[Elecraft] K2 build from purgatory!

[lstavenhagen]

Well, more kudos to Elecraft support are in order, so just want to give
credit where exceptional credit is due. My second K2 build is going nowhere
as smoothly as my first one: I somehow managed to lose D36, the SMT PIN
diode and didn't discover that it was actually gone from my table until I
got to that installation step. Prior to that, though, I managed to burn a
pretty decent corner off one of the latching relays on the board. So I get
to practice my difficult-to-remove-part removal skills to replace it!

All this of course, a warning to everyone to not ever "press on" with a
build when one is tired. That's how I managed to burn the corner off the
relay while soldering in another component on the board, I just wasn't
paying attention to where the iron was going!

As for D36, I must have flicked it off the table at some point in the past
and where she went, nobody knows.

Despite all that, I'm still having a wonderful time with this build and have
learnt more in the process than I think I ever did on any other project I've
done.

So I emailed parts at elecraft.com with my tail between my legs this weekend -
I think they all know me there now LOL - and they sent me replacements
yesterday, pretty much taking care of it right as they opened for business.
So I should have the replacement parts in hand on Thurs.  Can't get better
service than that!

Only a couple more parts and the receiver will be finished. If I made any
goofs so far, well, I suppose I'll find out soon enough.

Tnx to Elecraft and 73
LS
W5QD



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