I believe that Kenwood stopped the replacement of the head a year or so ago. 
I purchased a replacement part from East coast transistor.  The display 
costs about $165.  Gary KB2YAA
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From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:12 AM
Subject: Replacing faulty TMV7A displays


> Hi, all.
>
> I seem to remember several months ago someone posting something about
> getting free replacements for Kenwood TMV7A displays that have gone bad.
> All three of my TMV7A's are the ones with the famous blue display that 
> often
> goes bad after a while.
>
> If anyone has that info, and how to get the replacements, please let me
> know.
>
> I'm not sure how I'm going to pull this off, since all of my V7a's are 
> used
> for something, but the sighted XYL says that all three displays are very
> very hard to read now.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
>
>
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