[Elecraft] KX-1 Cap identification question

[Brian Wruble]

Thanks.  You're right.  The picture makes it clear. The text is confusing.
The picture in the manual is black and white, and you can't be sure.  The
PDF on the website works much better.    73, Brian 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Hampton [mailto:rlhampton@adelphia.net] 
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 6:48 PM
To: Brian Wruble
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 Cap identification question

Brian,

I too was confused about the written descriptions, but I made the
determination that
C45 is the small blue cap and C56 is the large orange cap.

The description for C45 is most similar to the the other blue caps.  Also,
if you download the PDF version of the manual and look at the color photos
in Appendix D, you can clearly see which cap is which.

If I'm wrong, I'm not changing things.  The rig works too well this way.

Rick Hampton, WD8KEL

Brian Wruble wrote:

> Hi guys:  I am trying to be extra sure that I haven't confused the 2 
> 68pf caps (C45 & C56), one with 0.2" LS and the other with 0.1" LS.
>
> I have 2 caps that are 68pf.  One is a little blue job that looks just 
> like all the .01 mfd (C3,C6,C9 ...) and the .1 mfd caps (C5,C8,C11 
> ...).  I think this one is C56.  The other looks like a "pillow type" 
> cap, an orange disk with a black dot on the top.  It is bigger than 
> the blue one.  I think this is C45.
>
> The confusion is that the leads on the pillow type cap are actually 
> closer together than the leads on the blue one, even though they are 
> supposed to be 0.2" vs. 0.1"
>
> Can anyone confirm my identification?
>
> Thanks.  Brian W3BW