[Elecraft] K2 building mistake - my blindspot

Josh Fiden josh at voodoolab.com
Tue Jun 4 13:52:47 EDT 2013


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015IN8J6/

$32 well spent!

I remember the good ole days when I only needed these for SMT.....

73,
Josh W6XU


On 6/4/2013 10:33 AM, Stan AE7UT wrote:
> Just finished the first part of the K2 build.
> Fired it up and the LCD was not working.
> The end of a 2 day search was a single IC pin not soldered.
>
> This is the second time I've missed an IC pin that tripped me up.
> I swear I check them and I swear I recheck them!
> The one I missed was the worst possible one - U1 under the LCD and
> backlight.
> I carefully removed the LCD and backlight which was a miserable task.
> SOLDERED the lone pin and now it's working FB.
>
> It's frustrating to keep doing the same stupid thing.
> At least this time I found the problem and fixed it on my own.
>
> 73
> Stan AE7UT
>
>
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