{"id":29990,"date":"2018-01-06T09:26:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T13:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29990"},"modified":"2018-01-06T09:26:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T13:26:33","slug":"rolfs-led-backlight-mod-for-sony-icf-sw35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/rolfs-led-backlight-mod-for-sony-icf-sw35\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolf’s LED backlight mod for Sony ICF-SW35"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Rolf Snijder, who writes:<\/p>\n

This is a simple LED backlight modification for the Sony ICF-SW35.<\/p>\n

Simply add a 120K resistor and a bright LED:<\/p>\n

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Overview of resistor placement. (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Detail of Pin 10 (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Detail of resistor. (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Detail of Pin 10 (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Detail of LED placement–replacement of capacitor is not necessary. (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

When you push the backlight switch, the light stays on.<\/p>\n

When radio is turned off, the light goes off–then push light switch and backlight will stay on for 15 seconds or so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for sharing this simple mod, Rolf!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Rolf Snijder, who writes: This is a simple LED backlight modification for the Sony ICF-SW35. Simply add a 120K resistor and a bright LED: When you push the backlight switch, the light stays on. When radio is turned off, the light goes off–then push light switch and backlight will stay on for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,139,26,43],"tags":[6734,4331,149,6594,495,6733,6735],"class_list":["post-29990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-modifications","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-icf-sw35","tag-modifications","tag-mods","tag-rolf-snijder","tag-sony","tag-sony-icf-sw35","tag-sony-icf-sw35-mods"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7NI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30282,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/rolfs-sony-icf-sw35-mod-removes-the-beep-sound\/","url_meta":{"origin":29990,"position":0},"title":"Rolf’s Sony ICF-SW35 mod removes the beep sound","author":"Thomas","date":"January 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Rolf Snijder, who shares the following modification for the Sony ICF-SW35. 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