[Elecraft] RE: KX1 C45 or C56?

[Bruce Beford]

Hi, Paul.
 
Looking at the picture you posted of the two capacitors, C45 is the blue
one. If you look closely, you will see that the leads coming out of the
case are "preformed". That is, they are bent in slightly. If you measure
where they exit the body of the cap, you will see that the spacing is
wider than the disc cap. So the blue epoxy is for C45, and the tan disc
is for C56. C56 actually mounts directly on the pins of relay K1. That
is why you need the tighter spacing there.
 
Have Fun!
 
73 de
Bruce, N1RX
KX1 #849
K2 #4444

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Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 12:53:34 -0400
From: Paul Bruneau <paul at ethicalpaul.com>
Subject: [Elecraft] KX1  C45 or C56?
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Hi-

I have KX1#1194 construction going well, but I can't tell C45 from C56.

The manual says to rely on the lead spacing, but both caps' leads have 
the same spacing of about .1"

The manual does say that C45 might be a disc cap, and one of my 68pF 
caps is indeed a disc, but it says to go by the lead spacing to know 
for sure, so I'm a little stuck.

Can someone check out the picture I took and let me know which one is 
C45?

http://ethicalpaul.com/share/c45.jpg

Thank you!

Paul, KB8NMZ
K2 4818 and now KX1 1194