Or, you could try another more extreme approach like I did and BEND the bail
to reduce it's overall length and so make it install more easily. It also
takes less pressure to raise/lower it. Will this make the K2 subject to
falling down flat from it's raised position during normal use? Dunno, as I
am not finished building mine, yet.
Brian - W6FVI
----- Original Message -----
From: "W3FPR - Don Wilhelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "MikeH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2: Tilt Bail Installation Question
Mike,
A goodly amount of force is normal. It is often difficult to hold the
bail and foot still and straight enough to get the proper screws into the
holes. I temporarily use the longest black screws that you have in the K2
kit (the ones that will be used to mount the final transistors) - use just
the long screw and a nut, you can put enough force on the bail and foot to
insert the long screw at an angle and start the nut on it. Then that
screw can be tightened enough to get the foot at a better angle - once you
have 2 temporary screws in that way, you can tighten them and then remove
one at a time and put the proper mounting screws in with their
lockwashers. It takes more time to tell about it than to do it.
73,
Don W3FPR
----- Original Message -----
I'm currently building my K2, and have come to the tilt bail installation
part. I must be missing something, because the force required to compress
the tilt bail between the two rubber feet seems very excessive. To make
the bail fit between to feet will require A LOT of force.
Is this normal? Whenever I have to really force something when building,
my first thought is that something is not right....although I really don't
see how anything could be wrong here. I appreciate any feedback.
Mike Hagey/NR7F
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