Ok thanks for the info, Don. I've actually been having success with a slightly different method for the ones on the tops of the cans. What I do now is form the lead and put it in place through the grounding hole (a spare anti-stat foam pad under the RF board for them to stick into helps). Then, with a small blob of solder on the iron, I hold the lead in place on top of the can with the right finger and make a quick-n-crappy solder connection at the grounding hole. This freezes the lead in place. Then it's a simple matter to solder it onto the can in 2 secs or less because it's all held firmly in place for me. Then I go under the board and repair the actual ground connection at the hole.
I did the reference osc., BFO and the 2 filter cans this way earlier this eve and it worked great. I'm going to try a variant of that on X7-11 tomorrow. On my first K2 some years ago I discovered the biggest problem is holding the #$^@#$ little things in place while you solder them. I don't know how I did them on my first K2, but it's going a lot better on this one..... 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K1-still-a-classic-tp7615852p7615939.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
