[Elecraft] K2 build hints: [was: : oops: threw out xtal filter bag with alignment # on it]

[Margaret Leber]

Andrew Moore wrote:

> Tomorrow morning is trash day, and the trash is at the curb.  Should I
> go start digging, or is it really necessary for me to have this number?

I hope not...I'm using the retrofit "set of matched filter xtals" 
K2KSB2XTALS kit and there's no number on that envelope at all.

I still have the original filter xtals that came with 1641, and the 
number on their envelope is "20", if that helps. :-) I haven't found the 
place in the manual where that number is *used* yet.

By the way...I have a recommendation I don't think I've heard anybody 
else make. While working on my K2 I have my laptop at hand at the bench, 
and I keep a directory full of all kinds of data relevant to the build 
on in...including the PDF copy of the Owner's Manual.

While doing the RF board it ocurred to me in (the middle of that block 
of 75 capacitors) that the bulk of the labor was going into locating the 
places on the PCB where each component went.

So I fired up Acrobat Reader, paged to the parts layout, rotated the 
page on the display, zoomed in a bit, and was able to use the Search 
function to scroll the diagram to the appropriate location for every 
part as I installed it.

Made things *much* easier. Wish I'd thought of it earlier.

Re: winding toroids:

Hey, it's not that bad at all, and reminds me quite a bit of sewing.

If you guys have XYLs who sew you might ask them if they want to help 
you build a radio...they already know that funny multi-finger maneuver 
that lets us pass a needle through cloth one-handed without ever 
completely letting go of it..which is exactly what it takes to wind a 
toroid easily.

73 de Maggie K3XS -- K2 S/N 1641 (build in progress, between T5 and T7)

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