[Elecraft] K2 build - Control board Resistor SIPs not marked right.

[Alexandra Carter]

Yes, inventorying is a very good idea, and sometimes there are parts of 
the same value but of two different types, like a regular 25pF cap and 
an NPO one that's the same value, to be used in different areas.

The resistors are taken care of with the K2, no problems there, but 
there are a lot of other parts. I found good old antistatic foam to be 
great for sticking the parts in, I had all my caps by value smallest to 
largest, etc., they the parts stick up in it so they're easy to pick 
up.

73 de Alex NS6Y

On Mar 20, 2006, at 2:13 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:

> Ian Stirling wrote:
>
>> The most important step in my opinion is to
>> do a full inventory, at the same time partitioning
>> components that look similar to separate marked
>> locations.
>
> I strongly second Ian's inventory comment, and his reasons for doing 
> it.   It's a bit of a drag, and we all want to heat up the solder 
> station and start the "real" building, but a complete inventory will 
> likely prevent micro, mini, and mega disasters.
>
> Also, beware of inadvertently mixing up a part value with a reference 
> designator, there are a lot of words in the assembly instruction book, 
> and nearly all of them are important!  (e.g., and speaking from 
> experience, starting to install "C25" and fetching a 25pf cap for it 
> when the real value is 15pf)
>
> Fred K6DGW
> Auburn CA CM98lw
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