When I put my KX1 key together, I also had to spend time adjusting the wires used as contacts. I made sure they were as close to the board as possible, but in the end, I had to take a small emery board (my wife's fingernail emery board... shh....), and file the tops of the wires just a tad. It wasn't much, but that made all the difference. The key works like a champ now.
And yup, the KX1 IS neat. Matt - K7OE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 6:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] KX1's Key Hi Elecrafters, Well, the KX1 I bought at Dayton is finished, including all of the options. Honestly, the hardest option was the KX1 key. I find that sometimes with mechanical construction I am spatially challenged. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out the drawings! Finally, after a number of dumb false starts, I got them together. They are still a bit touchy--I don't know why they go into occasional paroxysms of dashes--the manual says I may have to file down the silver wire a bit--are the tolerances that close? Anyone else experience the same maybe problem? Thanks. Preston Douglas WJ2V Oh, did I mention the KX1 is neat? _______________________________________________ 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
