I turned the board on edge and inserted the ground leads through the board from the back side. I then clamped the end with a pair of locking jeweler's tweezers and just let the tweezers hang down the side of the board. This made it easy to solder the lead. I then trimmed the lead and used a dental pick to form it appropriately along the side of the crystal.
On 2/28/06, Harvey Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Glenn. Here is the approach I used and it worked fine for me. I held each > xtal in one of those extra hands devices that has several alligator clips on > it. Then I put the ground wire in the other alligator clip and positioned it > so the wire is on the side of the xtal then solder. I did it this way on the > side of each xtal so when I put it on the board all I had to do was solder > the four leads on the board and trim. The alligator clip serves as a nice > little heat sink too. > > Harvey > KN6VP > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ON4WIX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:27 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] K2 - grounding of RCVR filter Xtals > > > Hi all > > My K2 s/n 5361 is coming together nicely, up to now I've encountered no > problems whatsoever. > I just installed the receiver filter Xtals X7 through X11 and now I've > arrived at the point where these Xtals have to be grounded (page 53, last > step). > The manual states that a special grounding technique is required for the > grounding of X7-X11. Instead of soldering a grounding lead to the top of the > Xtal housings the manual states that the grounding wires need to be soldered > to the sides of the housings. > There are 2 grounding pads for each Xtal. My question is: is it absolutely > imperative to use 2 grounding leads for each Xtal? I don't see too many > problems soldering the leads near the outer edge of the PC board, but the > soldering points at the opposite sides of the housings are awfully close to > RP4 and RP5... > Any suggestions as to how I should go about soldering the grounding leads at > those sides of the Xtal housings? > > Thanks for any advice. > > 73 de Glenn ON4WIX > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/271 - Release Date: 2/28/2006 > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/271 - Release Date: 2/28/2006 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
