[Elecraft] K3 Assembly Special Tools or Gotchas

[drewko]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:25:06 +0200, Bob DJ0MBC/WU5T wrote:

>
>My solution was to align the connector halves, hold the pin in place with
>needle nose pliers, and whack it with a small hammer.  Perfect!!
>
>Vy 73, Bob DJ0MBC/WU5T
>


Oh, yeah... I forgot about the power cable. I also had never seen a
powerpole connector before. After the big discussion months ago I
decided to just order the crimped cable with my kit. Weirdly, the
power pole connectors were the first thing I searched for when I
opened my K3 package-- I had to see what all the squawking was about!

I recalled numerous other times fooling around with connectors and
cables when I was itching to get some piece of electonic gear going,
even resorted to machining my own connector housings in one case when
I had none on hand! So, with a freshly assembled K3 begging to be
powerd up...? No thanks!

I really enjoyed putting the K3 together, but soldering the cable
connectors (and counting & sorting screws & washers) was more fun than
I needed to have...

73,
Drew
AF2Z