[Elecraft] problem with J8 of K2 ATU

[Dr. Werner Furlan]

hi all, 

I finished a K2 ATU for a friend of me but I had major difficulties to bring the 
female crimp pins into the J8 housing. I used as little solder as possible 
(nearly nothing) but still the pins where very very tight in the holes of the 
jumper. From visual inspection they should be in their place now. Also the 
unsoldered pins in the unused holes were very hard to place.
The major problem comes now: the jumper does not fit on its place on the 
control board, the pins don't make a smooth contact, the jumper wiggles and 
does not go fully on the board.

I finally gave up and manufactured a 10 wires flat computercable from my 
PC junk box and it works now. The disadvantage is there is no shielding in 
this cable. The advantage: pin 1 is marked with a red cable and the cable is 
much more flexible than before.

Any comments on this missing shielding?
when I set up and tested the ATU all seemed fine.

73! de Werner OE9FWV

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