[Elecraft] Rt Angle DB9 Connector in KPA100

Rod N0RC [email protected]
Thu Aug 1 11:04:10 2002


Page 19, left hand column, 2nd step, to paraphrase--do what you did. ;-)

73, Rod N0RC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim ORourke" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 5:41 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Rt Angle DB9 Connector in KPA100


> I noticed the connector supplied in my kit had metal locating fingers
> protruding on same side as contacts. There are no holes in PC board
for
> these fingers and just clipping them off leaves a potential shorting
of
> bypass caps directly below the fingers. Did I miss a reference to
these or
> did I get a rouge connector? I pulled the metal up through the plastic
body
> and then snipped of the fingers to prevent a possible short.