[Elecraft] K2 Encoder wiring

[Leigh L. Klotz Jr]

Phil,
I noticed in the instructions it has you cut 3mm off of the encoder
pins.  Is there a clearance issue I need to watch out for if I use a
connector on the encoder?  Do you happen to have a photo?

73,
Leigh.
On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 01:16, Phil wrote:
> After a long delay (who says that retirement gives you the time to do
> all those things you want to do!) I have started to build K2 #4019.
> I'm at the point where I am about to wire the encoder to the front panel
> PCB.  The manual talks about wrapping 4 wires around encoder lead-outs
> and there had been some (much) earlier posts about this - I tried
> something else.
>  
> I have some old PCs in the garage - I salvaged some of the cables
> between the computer front panel and motherboard including a 4 pin
> flying socket which fits the encoder perfectly.  All I had to do was cut
> the lead to length, solder to the front panel PCB and I have a neat
> connector to the encoder.  This will allow removal of the front panel
> without removal of the large tuning knob and encoder first.  
>  
> Phil G8JQH