Fix of the AADE LC Meter IIB

I found another item while looking for the Tiny Tora prototype, mentioned here:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2025/11/where-is-it.html

This is a WWVB clock I was fooling with in 2002:

the wires going to the top over the ferrite bar were connected to the LCD, the 6 switches were used to control the PIC

It is basically 4 parts: the microcontroller,  the WWVB receiver, the WWVB antenna and the LCD display.  I noticed that the LCD display is a "one chip" LCD display which means that it is a single 16 character line.  Oh yes, I need one of those for the AADE LC Meter:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-heck-with-it.html

Here is the 1 chip, non-working LCD from the AADE:

the single chip LCD, notice the chip was packaged not "blobbed"

And here is the 2 chip working LCD put into the AADE:

this LCD is blobbed (the IC dies are underneath the black plastic)

So I quickly unhooked the LCD from the WWVB clock and unsoldered the pin sockets.  I then used up quite a bit of the "good" solder wick and cleaned up the solder clogged holes.  I happened to have a 14 pin female connector which is perfect for the AADE.  It actually works !  The display characters are a little larger than on the 16 x 2 display so that is nice:

Wow, just like downtown !   I wonder what other useful goodies I will find on the Tiny Tora amplifier quest ?  :)

BTW, just for reference, the price of the AADE LC Meter IIB kit was $99.95 in 2006:

That inflates to:

As a cheapskate the $100 price is probably why I never bought one new, however when I saw the AADE LC Meter IIB on Ebay as a part of that 2nd junk assortment I jumped at the chance to buy  at $26.38.

  Now I did have to fix the kit but I still figure it a good deal.  Here it is measuring an inductor:

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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