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

[Phil Hystad]

Thanks Don -- I will go searching for one of those tomorrow.

73, phil, K7PEH


On Jan 18, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Phil,
> 
> Yes, those capacitors are getting more and more difficult to read. My solution is a small lighted handheld magnifier.  I think it was designed for reading - look in your local drugstore.  As I recall, I found it at Walmart.
> 
> Just plain magnification is not enough - the lighting helps immensely
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 1/18/2014 1:07 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
> 
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