Yes, inventorying is a very good idea, and sometimes there are parts of
the same value but of two different types, like a regular 25pF cap and
an NPO one that's the same value, to be used in different areas.
The resistors are taken care of with the K2, no problems there, but
there are a lot of other parts. I found good old antistatic foam to be
great for sticking the parts in, I had all my caps by value smallest to
largest, etc., they the parts stick up in it so they're easy to pick
up.
73 de Alex NS6Y
On Mar 20, 2006, at 2:13 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
Ian Stirling wrote:
The most important step in my opinion is to
do a full inventory, at the same time partitioning
components that look similar to separate marked
locations.
I strongly second Ian's inventory comment, and his reasons for doing
it. It's a bit of a drag, and we all want to heat up the solder
station and start the "real" building, but a complete inventory will
likely prevent micro, mini, and mega disasters.
Also, beware of inadvertently mixing up a part value with a reference
designator, there are a lot of words in the assembly instruction book,
and nearly all of them are important! (e.g., and speaking from
experience, starting to install "C25" and fetching a 25pf cap for it
when the real value is 15pf)
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
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