[Elecraft] K2 assembly question

[Doug Person]

Everybody needs one of these little dodads with the two alligator clips 
mounted on ball joints.  Radio Shack used to have them.  I have two and 
use them constantly.  That's how I did my probes.  I also use it to hold 
a string of solder.  This way, I can hold the board and iron to the 
solder and anchor one or two pins of a multi-pin device.  Better than a 
third arm.

73, Doug -- K0DXV

Soaring Eagles wrote:
> Actually 2 questions:
>
> 1. I made the first power up and everything went just like the manual. 
> However, the preamp is marked on. The manual doesn't say which way it 
> should be and I thought I'd check before I got too much farther.
>
> 2. I'm confused about soldering the RF probe. I can't seem to find a 
> good way to position and solder the RG174 cable ends to the banana 
> plugs. There's just a slight dimple at the end of the plugs and I 
> can't figure a good mechanical way to connect them before soldering.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> K2 #5757 (in build process)
> KX1 #1517 (4 bander)
>
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