Yup, makes sense now. Thanks for the clarification. 73 de James K2QI
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Stewart <[email protected]>wrote: > No, you still have the diode and resistor in series. > > However as the each of the vias go to pads 15 & 20 of the > connectors respectively, soldering to the pads is an alternative > to soldering to the vias. > > You can check the continuity with a VOM just to make sure. > > Hope that's OK ? > > 73 > Stewart G3RXQ > > > On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:14:06 -0400, James Sarte wrote: > > Solder the components directly to the pads; you mean in parallel > instead of series??? I'm probably wrong, but I'm having a hard > time visualizing this for some reason. Please explain. > > > > Thanks! > > James K2QI > > > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Stewart > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I found it easier to solder the components directly to the > connector pads. > >> > >> End result is the same, no more VFO tuning noise on 6m. > > > >> 73 > >> Stewart G3RXQ > > On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:20:12 -0500 (CDT), Bill W4ZV wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > John Lemay wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hello all > >> >> > >> >> Has anyone carried out the VFO tuning noise reduction > modification yet ? > >>> > >> >> The photo is a little unclear (or maybe it's my eyes) - it > looks as though > >> >> one resistor-diode combination has the anode connected to > the resistor and > >> >> the other pair has the cathode connected to the resistor. > Have I got this > >>> right ? > >> >> > >> > > >> > Yes that's correct...note the orientation of the black band > on the diodes. > >> > I first soldered the resistor-diode combination at > approximately the same > >> > acute angles in the photographs. Then align the ends so that > they match the > >> vias on the PC board. After soldering I checked the resistance > between pins > >> > 15 and 20 on the connectors. I got ~800k one way and ~5.5M > the other. > >> > > >> > 73, Bill > > > > > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > -- 73 de James K2QI ______________________________________________________________ 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
