[Elecraft] Curious 1% Resistors

[Don Brown]

Hi

Something else to consider is metal film resistors typically have more in=
ductance so they may not work as well or at all in some RF circuits. Elec=
raft is already using 1% resistors where the accuracy is required so I do=
 not think anything would be gained by using them in general, other than =
increasing the cost.

Don Brown
KD5NDB

----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Cozens
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:51 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Curious 1% Resistors

At 08:40 PM 10/09/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>As I'm sitting here stuffing resistors into my K2 (#2862) rf board, you =20
>know that big long tape that seems to go on forever, I started to =20
>wonder.  Has anybody replaced the 5% resistors with 1% resistors to try =
to =20
>enhance or make their K2 the best one on the block.

The use of 1% resistors in place of 5% wouldn't hurt. For the most part, =
it =20
would mainly serve to increase the cost of the unit slightly. There would=
 =20
be little to no benefit in most cases. In the areas of power metering, =20
voltage and current measurement, and SWR detection circuits, 1% resistors=
 =20
might improve the accuracy of the measurements but that's about it.

Have fun building your K2.


Cheers!

Kevin.  (http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/)

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