[DSP-10] Jumper wires

Wed, 06 Mar 2002 11:04:24 -0500

It is not a big deal but I'm away from home for months (years) at a time so
tools are all in storage.  I'll work it out...

Thanks,

John

Steven Bible wrote:

> 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
>   ([email protected])
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 12:42 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [DSP-10] Jumper wires
> >
> >
> > 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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