[Elecraft] K2 Manual building method

[Fred Jensen]

Back in the point-to-point wiring days it was common to place a number 
of components at once, folding the leads/wires over the terminals and 
then soldering all of them.  It was said to cut down on misplaced 
components because you were focused on selecting the right components 
and placing them correctly and not interrupted by soldering.  I found it 
often led to unsoldered connections.

It apparently carried over when things moved to thru-hole PCB's.  I 
found that also led to unsoldered components.  When I built my K2, I:

1.  Banned the Hoover from the shack until I was done

2.  Sorted the components into baking tins

3.  Mostly placed and soldered components individually after triple 
checking.  I'm colorblind and can't read color codes so every resistor 
was checked with the ohmmeter.  I asked my wife once to read a couple of 
color codes ... "That one is sort of a pinkish salmon, this one is a 
light mauve."  Gave up on that.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

Harold Howells wrote on 3/7/2024 11:28 AM:
> Hello and thanks in advance for your help.  I’m just getting going on my K2 build and I don’t understand the reasoning behind putting all the capacitors in the PCB, bending their leads to hold them in place, and then soldering them all at the end?  This seems to me create a big mess with components all out of whack.  What is the reason for doing it this way?   HH
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