[Elecraft] K2 - Need Some Help!

[Don Wilhelm]

  Stan,

Are you using the new manual (Rev G) or an older one?

There are 3 holes - C6 goes into the outermost holes of the set of 3 
("the outer two holes of this set of 3 pads").  In other words, the 
leads go into holes 1 and 3.

If you can explain how your thought process is causing you to think 
otherwise, perhaps the manual can be changed again.
Can you explain what you are attributing "outer" to?  Outer edge of the 
board?  Outer 2 holes? Outer left side of the board? Outer right side of 
the board?  It has long surprised me how this has been misinterpreted, 
but then not everyone interprets the same way.

Previously it did not use the "outer two of the set of 3" phrase, but 
simply said the "two outer holes", and it was changed to (hopefully) be 
more descriptive - apparently that effort failed.  If you can be helpful 
with describing the proper two holes using a better phrase, please 
suggest it.  Maybe your addition of a parenthetical expression "(leave 
the center hole empty) would be helpful - please let us know.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/18/2010 1:22 PM, stan levandowski wrote:
> There's a 4.7 pf cap that goes into "C6" on the upper right edge of the
> bottom of the RF Board.  The instructions are subject to a great deal of
> interpretation and have me absolutely baffled.  Perhaps I think too
> deeply, or, maybe I just think "differently", or, my brainpower is in
> QRPp mode today.
>
> I'm now looking at the BOTTOM of the RF Board, with C104 to my immediate
> left.  I'm going to label the three holes at "C6"  as  "1", "2", and "3"
> with "1" closest to C104.
>
> Now, I think the "two outer" holes in which the 4.7 pf cap goes should
> be "2" and "3".
>
> Did I get it right?  I'd appreciate hearing from someone who has already
> gotten past this.  It's page 59 of the manual.
>
>
> This was like a brainteaser!  The two outer holes could also be
> construed as #1 and #3, in which case the instructions could have simply
> said to avoid using the middle hole.  The directions to "Use the outer
> of the three holes, not the two holes closest to the left edge of the
> board" are confusing because the "left" edge of the board depends upon
> whether one is holding it top up or bottom up and the previous sentence
> in the manual had the builder looking at J15 on the top of the board.
>