[SOC] AZ ScQRPion Paddle - Construction qestion

[John]

Tom,

There is a very nice picture of where and how to solder the wires in 
the Black Widow manual. It's the big brother of the AZ ScQRPion paddle.

http://www.w5jh.net/BW_Instructions.htm

John
k7up


At 10:59 AM 08/04/07, you wrote:
>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
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>>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!
>>
>>Dan KB6NU
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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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