While you can certainly follow DW's advice, there's an errata to the manual due to be released in a day or two that says to simply solder the leads to the pads even though they don't pass through the holes. Without flooding the board with solder, just use enough to make a good connection between the leads and the pads. The existing errata shows a picture of how that looks when it's done. The solder joints are plenty strong enough to hold the diffuser even though the shorter leads don't pass through the board.
Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DW Holtman Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:21 PM To: Paul Ledbetter; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 LCD Diffuser Paul, I just ran into the same problem, what I came up with can be seen on the link below. Hope this helps. http://www.heavymetalradios.com/ Best, DW Holtman WB7SSN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Ledbetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:09 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K2 LCD Diffuser > Hello! > I am building the K2, and have reached the point where > I am installing the LCD Backlight diffuser...the leads > are about 1/8 of an inch long. I am supposed to put > two spacers under the diffuser, and then solder it in place...has > anyone else had the problem of leads too short? What is the solution > to this...did Elecraft send out a few with too short of leads? Am I > missing something? > Thanks! > WB0MZT > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
