> I remember watching in horror as I heated that little "piece of rice" > just a > little too much and it fell right off of it's leads! Me too. Fortunately the C180 mod http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2002-July/031226.html says leave out C180, which is a 10pf disk ceramic. Not sleek but it works OK. Use a hemostat and don't bust the nice one like I did. 73 de KC7IT K2 #2640