[Elecraft] K2 Resistor Question...

[dking at vcn.com]

Working on my K2 (page 48) Assembly, Part II and as I'm installing the  
wad of 1/4 watt resistors, I have been measuring them after  
installation.

R6 and R8 are both listed as 100 ohm resistors (BRN-BLK-BRN), but  
after installation, both show 61.6 ohms on three different  
DMM's..while R7 which is a 68 ohm resistor is showing 50.1

I recognize all of them read slightly lower than their "listed"  
values...but these seemed at such wide variance I didn't want to  
continue until I knew whether I should be replacing them or not.

These three resistors all form a U around relay K12...so I didn't know  
if the relay would be sucking down my readings...but I'm placing the  
probe on the resistor wire on either side of the body of the  
resistor...so I can't see how something else could be causing that  
great of a difference....

Another identical 100 ohm resister still in the paper ladder to be  
installed later in the sequence is giving me a 97 ohm reading...

Any advice would be appreciated.

David King
KE7EKA
K2 #6048

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