Midland 76-900 bulb replacement

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Midland 76-900 bulb replacement
Topic Started: 14 Apr 2012 - 20:53 (918 Views)
Beany	14 Apr 2012 - 20:53 Post #1
Charlie Tango DX Posts: 5,447 Group: Admin Member #20 Joined: 23-Jul 2009 MANDATORY_Country England MANDATORY_Location Swaffham/Norfolk MANDATORY_FirstName Paul	The Midland homebase landed today 9/10 for condition but needed the meter bulbs replacing So time to get the lid off and see what it involved so here is the back of one of the meters with the bulb holder removed a large bulb holder which holdes the bulb away from the meter so it is a true backlight, this picture shows the holder with old bulb and grommet removed (not the colour of the glue after several years of heat) ready to install new LED LED glued into place with hot glue gun (LED's don't get hot so won't melt the glue) which is a safe and easy way to install the new light source Wide angled LED used so not to leave a direct spot on the face of the meter two of the bulbs replaced with the LED's just the last one to do (note all soldered joints covered with shrink tube) then on with the case Looking good well pleased was going to go with a coloured LED but decided to stick with the bright White Looks good shoe horned into the shack Looks even better in the Dark



Offplanet	14 Apr 2012 - 21:24 Post #2
26 Charlie Tango 104 Posts: 5,714 Group: CTX Advisor Member #5 Joined: 23-Jun 2009 MANDATORY_Country England MANDATORY_Location Somerset MANDATORY_FirstName Gary	Looks spot-on above the HF rig



Cherokee	15 Apr 2012 - 12:22 Post #3
Da Injun Posts: 12,756 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: 24-Jun 2009 MANDATORY_Country Wales MANDATORY_Location The Vale of Glamorgan MANDATORY_FirstName Steve	Nice job Paul I do think those are absaolutely the doggies' danglies of the UKFM Homebase rigs, and you're quite right, the plain white lights are spot-on for that rig (anything else would be "cheap" on it). Let's be honest: a straight 40 channel, FM Only rig needs Off/Volume, Squelch, and Channel-change (and the old '81s needed the "-10dB" button), but that is about it. So how on earth they could come up with quite so many knobs, lights and buttons for the rig is just beyond me, but they do look just terrific.



Sam WD40	15 Apr 2012 - 13:37 Post #4
26 Charlie Tango 747 Posts: 727 Group: MemberAF Member #747 Joined: 2-Jan 2011 MANDATORY_Country England MANDATORY_Location Kettering Northants MANDATORY_FirstName Sam	Well the 76-900 was originally a SSB set the Midland 78-999 i think thats it nbr



Ugly_Bob	16 Apr 2012 - 01:00 Post #5
26 Charlie Tango 065 Posts: 1,479 Group: MemberF Member #483 Joined: 8-Sep 2010 MANDATORY_Country England MANDATORY_Location South Leicestershire MANDATORY_FirstName John	I like white LEDs... they cheer things up, and should last forever (well pretty much). In moments of madness I've tried different colours... but white is the best choice in the end. I did do a white / changing to blue on TX that works nicely, but on your Homebase it would look weird. Nice radio Beany mate. Ugs



Nubster	16 Apr 2012 - 12:19 Post #6
26 Charlie Tango 050 Posts: 901 Group: MemberF Member #693 Joined: 14-Dec 2010 MANDATORY_Country England MANDATORY_Location NORTH LONDON "n' it mate" MANDATORY_FirstName Martin	I do like all those leds in ya shack Paul , thats a nice Midland I think there one of the best looking UK40 home base radios. If someone looked at that pic of it in the dark they would think it was a old skool SSB/AM radio Edited by Nubster, 16 Apr 2012 - 14:16.



Captain Kirk	18 Apr 2012 - 11:56 Post #7
26 Charlie Tango 013 Posts: 198 Group: MemberA Member #668 Joined: 3-Dec 2010 MANDATORY_Country England MANDATORY_Location Crewe Cheshire MANDATORY_FirstName John	lovely rig mate! I like the 76-900 myself and you have good taste!



DeeJay1	16 Aug 2012 - 09:12 Post #8
26 Charlie Tango 9484 Posts: 114 Group: MemberF Member #2,685 Joined: 29-May 2012 MANDATORY_Country England MANDATORY_Location Haslemere Surrey MANDATORY_FirstName Mark	Have the Midland too. Fantastic radio. Had it modded for cept freguencies and find it is perfect on both. Great radio use it all the time audio good and responsive receive too. Love it. Regards Dj1



Tinker	27 Aug 2012 - 21:44 Post #9
Posts: 5 Group: Member Member #2,992 Joined: 25-Aug 2012 MANDATORY_Country England MANDATORY_Location exmouth devon MANDATORY_FirstName mark	Lovely looking rig, fits in very nicely with the amateur gear. enjoyed the well presented repair. Tinker



AndyCarpman	1 Jan 2013 - 18:26 Post #10
26 Charlie Tango 231 Posts: 65 Group: Member Member #226 Joined: 24-Apr 2010 MANDATORY_Country England MANDATORY_Location Cambridgeshire MANDATORY_FirstName Andrew	Thank you very much... Paul.... May have alook at carrying this out... just need to get some bulbs.. Best regards Andy (26CT231)



Beany	1 Jan 2013 - 18:41 Post #11
Charlie Tango DX Posts: 5,447 Group: Admin Member #20 Joined: 23-Jul 2009 MANDATORY_Country England MANDATORY_Location Swaffham/Norfolk MANDATORY_FirstName Paul	12v leds from Ebay do the job I have forund that wide angled leds give a better back light with out a bright spot on the Meter



13CT025	1 Jan 2013 - 18:53 Post #12
Posts: 963 Group: Global Moderators Member #1,847 Joined: 10-Oct 2011 MANDATORY_Country Germany MANDATORY_Location Munich MANDATORY_FirstName George	It also makes the light smoother and less spotlight if you sand them a bit with fine-grained sand-paper.



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