John, Yes, 1 megohm of resistance to ground for the negative side of Ctrl Bd C13 is a problem, and yes it should be connected to ground. If you have damaged the through-plated hole during your removal techniques, you should connect the lead to ground somewhere on the back of the Control Board - adding a wire to the center leg of the 8 volt regulator would be a good way to do it - because soldering the capacitor on the component side of the board would be most difficult - that capacitor will be responding to lower frequency noise rather than HF, so a moderate length added wire should work just fine.
73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > ... > Now, I have a question (of course). > My first resolder job was C13 on Control Board was, naturally, the > worst. On replacing the cap, I note that the pad is damaged on the > negative lead. I soldered over to an undamaged part (I hope > successfully). > > My question: is the negative lead supposed to be directly to ground? > (perhaps soldered on the top of the board) I get about a meg of > resistance between the lead and ground. > Is this a problem? > ... > _______________________________________________ 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
