[Elecraft] Request Advice re K2 Build

[Don Wilhelm]

Ted,

Use your long nose pliers to "de-kink" the leads before inserting into 
the board.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/15/2015 6:42 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
> If you¹ll forgive what to the experienced will be a silly question . . .
>
> Building a K2.  Some of the capacitors (e.g. the 0.047) have leads that
> have a ³kink² in each side, about 2 mm from the cap itself.  (The lead
> spacing is correct above the kinks and correct again below them.)  If
> inserted gently into the PCB the component stops at the kink.  But that
> leaves the leads too long, I think, contrary to the principle that short
> leads avoid stray couplings.  So, two other possibilities.  One is to
> ³dekink² the legs with needle-nose pliers - straightening them out,
> allowing the body of the cap to sit on the PCB surface.  The other is to
> pull the leads through the PCB until the kinks snap through and come out
> the other side.  That sounds neater, but it seems as if it¹s putting
> stress on the capacitor itself.  What¹s the best way to do this?  And why
> are those kinks there in the first place?
>
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