[Elecraft] K2#2032

[Bruce Rattray]

Hello Tom and everyone else who replied to my K2#2032 problem...all is
well now...thank you all for your advice...

I followed everyone's advice...I took the heat sink off...then I held the
Q7 & Q8 bolts in with my left hand and carefully tipped the K2 over so the
bottom was facing up...

...with my right hand I placed a jewellers' loupe so I could see a
magnified view of the thermal pads...

...on the bottom of Q7 was a very small aluminum "shard" as Tom put it,
that I couldn't see with my normal vision...how did it get there?...I'll
never know...I can only guess that my fingers picked it up from my
workbench and the shard transferred to the thermal pad while placing it in
position on Q7...

...so I wet the tip of my finger and pressed it on the shard and removed
it...then I continued with my wet finger to carefully wipe the thermal pad
surfaces until I was satisfied that both of them looked clear under the
loupe...

...then I checked the shoulder washer and other hardware for Q7 & Q8 to
make sure everything was aligned there...

...then after I slipped the heat sink back on, I did a continuity check
from both collectors to ground after I put on and tightened EACH nut and
bolt until all was reassembled...

...then I plugged in my Astron supply, attached the dummy load and fired
it up and the Elecraft display came on and shortly thereafter switched to
a frequency readout...

...I will now proceed with the alignment which begins on page 71 right
after I hook up a paddle...

...THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!...

..72/73 - Bruce (VE5RC+VE5QRP) QRP-C#1  QRP-L#886  ARCI#9683  Zombie#272
            A-1 Operator Club - 10/10# 944 - QRP Borg#1  - Whiner#10 -
            - VE5QRP SOC#11 - VE5RC SOC#12 - oo#148 - K2#2032 - COG#15 -
          "QRP! How sweet it is!"        "I am da man wit "DAH" paddle!"