[Elecraft] K2ATU L-C Board mating to Control Board

[Fernando Quinones]

Ok.. that 1/4 inch is what I have.
Thanks to all, I'm continuing..

enjoy.

A. Hansen wrote:

>Hello Fernando,
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Fernando Quinones" <nf6q@sbcglobal.net>
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>Subject: [Elecraft] K2ATU L-C Board mating to Control Board
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>>Couldn't find info in the archives, but the pins on P4/P5 do not seat 
>>themselves flush to J4/J5 , although
>>the instructions says
>>"Press the two boards tightly together at both ends and in the middle. 
>>Once the 16-pin connectors
>>appear to be perpendicular to the boards and ???seated completely 
>>flat???, solder all pins of P4,P5,J4
>>and J5".
>>...
>>I have made continuity tests on all the pins and they appear to be 
>>connected electrically.
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>>So.. is this normal? or have I gone astray.. Perhaps I should cut down 
>>in my Smirnoff intake.
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>I think you are referring to the first step on page 8. At this step you are 
>doing a temporary fit to be sure the plugs and jacks lineed up correctly. There 
>is a gap between the plug and jack headers (shown in the figure on page 7 
>of the KAT2 manual), but there should be no spacing nor misalignment of 
>the plug and jack headers with respect to their circuit boards. Verify that 
>and you can safely solder the remaining pins. If there is any unwanted space 
>or poor alignment of a connector, reheat the one or two soldered pins and 
>reseat the connector to the board before continuing.
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>In a later step you will reattach the boards.  On my KAT2 I have about 1/4" 
>of the pins showing after final assembly.
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>Good luck,
>Gus Hansen / KB0YH
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73's Fernando NF6Q/NNN�JYM
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