subject:"\[Elecraft\] C9 on KIO3"

[Elecraft] C9 on KIO3

2011-05-05 Thread Bill W4ZV

aandrei wrote: Hi, I knocked out C9, a big capacitor (compared to the other SMDs) while reistalling the subRX. It got hooked by the coax from the Aux antenna. My question is, what does C9 do, and what would happen without it ? Also any suggestions ? I never did SMD soldering, and

Re: [Elecraft] C9 on KIO3

2011-05-05 Thread Adi Andrei

Encouraged by Gary Surrency's feedback that I can just replace it with a normal capacitor, I just went ahead and did it.. In any case, I understood from Gary that RS232 wouldn't work if I messed up, and RS232 worked totally fine, controlling the radio from Ham Radio Deluxe. So all good here

[Elecraft] C9 on KIO3

2011-05-04 Thread Adi Andrei

Hi, I knocked out C9, a big capacitor (compared to the other SMDs) while reistalling the subRX. It got hooked by the coax from the Aux antenna. My question is, what does C9 do, and what would happen without it ? Also any suggestions ? I never did SMD soldering, and also this one seems tricky.