[DSP-10] Jumper wires

Wed, 06 Mar 2002 11:25:38 -0500

Steve,

I was short about 5 jumpers but didn't like the stranded plastic coated 
wire anyway.  For jumpers, I've found that Teflon coated silver coated 
solid wire to be a better choice.

Lee
At 09:13 PM 3/5/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>This is the first I heard that there wasn't enough wire in the kit.  Please
>let me know these things so I can update the assembly manual and packing
>future kits.
>
>Any other gotchas I should know about?  Many have reported they have enjoyed
>the kit.
>
>- Steve, N7HPR
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>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Lee Scott
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:03 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [DSP-10] Jumper wires
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > At 11:35 AM 3/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Gentlemen,
> > >
> > >I've been lurking in the background for a few weeks now, I have noticed
> > >that those of you who are active on this list are farther along than I
> > >am in building the dsp-10.  I'm building from the TAPR kit,  I'm
> > >finishing up step one, wires.  The coax went well, most of the first
> > >page of wires went  well, I only found one jumper with only one end
> > >labeled (I hope).  I have run out of wire, no problem, except I have a
> > >length of wire that I haven't found a use for.  and I have a length of
> > >Black cable which looks like a single conductor shielded, almost the
> > >same as the coax but black.  I also have two lengths of enameled wire
> > >which I'm sure will be wound on toroids soon.
> > >
> > >Do any of you have any guidance on this 'black' wire?
> > >
> > >Many thanks,
> > >
> > >73,
> > >
> > >John DeHart  K1VBM
> > >
> > >
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