I built a QMX kit a while back but made a mistake by soldering the 2x16 LCD display on the front of the display board rather than behind. It was fine when used without a case but today I thought I'd 3D print a rather nice case and found, not surprisingly, that it wouldn't fit.
My attempts at desoldering the long row of parallel pins ended in disaster with me damaging the board. I wondered if a QMX can operate without the display.
Happily it works without the display board and I'm using it via USB as a WSPR transceiver. It's a bit hard to tell if the long press on the left encoder has turned it on so I look for ttyACM0 to appear in dev.
I've written to QRP-Labs to ask about ordering a new display board. It's great that QRP-Labs has a link to quite a big list of 3D designs for their products. I have printed the QMX Case / Stand for my other unit and it works well.
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