[R-390] Filter repair

Charles P. Steinmetz charles_steinmetz at lavabit.com
Tue Feb 26 18:56:17 EST 2013


Dave wrote:

>I was trying to put the 2K innards into the foam donut I had made 
>and snapped a couple of the rods that connect the resonators.  I 
>tried soldering the miniscule things back on but was not very 
>successful as you can imagine.  So now the copper cup is off, turns 
>out the copper cup goes through the whole last ring that looks like 
>the resonator ring.

Look on the bright side.  (1) now you know the outer "disk" is really 
just a band around the copper cup, and (2) you have a nice clear view 
of the attachment of the actuator wire.

One take-home point might be, don't make the donut such a snug fit.

Best regards,

Charles






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