Stephen wrote:
Hello and have fun.
I used an old pencil soldering iron, clamped it vertically, removed the
tip and filled the cavity with solder.
I then dip the end of wire into the cavity. Works very well. That's how
2330 got done.
take care.
Hi gentlefolks,
Home construction has re-commenced at G0XAR after a lengthy gap due to heavy
work commitments and having to re-establish a shack, and aerials (thanks to
M0PUB and G0BBL for a very pleasent summer weekend getting them rigged...).
I found some transparent small (1 meal sized) freezer boxes in Lakeland
Plastics on St Stephens Street in Norwich (they have branches in other towns
however I am not sure about the colonies ;-) ), they were about £4 for 50.
These are the same form factor as used by some Chinese takaways and are
really handy for component storage - being transparent you can see whats in
them - and they stack. So I have said fairwell to all those altoid tins.
tobacco tins and biscuit tins...stuff is easier to find and things are much
tidier as a result. Having only a little time to fool around in the shack
means that every second counts...I would rather spend it making things rather
that looking for things...
I am currently constructing "Yet Another Small Aerial" a 5 foot whip tuned by
switchable toroids. In the course of building a VSWR indicator for it I have
found the "Copper Island Construction Kit" I bought at Rochdale some years to
be very useful...not sure if these are available any more , The concept is to
use a piece of single sided PCB as a ground plane and to superglue small
discs of PCB material to it - these islands are then used to solder the
components to....once one gets used to the technique it is a remarkably quick
way of working.
Once this is complete I'll probably start work on my K2 - Number 3354, which
will be fitted with the Top band, ATU and SSB options - I understand that
there are people who like to keep track of where all the K2s are - well 3354
is here in Norfolk, England.....
Just out of interest does anyone know where I can obtain or how I can make
solder pot. Like most of us in our 50s my eyesight is not what is was. So
tinning component leads, for example Toroids, can be a challenge..it seems to
me that using a pot might make things easier.
Lastly I have a couple of Howes kits - a frequency marker and a direct
conversion RX covering 10, 15 and i think 18 Mhz,,,,the marker works, the RX
needs completing..happy to pass them on to a good home. And does anyone have
a spare Norcal 38 Special kit they wish to part with.....mine seems to have
been lost in the move from Wiltshire to Norfolk....and I would dearly like
another one....
--
73
Fernando N2FQ/NNNØJYM
San Jose, CA
<http://pages.sbcglobal.net/n2fq>
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