[Elecraft] KX1 Kit Questions

[KW4H]

I don't rank in the super-extreme expert level with the KX1, but I've built
a few and believe that should be all fine.

73!

Steve, KW4H

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com> wrote:

> Gang,
>
> I am in the midst of putting together the KX1.  I am at the first
> intermission where a few resistance checks are performed.
>
> So, in one of these tests, it says that resistance checks of all other
> pings of U1 (other then those explicitly measured already) should have
> resistance greater then 10K ohms.  Well, for almost every other pin, the
> resistance I measure is not only greater then 10K but greater then 2 to 4
> Meg ohms.  I assume this is OK since it satisfies the constraint.  Is this a
> reasonable assumption?
>
> For the D2 and D3 cathode resistance measurements I also read very high,
> multi Meg ohm values, for a constraint specified as > 1 K ohm.  I have made
> measurements with S1 open and closed per the tests.  My measurements always
> agree to the stated constraint (e.g. > 1 K and > 10 K) but I measure very
> large resistance values in the meg ohm range.  Is this reasonable?
>
> Thanks for any comments or suggestions.
>
> 73, phil, K7PEH
>
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