LED’s vs grain of wheat bulbs

Everybody who has had burnt out bulbs in a radio, knows how hard it can be to replace them, so why not try to convert them to LED’s instead?

That’s exactly what I did in my old Kenwood TS-700A.

Now, if you look at the picture below, you can see that the S-meter has a very dim light, and also the two knobs down at the right (shortly after this picture was taken, those two lamps went out)

Now look at the picture at the right, quite a difference isn’t it?

LED’s found at RadioShack and also the resistors needed (1/4w 180-220 Ohms)