Helps a lot, Jim. Yes...you answered my question in that you have done it. So, I'll set aside a morning where I swear off coffee (steadier hands) and using a new razor blade give it a try. Didn't know the cable in the kit is RG178 which is about 30% smaller than RG174. I don't see anyplace on the board to tack on a RG174 cable as the pads for the SMT components are so small. It's actually a beautiful board.
For anyone who stumbles on this thread, I'm not being critical of the DXE kit. Nor am I inexperienced in building stuff (several QRP radios including the K2). Looking at the size of the cable, I'm not at all sure I can make this happen. I really do want the buffer amp installed in my K2. Nothing ventured, nothing gained so say the sages. On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 1:03 PM Jim KO5V <[email protected]> wrote: > Clark, > > Sorry, I should have read your question a bit more carefully - not enough > coffee, I guess. > > I used the small RG178 cable that came with the kit. > > I carefully used a one-sided razor blade to cut the outer jacket and > dielectric. I stripped the outer jacket back about 1/2", then cut the braid > back so about 1/8" was exposed beyond the jacket. I bent a cut resistor > lead around the braid, soldered it, and then bent that forward. It wasn't > difficult to strip the dielectric to expose the center conductor. I had to > be careful, but it really wasn't too hard (but I did use my magnifying > glasses!). > > For what it's worth, all of the the pictures of the 3-wire pigtail in my > instructions show RG174 (and mention that). Maybe you could use the > "bigger" cable. > > I hope this helps, and actually answers your question. > > 73, Jim KO5V > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > -- 73, Clark, WU4B QRPARCI #10815 SKCC #3892 NAQCC #5055 CWOPS #1869 Collins Collectors #AC90-12432 Southeastern DX Club <http://www.sedxc.org> North Georgia QRP Club <http://www.nogaqrp.org> *"It is vain to do with more what can be done with less."* *Attributed to *William of Occam (1288 AD - 1348 AD) ______________________________________________________________ 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]
