Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K2 S/n 01432 Construction Update..
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:59:42 +0100, Andy GM0NWI wrote: I can now say WITH convictions...! that I feel rather stupid...and small for overseasing this foresight..! Don't ever feel that about construction Andy. This morning I did some more work on a Doppler DF system that I am building, and managed to short +12V to an adjacent pin that should only have had 0 to +5V on it. The result was a dead PIC microcomputer. Until I did that everything was working fine. Oh well ! never mind, another PIC on order 73 Stewart G3RXQ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Elecraft K2 S/n 01432 Construction Update..
Guy's.. Just to let everyone who WILL see my e-mail on the reflector soon from this morning... To IGNORE...the plea for help...! Time has passed today, since posting that e-mail to the reflector... the day is nearing closure... ONCE AGAIN..! My well respected .Elecraft K2 Elmer ...John Ross GM1BSG.. saved the day...! On inspection of the rig (...a little closer than I had actually done while constructing her early this morning...) it was noticed, ...found... corrected... that I had INDEED...not mated the connector pins from one of the boards to the connector on the RF Board quite correctly...!! sigh..! blinks in disbelief..! Yes..! indeed...the whole episode of panic..was for no reason whatsoever... and this was the reason as to my baby not turning on and lighting up this morning..!! I can now say WITH convictions...! that I feel rather stupid...and small for overseasing this foresight..! With a fresh pair of eyes and a much better logical mind... John...actually noticed that this was indeed the problem... Without ALL 3 boards,...being mated together properly of course things will NOT function as they should..!! Here is one happy Elecrafter for sure... All that remains now is to go ahead and fine tune the section for letting her sing on 40m...! Thanks to everyone who has and who probably will still...see the earlier e-mail to the reflector... your comments are still welcome as they may help others...but I for one are well on the road to the final success and so far, barring this oversight on my partALL stages have went very smoothly and much better than first anticipated... Thanks for the help guysand the bandwidth... Watch this Space...! Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...I Just See It.!.. John A. Ross (RSD Communications circa 2004) A.R.S. GM0NWI QRP ..It is vain to do with more A Dis-Orientated Kiwi... K2 S/n 01432 Soon To Be On-Airwhat can be done with less.. In The Northern Hemisphere... GQRP No.9576 QRP-L No.2165 ARCI No.10561 Central Florida DX Association (CFDXA) Alaska QRP Club No.190 Flying Pigs QRP Club No. FP#-1061 ICQ No.31899603 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K2 S/n 01432 Construction Update..
Andy GM0NWI wrote: Guy's.. Just to let everyone who WILL see my e-mail on the reflector soon from this morning... To IGNORE...the plea for help...! Time has passed today, since posting that e-mail to the reflector... the day is nearing closure... ONCE AGAIN..! My well respected .Elecraft K2 Elmer ...John Ross GM1BSG.. saved the day...! On inspection of the rig (...a little closer than I had actually done while constructing her early this morning...) it was noticed, ...found... corrected... that I had INDEED...not mated the connector pins from one of the boards to the connector on the RF Board quite correctly...!! sigh..! blinks in disbelief..! Yes..! indeed...the whole episode of panic..was for no reason whatsoever... and this was the reason as to my baby not turning on and lighting up this morning..!! I can now say WITH convictions...! that I feel rather stupid...and small for overseasing this foresight..! Hey, Andy, you don't have to feel stupid nor small -- we're not electronics guys (most of us) and we all make pretty basic errors at time. In my case, the K2 was fine, just had to send it to Gary for a bit of toroid swapping -- yup, I had switched two types of cores! Congratulations of getting your K2 going -- I envy you the assembly experience. 73, Joe, W2RBA K2 #01299 K1 #01005 KX1 #0020 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
