[Elecraft] K1 - use of DIL Sockets???

[Ed Tanton]

Hi Tony... in my judgement, the use of a HIGHEST QUALITY (machined-pin, 
gold-inlay) IC socket does not hurt a thing. I used them throughout my K2 
w/o the slightest problem... with the exception of doubly-balanced 
mixers... where I used 'insertion pins' (which are essentially machined-pin 
IC socket PINs w/o the actual socket-plastic. I already had them, and 
didn't figure it would hurt to use the very best (with the least 
interelectrode [pin-to-pin] capacitance.) Probably didn't matter a bit over 
'regular' machined-pin IC sockets. I cannot stress enough the unsuitable 
nature of 'regular' tin-plated IC sockets however.



73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy@earthlink.net>

Ed Tanton N4XY
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Marietta, GA 30068-3466

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