[Elecraft] K3 Build Questions

[Don Wilhelm]

Steve,

The instructions indicate that the listed values are the lowest that 
should be measured.  The instructions state that greater values than 
those listed are quite probable.  If the readings are not less than the 
listed values, all is OK.

Greater than means that larger values are OK - smaller values are bad. - 
yours are OK.

73,
Don W3FPR

KC2VNI wrote:
> I am on pages 44 and 45 of the assembly manual and have made it through all
> the steps. In going through the resistance checks, I got the following
> values:
>
> - At the power poles (12VDC), all I got was an infinite resistance no matter
> which way I made the measured it.
>
> - At the R36 test point, I got 239.5 ohms which beats the 150 ohm criteria
> listed
>
> - At the U12 test point, I got 2 different values:
>    a) 4.86 kilo-ohms at the terminal furthest from the blue electrolytic
> capacitor in the neighborhood of the U12 regulator
>    b) 237.2 ohms at the terminal closest to the blue electrolytic capacitor
> in the neighborhood of the U12 regulator
>
> - At the U13 test point, I got the following: 423 ohms.
>
>
> Question: Am I okay to go ahead and apply power for the initial power on
> check (aka "smoke test") on page 46?
>
>   
>