or other items on the board. The new LED bulbs fit perfectly and were much easier to replace than the resistors. After I completed the MOD I put things back together to a point where I could check and ensure all the LED's were working and in fact I had two that didnt light up. I had missed a solder joint on one of the resistors, after I fixed that everything worked perfectly.
Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of the radio disassembled but the end result is awesome !!
This MOD is not for the faint of heart as there is a lot of dis-assembly of the radio and some intricate soldering, but well worth the time investment.
I ordered the kit on line and received it in about 4 days, the kit came with everything needed to preform the mod. You will need some basic tools and a decent soldering iron to accomplish the mod.
The kit had 8 LED's, 4 resistors, a small length of solder braid and a short length of solder. It also has some very detailed instructions with pictures. You get 2 extra LED's and 1 Extra resistor just in case.
I was a bit skeptical at first as I'm the guy they shouldn't sell soldering irons to, but I figured it couldn't be that bad.
Following the instructions made it pretty easy, the hardest part was removing the 3 surface mounted resistors from the back of the LCD display board. All of the soldering should be done with low temps as you are soldering on a board and you don't want to damage any traces or other items on the board. The new LED bulbs fit perfectly and were much easier to replace than the resistors. After I completed the MOD I put things back together to a point where I could check and ensure all the LED's were working and in fact I had two that didnt light up. I had missed a solder joint on one of the resistors, after I fixed that everything worked perfectly.
Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of the radio disassembled but the end result is awesome !!
This MOD is not for the faint of heart as there is a lot of dis-assembly of the radio and some intricate soldering, but well worth the time investment.
