[Elecraft] K3 Audio Low Pass Filter

[Brett Howard]

There has to be a set of SMT caps that will fit back down onto those
pads... Has anyone looked for that yet?  If there isn't a set of caps
that fit those pads with the right specs then that means that Elecraft
had to spin the board when they started putting those caps in there.

~Brett

On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 18:37 -0400, Paul Christensen wrote:
> > I would like to consider making more audio modifications, the one changing
> > headphone audio coupling capacitors to larger values for example. I looked
> > at those capacitors and I wondered how I was going to get them out.
> 
> Patience, good eyesight, a steady hand and a narrow soldering pencil. 
> Removal isn't quite as tricky as replacement with the radial caps.   The one 
> thing to keep in mind is that the SMD pads cannot take any lateral stress 
> with leaded components or breakage will surely result.
> 
> During installation of the new caps, they must be positioned against the 
> headphone jack while heating/soldering with a pencil.  Then, a hot glue gun 
> is used to bond the caps against the headphone jack. The caps cannot be 
> "straightened" after heating or the pads will lift.
> 
> Paul, W9AC
>