Hi, Paul. Looking at the picture you posted of the two capacitors, C45 is the blue one. If you look closely, you will see that the leads coming out of the case are "preformed". That is, they are bent in slightly. If you measure where they exit the body of the cap, you will see that the spacing is wider than the disc cap. So the blue epoxy is for C45, and the tan disc is for C56. C56 actually mounts directly on the pins of relay K1. That is why you need the tighter spacing there. Have Fun! 73 de Bruce, N1RX KX1 #849 K2 #4444
Original message: Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 12:53:34 -0400 From: Paul Bruneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Elecraft] KX1 C45 or C56? To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Hi- I have KX1#1194 construction going well, but I can't tell C45 from C56. The manual says to rely on the lead spacing, but both caps' leads have the same spacing of about .1" The manual does say that C45 might be a disc cap, and one of my 68pF caps is indeed a disc, but it says to go by the lead spacing to know for sure, so I'm a little stuck. Can someone check out the picture I took and let me know which one is C45? http://ethicalpaul.com/share/c45.jpg Thank you! Paul, KB8NMZ K2 4818 and now KX1 1194 _______________________________________________ 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
