[Elecraft] W1 Questions

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Hi Mark:
 
The mini-kits were designed for low cost and ease of use on the bench, hence
no enclosures. The W1 works just fine sitting on the little feet supplied.
 
That said, one fellow W8FGU wanted an enclosure and created a spiffy one
made of lexan for the W1 (and some other mini-module kits) that he offered
for sale. 
 
Check here. No changes to the W1 are needed other than to mount the battery
on the bottom and the BNCs on the top of the board as shown in the pictures.

 
http://w8fgu.home.comcast.net/~w8fgu/pics/enclosures/W1/w1enclosure.pdf
 
It's really handy if you're going to drag the W1 around away from the bench,
throw it in a bag, etc. 
 
The W1 is a handy, useful and it accurate addition to my bench after
calibrating it simply by setting a d-c voltage as the instructions say. 
 
Ron AC7AC

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mark Saunders, KJ7BS
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:50 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] W1 Questions



I'm getting ready to build my W1 SWR/Watt meter.  Before I start, are things
I should consider.  Enclosure?  Mounting BNC off-board?  External power?
COM port mounting?

 

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