[Elecraft] KX1 30/80 Assembly

[Jay Sissom]

I woke up in the middle of the night last night and realized my
mistake.  Kind of embarrasing!  After work, I'll install it on the
correct side!

Thanks for the help
Jay
W9IUF


On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Jay,
>
> The KXB3080 board mounts on the component side of the KX1 just below the
> encoder and to the left side of the bandwidth and AF Gain control bodies -
> it sounds to me like you are trying to mount it on the solder side.
>
> The crystal cans are on the opposite side of the KX1 board from the KXB3080
> board.  There is no way that the crystals can interfere with the board.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> Jay Sissom wrote:
>>
>> Hello, I am building my 2nd KX1.  I am currently working on the 30/80
>> meter option.  On my first KX1, I was able to fairly easily position
>> this board so that both the variable capacitors were centered
>> perfectly over their holes.  On this KX1, I'm unable to do this.  No
>> matter what I do, they are offset from the holes.  I have removed the
>> 2 filter crystals closest to this board and after doing that, I can
>> position the board to fit, but if I were to do that, I couldn't
>> reinstall the crystals.
>>
>> I have checked that I have installed the two variable capacitors the
>> proper way.  Does anyone have any idea why this doesn't fit?  Could
>> the circuit board I received be too big?
>>
>> Thanks & 73
>> Jay
>>
>> W9IUF (ex KA9OKT)
>>
>