[Elecraft] K2 X7-X11 crystal grounding

[John Cooper]

Ground them to the sides on both sides.  They stopped doing the tops years ago.  Think it was filter blow by.  I ground all crystals to sides now.  

John WT5Y


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-------- Original message --------
From: Michael Eberle <mteberle at mchsi.com> 
Date: 01/31/2015  21:48  (GMT-06:00) 
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 X7-X11 crystal grounding 
 
Lane,

I believe you want to ground them as shown in the manual.  I built my K2 
using the method of grounding on both sides.  It has been a little while 
since I built mine but I seem to recall reading somewhere that this is 
an improvement over grounding to the top. Also if you add options such 
as the KPA100, grounding to the side helps eliminate clearance issues 
with other circuit boards.

Mike
KI0HA

On 1/31/2015 20:12, Lane wrote:
> I'm at the point of grounding the X7-X11 crystals on page 54 of the K2
> build manual and the instructions appear to be different than whats shown
> on the K2 build photos on the elecraft site. The photos on the site show a
> single side ground to top of crystal. Manual seems to state grounding on
> both sides and slight up from board.
>
> Without anyone going way out of their way to do this, would anyone happen
> to have a photo of the proper grounding for these crystals?
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