Fred, Do it the easy way and leave it the way it is. Pushing all components down tight against the board is not a good idea because it can break the leads or fracture the case. There is no harm in mounting parts such as transistors and varactors with the body 1/16 to 1/8 inch above the board.
73, Don W3FPR Fred Keller wrote: > I am currently in second stage of assembly of the RF board. After > soldering D23, D24, D25 and D26 I noticed that D25 is not flush with > the board. It is sitting above the board by about 1/16th of an inch. > I reheated the two solder joints and try push the diode flush to the > board, but it seems as if it is being held up by some sort of burr on > the lead. I have been reluctant to use the solder wick to remove and > re-install the diode for fear that I might overheat and damage the > diode. My questions are: > > 1. Is this 1/16" gap on D25 significant if the other diodes are flush? > 2. Should I take the risk and remove and remount D25? or > 3. Should I move forward with the construction and wait to see how > the system performs before I attempt to re-mount D25. > > Fred, KC9QQ > _______________________________________________ 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
