[Elecraft] new K3 owner --- addendum on kits...

[Phil Hystad]

Also, while we are on the kit-building theme I have a problem with small parts such as small capacitors.  I know this is not a problem with the SMT kits like the K3 or KX3 and so on but I remember when I did the 80/30 option for my KX1 there were several capacitors and none of my methods would work to read the printing on these things.  I have several good magnifying glasses, a magnifying lamp, and so on.  I could not read them at all.  I had to grab my Fluke DVM and use that to measure the capacitance to determine which was which.

If anyone has a better solution to this problem -- let me know.  Eye sight only gets worse, it rarely gets better.  Electronic parts only get smaller, they rarely get larger.

73 phil K7PEH


On Jan 18, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Tighe Kuykendall <tk at nk4i.com> wrote:

> Having relatively recently built a K3, P3, KPA500, KX3, and KXPA100 I've found my little Petzl LED headlamp to be one of handiest things aside from good tools and a big static mat.  It puts light exactly where I'm looking and makes it easy to check pin alignment and the like without having to move, rotate, or otherwise disturb the assembly I'm working on.
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