[Elecraft] Trivia from G0XAR

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Stephen wrote:

Hello and have fun.

I used an old pencil soldering iron, clamped it vertically, removed the 
tip and filled the cavity with solder.
I then dip the end of wire into the cavity. Works very well. That's how 
2330 got done.

take care.

>Hi gentlefolks,
>
>	Home construction has re-commenced at G0XAR after a lengthy gap due to heavy 
>work commitments and having to re-establish a shack, and aerials (thanks to 
>M0PUB and G0BBL for a very pleasent summer weekend getting them rigged...).
>
>	I found some transparent small (1 meal sized) freezer boxes in Lakeland 
>Plastics on St Stephens Street in Norwich (they have branches in other towns 
>however I am not sure about the colonies ;-) ), they were about £4 for 50. 
>These are the same form factor as used by some Chinese takaways and are 
>really handy for component storage - being transparent you can see whats in 
>them - and they stack. So I have said fairwell to all those altoid tins. 
>tobacco tins and biscuit tins...stuff is easier to find and things are much 
>tidier as a result. Having only a little time to fool around in the shack 
>means that every second counts...I would rather spend it making things rather 
>that looking for things...
>
>	I am currently constructing "Yet Another Small Aerial" a 5 foot whip tuned by 
>switchable toroids. In the course of building a VSWR indicator for it I have 
>found the "Copper Island Construction Kit" I bought at Rochdale some years to 
>be very useful...not sure if these are available any more , The concept is to  
>use a piece of single sided PCB as a ground plane and to superglue small 
>discs of PCB material to it - these islands are then used to solder the 
>components to....once one gets used to the technique it is a remarkably quick 
>way of working. 
>
>	Once this is complete I'll probably start work on my K2 - Number 3354, which 
>will be fitted with the Top band, ATU and SSB options - I understand that 
>there are people who like to keep track of where all the K2s are - well 3354 
>is here in Norfolk, England.....
>
>	Just out of interest does anyone know where I can obtain or how I can make  
>solder pot. Like most of us in our 50s my eyesight is not what is was. So 
>tinning component leads, for example Toroids, can be a challenge..it seems to 
>me that using a pot might make things easier. 
>
>	Lastly I have a couple of Howes kits - a frequency marker and a direct 
>conversion RX covering 10, 15 and i think 18 Mhz,,,,the marker works, the RX 
>needs completing..happy to pass them on to a good home. And does anyone have 
>a spare Norcal 38 Special kit they wish to part with.....mine seems to have 
>been lost in the move from Wiltshire to Norfolk....and I would dearly like 
>another one....
>
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