At 6/15/2004 09:58 AM, Eric Ward wrote: >I ended up doing about like Dave sez below, with the modification that I >threaded the wires through the lug holes before attaching the PC >boards--then I screwed them in and pulled the excess wire through the lug >holes with needle nose pliers, being careful not to tighten the wires so >much that they contacted the housing. Soldering wasn't too bad with a drop >of solder on a fine tip and the lugs (esp. the sleeve lug) bent into the >middle of the cavity a bit.
I believe that I soldered the wires onto the PC board first and trimmed them to length. Then I carefully bent about 1/16" or so of the end of the wire at a right angle. I had the lugs on the plug arranged to make it easy to get my soldering iron in there. Then I used a very thin needle nose pliers and hooked the wire onto the lugs and soldered. >Like Dave, I brilliantly connected mine backwards--i.e. ended up with a tip >connected to the right paddle and ring connected to the left--hence dits >from the right and dahs from the left. Software corrects for hardware mistakes. You can rewire the paddle or just change the left-rightness with the appropriate menu setting. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft You must subscribe to post. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, Unsub etc): http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft page: http://www.elecraft.com
