[Elecraft] toroids et tweeks

2005-06-12 Thread Bart B
I recently completed the construction of K2 N4 4875 and it works very well! Last year, I built K1 nr 1875 and I now realize that I wound ALL its toroids with one turn too much! But K1 works OK Would I gain anything by correcting my mistake and rewinding the toroids with the proper number of tu

[Elecraft] KX 1 IC that won't seat...

2005-05-03 Thread Bart B
Many thanks for all of the advice. When building, I avoid too much heat and too much force. Just needed a little more pressure and it seated just fine. Worked first station last night. Now to build the tuner and go backpackingand fix the intermittent LED. __

[Elecraft] KX-1 IC will not remain seated properly.

2005-05-01 Thread Bart B
Just finished KX-1 1092. Working fine through final assembly. Problem is I cannot get main IC (28 pins) to remain seated. Sometimes lower portion of display isn't working...a bit of pressure on the IC and things are fine. Other times it comes far enough out of the socket that nothing works.