[Elecraft] Ah, progress

[Ted Buckley]

At 06:27 PM 2/7/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Bruce D. McLaughlin wrote:
> >
> > > I'm happy to say I finished the control board on K2 #3209.  I really
> > > don't believe the 3 inch circuit board crack emanating from
> > the vicinity
> > > of the voltage regulators should be a problem.
>
>Bruce, mine came along well also. The manual is very clear. Only problem
>I had was where it said to install the caps on the bottom of the board.
>It said "bend body down before soldering." I tried that, but it made
>it hard to see the soldering iron and it hurt my back. I wound up sitting
>up straight instead and that worked out much better. Hopefully the next
>rev manual will have a correction.
>
>Andy
>
K-2 #3202 progresses as well. . . Instructions for installing R1 (50K) on 
the Control board calls for seating it flat against the board before 
soldering. . . . decided against drilling out holes to make this possible, 
just went ahead and installed the pot sitting up on its' little legs. <G>
Ted WA7DFD