Thanks, Dale. Glad I am not alone, HI! On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Dale Harding K7DNH (via Nabble) < ml-user+195342-848167...@n2.nabble.com<ml-user%2b195342-848167...@n2.nabble.com> > wrote:
> John - > > I had the exact same experience - reversed several steps to see if I had > done something wrong - went back together and same thing occured. It is a > tight fit - just loosen several of the 2D screws and give it just a bit of a > slight nudge and SLOWLY tighten screws, each a bit at a time, unitl all are > tight again - works fine and no smoke!! ( Whew!! ) hihi... now if I can > just figure out how to adjust the oscillator without spending three weeks > turning the VFO to get to the frequency.... posting a query on that in just > a minute... > > > Dale > > > John N1JM wrote: > Probably not a big deal, but in putting together my kit(after 2 months > sitting on my bench)I had some difficulty in mating the bottom of the front > > panel and aligning the connectors to the edge of the RF board. After > finally > getting that accomplished, the holes at the bottom corners of the front > panel didn't quite line up with the threaded holes in the 2D blocks . The > 2D blocks are oriented correctly. I had to push against the panel to make > the holes line up. Loosening the 2D blocks > didn't help and the connectors were seated together with no gaps and > inserted properly. Anyway, as I said no big deal, but was concerned because > > everything prior went together so smoothly and I might have put something > together wrong but double checked all my work to make sure I hadn't missed > something. Resistance checks were ok and now I am at the point of applying > power to test for smoke. This is a fun project. > > 73, > John N1JM > > 73, > > Dale K7DNH > > > ------------------------------ > This email is a reply to your post @ > http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Kit-slight-concern-tp2538669p2538760.html > You can reply by email or by visting the link above. > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Kit-slight-concern-tp2538669p2539341.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
