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<H1>FT-726 display replacement</H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The blue display in a FT-726 gets unreadable after long
time use. New display is not in stock. Many hams had this failure
already.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Members of <STRONG>LA2AB</STRONG>, our local radio club,
have solved the display problem for LA8WF by replacing the original display in
the FT-726 with a backlit LCD!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>A pic processor is used on a new pc-board same size as the
original displayboard and stacked on top of the old one.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>It uses a LCD display with 2 lines and 16
characters.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Then it will show the frequency in VFO A and VFO B
simultaneously.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>You need to be used to solder and have a bit knowledge,
but we have film for PCB as well as drawings the pic prossessor program etc, for
hams who believe they can do this job.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Photo of the result can be uploaded by contacting
LA8WF.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>We will like to help but we will not be responsible for
any damage that might show up in the mod. process.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>73</FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><EM><FONT
face=Verdana>LA8WF</FONT></EM></STRONG></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>