[Elecraft] Reading my DMM

Mon Feb 23 08:55:00 2004

Hi Jeff,
I assume that this test is to check that there are no shorted pads on 
the circuit board and that '1' on your meter equates to 'open circuit'. 
Any brief numbers that you see prior to the meter settling at '1' are 
probably due to a capacitor somewhere in the circuit briefly charging. 
I suspect this is normal behaviour, but as a K2 rather than K1 owner I 
don't have one to hand to confirm.

gl Trev G3ZYY

In message <[email protected]>, [email protected] 
writes
>Hello everyone,
>
>I'm new to kit building, except for a code practice key that only sort of
>worked, and a cheap 20 M receiver that did not work.  So it is with a bit
>of fear and trepidation that I have started to build the K1.  Most of the
>building has gone well to this point - a few glitches along the way, but
>mostly ok.
>
>Actually, at this point I'm not sure if I'm having trouble reading the
>DMM correctly, or if there is a problem with the particular component I'm
>looking at.  It's the U1 socket on the front panel board of the K1, and
>with my DMM, every pair of adjacent soldered pads reads "1." with no
>flashing numbers (like the manual says I should see).  That is, except
>for two pairs of adjacent pads, where there are flashing numbers for just
>a second or so, then it reverts to "1."  Incidentally, the DMM is the $10
>one from web-tronics.com, their catalog # CSI830.  It worked ok for other
>tests on the filter board.
>
>Thanks in advance for the help,
>Jeff
>
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Trevor Day