Dave, W7AQK, wrote: Notwithstanding my dog Linus's efforts to the contrary (trying to eat my parts), the T1 is up and running. Still running tests though, but it tunes
fine. My firmware is v 1.07--looks like there has been an update since the manual was prepared. The only construction question I have is why we are instructed to wait until the board is full of parts before we do the parts on the bottom side of the board. Seems like it would have been easier to mount these first, still solder them from the bottom side, but then clip the leads flush on the top side. But I'm sure there's a good reason for doing it otherwise. ----------------- Congratulations, Dave! My prototype T1 has v 1.07. I think that was the last revision before shipments begun. What in the operating manual makes you suspect something different? Wayne wrote the owner's manual and I confess I haven't studied every statement in it for accuracy. Maybe a 1.07 change got missed that should be fixed. Thanks for the input on the assembly manual. That was my responsibility. I, too, prefer to mount parts while I can easily flush-cut the leads on the opposite side, but doing so in the T1 would likely cause interference with installing the relays. Both bottom-mounted caps end up right against the relay pins on the underside of the board after installation. We thought it would be easier to install the relays and to make sure they were all straight and properly seated against the board and all the pins were soldered before other parts are added. Since the bottom-mounted parts are also soldered on the bottom side, it didn't seem like it would be difficult to install them after the relays were in place. Putting them in last avoided any chance of breaking the capacitor leads by bending them back and forth to allow access to solder and inspect the relay pins. Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
