[Elecraft] Re K2 New builder

[Robert G. Strickland]

Yes, the resistors are arranged in the order of usage. I left them in 
the strips and pealed them off as needed. A nice feature, to be sure.

...robert


Tom McCulloch wrote:
> 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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Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY
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Syracuse, New York, USA