[Elecraft] K2 RF board - components on bottom?

2005-03-27 Thread Jim Harris
This may be too late to help you much. But, I'll give it a spin. This might be more useful to future builders. Many years ago in manufacturing we used a small plastic device that was about eight inches long and about a quarter inch high and tapered from one end at about a quarter inch to about

RE: [Elecraft] K2 RF board - components on bottom?

2005-03-27 Thread Stan Rife
, 2005 11:05 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K2 RF board - components on bottom? This may be too late to help you much. But, I'll give it a spin. This might be more useful to future builders. Many years ago in manufacturing we used a small plastic device that was about eight

[Elecraft] K2 RF board - components on bottom?

2005-03-26 Thread BobConvers
I was finally able to free up some blocks of time and begin construction of K2 #4565.  This, and my construction of a KX1 earlier this year, is the most satisfying and enjoyable experience in ham radio that I've had in years.  I've also learned a great deal monitoring the discussions on the

Re: [Elecraft] K2 RF board - components on bottom?

2005-03-26 Thread G3VVT
In a message dated 26/03/05 15:27:54 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After several failures, and much thought and preparation with pre-bending and tinning of leads, I was finally able to get C91, C88, RFC15 soldered to the correct points on the bottom of the board - with

RE: [Elecraft] K2 RF board - components on bottom?

2005-03-26 Thread W3FPR - Don Wilhelm
Bob, This is the way I mount and solder RFC15: Make nice gentle bends in the leads of RFC15 starting about 1/32 to 1/16 inch away from the choke body (close but not right at the body) - using fingers only (tools may apply too much pressure without any tactle indication) I bend the leads so they