[Elecraft] Auto Bandpass Filter

[Fred Jensen]

Skywobbly [SKYY-wah-blee] n. Flight path of a helicopter when being 
piloted by Fred

More seriously, mating a connector also has the benefit of sinking some 
of the heat in the pins lowering the chances of melting the dielectric.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

On 11/24/2013 10:08 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

> Be VERY careful soldering the DIN connector at the filter set -- it's an
> el-cheapo grande with a dielectric that easily melts. I've found that
> liquid flux helps, and it also helps to have the connector you're
> soldering mated to a connector of opposite gender so that the pins don't
> go skywobbly. (Skywobbly is a technical term that I learned from my
> grandfather, who was an EE grad of Pratt, in Brooklyn, and who worked in
> the coal mines long before I was born).