[Elecraft] K3 - s/n 1591 - TCXO module question

[michael taylor]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Ann and/or Bill Tekatch
<tekatch at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> went to put the TCXO module on the KREF board, I discovered that the leads
> on the module are too long to allow its bottom to "rest against the socket"
> as described on p.46 of the assembly manual. Is this a problem? Do I need to
> trim the leads?
> FYI the leads are 1/4" long and a gap of 1/16" is left between the bottom of
> the TCXO module and its socket when it is fully engaged.

You do want the oscillator to sit tight in the socket, but I found
there was a tiny amount of lead exposed due to rubber pads on the
underside of the oscillator can near the leads, prevented a "perfect"
fit. [1]

My opinion (and it is a cheap opinion at that) is that if the gap is
large enough to measure, then it large enough you can trim the leads
by that much. :-)

-Michael, VE3TIX

[1]  You can see the rubber pads that I'm talking about in this photo
<http://www.njqrp.org/fireball40/fb7%20can%20color.jpg>