Every engineering new grad wants to be the Design Engineer, never knowing how complex and demanding Product Engineering can be. Nearly 50 email list posts leads to 1/16" change in screw length. I'd be amazed and stunned, except I've seen it so many times. Count up all the parts in your radio, multiply by all the possible dimensions that could matter, and then multiply by all the possible values for those dimensions [or reverse the order, multiplication is commutative], and only those who truly understand the magnitude of the National debt can understand a number that large. And no, I am not a Product Engineer, nor do I play one on TV. I just have a huge respect for them. When was the last Nobel awarded to one?
I am amazed that the "Early Elecraft" decided to offer kits, and has succeeded so well, given all those like me who, given a technological challenge, cannot fail to screw it up, or so it seems. Fred K6DGW Auburn CA KX1, K2, K3,KPA100, P3, and misc other stuff On 12/10/2011 4:06 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > The Z bracket should be secure and tight against the side of the heat sink. > My KPA500 has 5/16" screws and they tighten the Z-bracket so it does not > move. More recently there have been comments that the 5/16" screws are too > long, and the length of those screws has now been reduced to 1/4" to ensure > they don't "bottom out" against the threaded hole in the heat sink before > they are tight. > ______________________________________________________________ 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
