[Elecraft] T1 and a large measure of embarrassment.

[Bill Scovell]

Greetings from down-under,
                                        I believe it may make me feel a little better if I share this embarrassment with the group.
My T1 kit which was shipped on March 21 arrived a few days ago and yielded the usual perfect inventory, but of course the shipment preceded the Rev. A-1 errata (March 29) so I was short of two 1 watt 51 ohm resistors and an FT47-43 toroid which knowing the Elecraft service ethic are probably on their way to me now, however, carefully reading the assembly manual I saw that there were two components that could be loaded before the first 51 ohm was required namely the two female BNC connectors so I thought I would get started.
I carefully aligned the connectors per the instructions and did a creditable soldering job on both --- on the WRONG SIDE of the board --- shock! horror! and a large measure of embarrassment.
I don't have any sophisticated de-soldering equipment and promptly decided that a new board must of necessity be the solution, so a quick Email to Scott and Brian was sent, but minutes after doing this a long dormant adventurous streak within me manifested itself and kept saying 'there must be a way, there must' and there was!
It took a board vice, two soldering irons (one in each hand) and the XYL suitably protected with heat proof gloves to perform the extraction and the task was accomplished --- the through plating undamaged and the board still looking pristine --- quite proud of myself, oops ourselves, and the earlier embarrassment just a little bit diminished.
Another Email to Scott and Brian cancelling the earlier one, and now I'm just waiting on two 1 watt 51 ohm resistors because I found a spare toroid in the junk box.

Cheers from Bill Scovell / VK4SQ