[Elecraft] K3 Build Questions

[Don Wilhelm]

Steve,

The only resistance reading that is defined in the manual is the 
regulator terminal furtherest from the electrolytic capacitor - and that 
measurement was OK.

73,
Don W3FPR

KC2VNI wrote:
> Don: I was concerned with the value on U12. Depending on which terminal I was
> on, the resistance varied. I should have been more specific about the
> question. Sorry for the confusion.
>
>
> Don Wilhelm-4 wrote:
>   
>> 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?
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>       
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