[DSP-10] Jumper wires

Tue, 5 Mar 2002 21:11:28 -0700

Oh man! Who at the booth told you that?  Sorry about that because I made it
clear on the ordering page the things expected of the kit builder.

I think you will find the enclosure easy to drill.  It is made of a soft
metal.  For irregular shapes I managed to carve them out using a sharp hobby
knife.

- Steve, N7HPR
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> Doug,
>
> Well it is my first one so I just followed the instructions.  Of course at
> Dayton last year, I went to the TAPR desk/booth and asked one
> question, 'were
> the holes drilled in the kit?'  The answer was 'yes' all the
> holes were drilled
> and ready to go.  I know better now.  So I still have that to go.
>  I'll finish
> jumper to night and then SMDs.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> Doug Bade wrote:
>
> >          When I built my first unit, I did it from the QST article and
> > boards, as well as schmatics and drawings... ordered off the
> web site.. I
> > kind of did my own thing, and did the wires last too.. so it
> would not rock
> > around as much.. It is a suggestion I agree with. I am sure
> there are pro's
> > and con's each way, just worked better to my liking too.. Doug KB8GVQ
> >
> > At 01:02 PM 3/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hi John,
> > >
> > >The black coax wire will be used later to make the connections
> from the PC
> > >board to the Coax connectors mounted on the Hammond box.
> These wires are
> > >not part of the PC Board.
> > >
> > >I also ran out of wire for the bottom jumpers and dug into my
> scrap box to
> > >find some solid Teflon coated 26AWG wire.  Once I started using that, I
> > >replaced all the other jumpers I had done with this new wire. I found
> > >there were too many places where the jumper wire insulation was melting
> > >past my expected quality.
> > >
> > >Another point - I decided to put the jumper wires on after the
> rest of the
> > >board was completed. I think putting the wires on first gets
> in the way of
> > >assembling the components on the board.
> > >
> > >Lee
> >
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