[Elecraft] K2 Antenna Nut: It can't be this hard

[stephen Farthing]

Mike,
            Mine went on first time......here is a tip you might wish to 
try....(having first checked that you have not, by accident got the right 
nut confused with another on your bench). Offer up the nut to the threads on 
the antenna connector. Then turn it anti clockwise until you feel a "click". 
This click is the end of the thread on the nut passing over the end of the 
thread of the antenna conector....as soon as you feel the click turn the 
nnut clockwise and the threads will engage and Sam is your uncle (over here 
we say Bob!). You can use your fingers to tighten it up....dont bother witha 
spanner (wrench in the colonies?) unless you want to tighten it up at the 
end a tad...finger tight works for me....

Regards, Steve G0XAR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Cook" <foobarsoft at foobarsoft.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Antenna Nut: It can't be this hard


> Hi all. I've been assembling my K2 since thursday and having a ton of 
> fun. Last night I just finished the last assembly steps and I'm about  to 
> move on to the third set of testing (and aligning) of the  transmitter.
>
> There is just one thing that has got me stuck: the nut that goes on  the 
> antenna jack.
>
> This can't POSSIBLY be this hard. I've tried. I've had someone else  try. 
> I just can NOT get the thing on. It seems impossible to get the  thing on 
> straight. If I do get it to catch it quickly seems to end up  crooked and 
> then falling off.
>
> Is there some kind of special secret here? I've even tried screwing  it on 
> backwards (CCW instead of CW) but that didn't work (no surprise).
>
> Tips?
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