[Elecraft] KX1 #978, comments and questions on second stage

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Hi Andrea! 

You wrote: 

L7 ... is really org-vio-gold (two people pronounced it "definitely 
orange") instead of yel-vio-gold. Is it a packing error or a 
documentation error? 

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L7 is a 4.7 uH inductor, so it is really Yellow! Orange-violet-gold would be
3.7 uH, not 4.7 uH. How does its color compare alongside L10, which is
orange-orange-black (33 uH)? 

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You wrote:

On a related note, how much clearance is there between the crystals and 
the battery packs? My crystals are not as well-aligned as those of other 
builders and I soldered the ground wire on the side rather than on top, 
per instructions.

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page 47, receive current drain test: text states typical receive drain 
is 32mA; the included errata sheet instructs the builder to correct the 
figure (35mA) on the specifications page, but not here. Display 
brightness at 2 gives 35mA and the only thing that saved me from another 
silly have-a-cow situation  was good memory.

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In both places the spec says "about". The current will typically be a little
lower at the point of the test than in normal operation because no signals
are being received at that point. 

Sorry for the confusion. You make a good point about a better-defined spec.
for the current drain test. I'll bring it up with the KX1 designer (Wayne). 

Ron AC7AC