[Elecraft] Design reasons for X7-X11 case soldering

Wed Jun 11 00:07:01 2003

Lead inductance.

73/72, George   
Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Hissong" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:35 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Design reasons for X7-X11 case soldering

> Hi guys,
> 
> Just got done grounding X7-X11 on the RF board.  That was fun (trying to 
> solder the side close to the resistor packs.)  Looks like I could have 
> gone a little higher on the cans.  I did about 1/8" instead of the 
> 1/4"... oh well....
> 
> Anyways... was wondering why you have to solder both sides of the cans 
> instead of just one?  I would be interested in knowing the reason. 
> Mechanical stability of the crystals?
> 
> Thanks es 73
> 
> Jason Hissong
> N8XE
> 
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