Mike, The 1/8 watt 1 meg resistor does two things - it provides leads to which one can solder the very fine toroid wires, and it provides mechanical 'holding power' for the toroid core. The resistance itself is not critical because it is almost an insulator compared to the other impedances at that point in the circuit. The small body makes a nice fit into the center of the toroid.
If you can find a suitable substitute in a similarly small package, by all means use it. As a temporary measure, you might use just two pieces of wire - solder them into the holes leaving enough sticking out on the bottom of the board to wrap around the core and hold it in place - just make certain they do not touch in the middle (put some insulation from the Elecraft supplied green wire over the exposed ends). 73, Don W3FPR Life is what happens when you are making other plans ----- Original Message ----- > I'm in UK and missing R116 ( the 1/8w BFO retaining R ) from the > K2 kit. Anyone recomend an alternative means of fixing the BFO > coil without it ?. I have no suitable 1/8w resistors in stock. > _______________________________________________ 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
