Jim, To remove the crystals, first clip off the ground lead. Then most likely you can heat one of the pins while putting a bit of pressure against the side of the crystal. As soon as you feel it move, heat the other pin and repeat. It will get easier after 2 or 3 passes, and you can get the crystal out one lead at a time.
Alternately, if you have 2 soldering irons, you can heat both pins at once. The leads are not connected to the case, so the case will not act as a big heat sink. Be gentle so you do not damage the board. 73, Don W3FPR Jim Giercyk wrote: > Thanks guys! I purchased all of the updates from A to B. It looks like > there are some substantial improvements, and I can't wait to get it up and > running again to hear what the new and improved rig sounds like. I also > bought a new set of XTALs, but I am dreading taking the old ones out. Any > tips on removing them without damaging the board? Since they are up against > the board it's impossible to cut the leads, and since the xtal basically acts > as a heat sink, I'm thinking it would take a lot of heat to get it out. > Thanks again, > > Jim > N2SUB > > > > _______________________________________________ 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
