[SOC] AZ ScQRPion Paddle - Construction qestion

[Tom McCulloch]

Dan -- thanks and yes that makes sense...I was trying to solder it to the 
side of the arm and that wasn't making any sense at all (even to an SOC 
...hi)
Tnx
Tom
wb2qdg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan KB6NU" <kb6nu at w8pgw.org>
To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] AZ ScQRPion Paddle - Construction qestion


>I just took a look at my paddle, and what you have to do is to solder  the 
>wire on the underside of the arm near the point above the hole in  the 
>base. Then you thread it through that hole and solder it to the  lug on the 
>bottom of the base. If that doesn't make sense, I'll take  a picture of 
>mine and send it to you.
>
> To be honest, this didn't make much sense to me, either, at first. I 
> think that's a weak part of the design.
>
> 73!
>
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> On Apr 7, 2007, at 5:36 PM, Tom McCulloch wrote:
>
>> I'm (finally) building the Arizona ScQRPions paddle and have a  question 
>> for anyone who may have already been down this road.
>>
>>  I have finished polishing the parts and now into the actual 
>> construction. The paddles include two short pieces of silver coated  wire 
>> which will be used to ground the two arms to the base (This  was a 
>> problem on the previous Norcal Paddles).  I'm not exactly  sure where to 
>> solder the silver wire onto the arm and then where it  goes after that. 
>> The instructions say" the wire must be attached  directly below the 
>> spring recess hole on the bottom of the arm"   The hole is on the side, 
>> do they mean on the bottom of the side or  the bottom of the arm.  Seems 
>> simple but I can't picture what they  mean.
>>
>> I'd appreciate any help you may have to offer
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom
>> WB2QDG
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