[Elecraft] Re K2 New builder

[Tom McCulloch]

Good point -- I seem to recall that the resistors are on those "machine gun 
strips" were in some sort of logical order and it might be best not to 
remove them ahead of time...does this sound familiar to anyone ?

Tom
WB2QDG
K2 #1103
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Middleton" <bajubranston at ntlworld.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 5:20 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Re K2 New builder


> Hello George,
>                           If it is of any help to you when I built my
> two K2's I used a foam rubber pad to mount all the passive components
> i.e. the capacitors, chokes and the loose resistors. I also used
> conductive foam for the transistors etc. I did this for each board and
> in the value order they were to be mounted on the PCB. I found that this
> also helped to prevent components going missing as some of the caps are
> very small.
>
>     Enjoy the building of your K2 and using one of the finest rigs on
> the market for the price, more joy for less dollars Hi.
>
>                 Barry G4DBS
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