I had 4 mounted on the board and then 6 more in the hardware. I do see on A8 the notation about them possibly being mounted on the board. I will freely admit that I did a cursor glance at the parts list and dove in!
I love the automatic band detection! Nice! The amp is quiet and just loafs along. I am very happy with the amp. It will be a pleasure taking it to J6 for the WW DX test in November. W0MU On 6/27/2011 4:39 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Glad it went well, Mike. > > When you did the inventory, your manual should have had this notation about > the jack screw nuts on pg A8: > > "These may be supplied mounted on the I/O board connectors." > > I'm not sure why some are and some aren't. The Bill of Materials calls for > them to be "KPA500 Rear Panel Envelope - E850475". > > Glad it was obvious anyway, Hi! > > 73, > > Ron AC7AC > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Fatchett W0MU > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 3:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] KPA-500 SN 101 On the Air > > The kit went together in about 5 hours. > > The only sticking point I had with the build was with the Z panel. The > holes were not very close when attaching the back panel. > > Everything else in the build was pretty straight forward. The IO board > had the jack screws that had to be removed before the board could be > mounted. It was obvious what needed to be done but the manual might > want to warn others that this may have to be done. > > Heading to the shack to test out the RF. > > Mike W0MU > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
