[Elecraft] KX1's Key

[Matt and Kelly]

When I put my KX1 key together, I also had to spend time adjusting the wires
used as contacts.  I made sure they were as close to the board as possible,
but in the end, I had to take a small emery board (my wife's fingernail
emery board... shh....), and file the tops of the wires just a tad.  It
wasn't much, but that made all the difference.  The key works like a champ
now.

And yup, the KX1 IS neat.

Matt - K7OE

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of PDouglas12 at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 6:21 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KX1's Key

Hi Elecrafters,

Well, the KX1 I bought at Dayton is finished, including all of the options.

Honestly, the hardest option was the KX1 key.   I find that sometimes with 
mechanical construction I am spatially challenged.   For the life of me, I 
couldn't figure out the drawings!   Finally, after a number of dumb false
starts, I 
got them together.   They are still a bit touchy--I don't know why they go 
into occasional paroxysms of dashes--the manual says I may have to file down
the 
silver wire a bit--are the tolerances that close?   Anyone else experience 
the same maybe problem?

Thanks.

Preston Douglas WJ2V

Oh, did I mention the KX1 is neat?