[Elecraft] [K2] L33 (BFO torrid) & R116 (5.1Mohm 0.125W) mishap

[B. Scott Andersen]

Michael,

If it was me, and I had a very high resistance part in my 
junk box, I'd give it a try. I'm pretty sure that resistor is
there only to provide a mechanical support to this coil
under the board. So, any very, very high resistance part
can do the trick -- if it fits mechanically.

If the leads from the torroid won't reach, you could solder
a short discarded component lead horizontally a cm or so
on each side from the new resistor's lead closer to the end 
of the wires. It should be stiff enough to stay in place. 

Even if you have to undo one turn on
each side to get the wire long enough to secure it to the
new resistor it is worth a try. When you do the VFO checks
it will be obvious (?) that it did -- or didn't -- work. Given
the variation in these things it sure seems worth a try.
And it wouldn't look goofy like my above suggestion {grin}.

The thing is, if these things above don't work, you've lost
nothing. You can still remove the parts and replace them 
with fresh ones from our friends at Elecraft. I'd give it a 
try. (I hate to wait on parts!)

Let us know how it worked out.

-- Scott (NE1RD)


michael taylor-3 wrote:
> 
> I had a small mishap with my wire cutters while trimming the L33 (BFO
> pre-wound torrid) and R116 (5.1Mohm 1/8 W) resistor's leads. As I went
> to trim the fine wire lead of the L33 I accidentally also cut a large
> chunk out of one of R116's leads.
> 
> I'm wondering if I should try to "patch" R116's lead or admit the
> mistake and order a replacement L33 pre-wound torrid and R116
> resistor? The problem is since I have trimmed both hair-fine leads of
> L33, I'm not certain I can re-solder the leads again in a "do-over" if
> I simply tried to replace the one-legged resistor.
> 
> -Michael, VE3TIX
> 

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