Ken, Cutting the leads of the relay before soldering can cause internal damage to the relay - solder first and then trim the leads.
73, Don W3FPR On 6/24/2011 6:13 AM, Kenneth Race wrote: > Second question: I read ahead a little on the Part 2 instructions and was a > little confused with the C56 installation on page 34. Why does it have you > solder pins 2 and 3 of K1 when it seems that you cut them later and then > solder C56 to the pads? Wouldn't it be neater to cut the leads before > soldering and then put C56 on those pads? Or am I misunderstanding that > step? > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
