[Elecraft] RE: Dumb mistakes I have made

Thu Jan 24 10:00:33 2002

John:

I thought I was dyslexic as well, but I saw a doctor and now I am KO!  I
think I take the award for stupid approaches to kits.  Not on an Elecraft,
but years ago I received my DX-100.  Upon opening the box I pulled the wire
harness out and removed all of the string!  What a dumb way to ship wires I
thought.  I had to purchase a new harness from Heath.  Guess I just
disclosed my age.  Oh well.

73
Alan
W1HYV

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Gay Family
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 9:37 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Elecraft] RE: Dumb mistakes I have made

        Actually, since I intend to "test" almost all things Elecraft
designs,
maybe even more than one of some (if I can hide them from the XYL), I am
offering my services to Elecraft as a beta tester in the area of mistake
making. Testing by those with lots of experience and understanding shows
them how bulletproof their design / instructions are under perfect
circumstances. Testing by me will tell them how bulletproof by assemblers at
the other end of the bell curve. I am getting somewhat more dyslexic and
less keen of sense and thought, having passed AARP eligibility and now
getting all those interesting promotions associated with preventing further
body part failure and improving certain waning functions.

        Examples:

When R16 was to be installed before R15, inadvertently installing R15 first
but using R16's value. Force of habit of the years.

Sticking the capacitor with value code 101 into C101. Yep, double checked
every value under the magnifying light.

Soldering T2 into T7 and then wondering why it was over there all by itself.
Well, a "7 "looks like a "2" except for the missing little hook on the
bottom.

Interchanging "BLK" and "BRN". Those strings of capitals sort of blur into
the same mass. Thank god e-mail is no longer all caps.

No comment on the intermediate result with the green bargraph filter but the
Elecraft supplied stuff looked like a nose picking in its demise.

Had to find the "not installed" note for C76 on the schematic to realize
where the missing capacitor was.

        So, Wayne and Eric, send a K2 PA100 kit to the usual address where
you've
sent all the K2 pieces (and the "missing" parts - my apologies as most of
them weren't really missing, only misplaced). I'm a little slow so it will
probably take me a few months to build it but I'll get back to you with the
"problem" list.

John, KD7OIU, K2 #1932, working almost perfectly and completely addicting!

_______________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list: [email protected]
You must be a list member to post to the list.
Postings must be plain text (no HTML or attachments).
See: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Elecraft Web Page: http://www.elecraft.com