[Elecraft] Installing BFO Xtal X3 for the K2

Sun Aug 10 08:23:00 2003

Paul:
  Whatever works!  The idea is to keep the spot below the board flush to 
the board.  Normal soldering leaves a stub of some sort.  But using minimal 
solder and good flush cutters you can achieve the desired effect.

best wishes,

dave belsley, w1euy

--On Saturday, August 9, 2003 9:18 PM -0700 Paul Clay <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> I'm trying to fathom the special instruction on
> how to install BFO crystal X3; I don't see how
> inserting the leads thru the PC board holes,
> clipping and bending them over and then soldering
> them will prevent interference with the later
> install of L33, when compared to the normal (my
> normal) method of installing the crystal,
> soldering with a minimum amout of solder (so the
> solder's flush with the holes - most having been
> "wicked into" the PC board holes), and then
> clipping the leads as close to the board as
> possible.  What am I missing here?  It's probably
> staring me in the face but I'm not getting it.
>
> Thanks!
> Paul (ser. 3640)
>
>
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David A. Belsley
Professor of Economics