Its OK to -very gently- stand up and line up toroids that might have
been shifted in shipping. If they resist movement, do not force them.
(They don't like abuse.. ;-)
But absolutely DO NOT readjust the spacing or location of turns on the
cores. On many of the cores, especially those in the
Hi Don,
My header on your message but I didn't say that. Take it up with Tom AK2B
you are quoting his message.
Regards,
Mike VP8NO
- Original Message -
From: Don Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft List elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 9:30 PM
Subject:
I was also thinking about the reckless abandon look of the mess of torroids
on the boards. when I hand crafted my K2 I made sure things were nice and
neat so I could say with pride that I built that. If someone looks inside my
K3 I'm definitely going to make sure they know that I did not make
Great pictures, I enjoyed going over each one in detail as I look forward to
building my own K3. As far as how the toroids look, I don't think the electrons
really care all that much :)
73 John K7FD
Stan Rife [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was also thinking about the reckless abandon look
of factory testing of your finished K3.
:-)
Craig
NZ0R
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stan Rife
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 3:11 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 assembly pictures posted
I was also thinking
Craig NZ0R wrote:
You could avoid the problem by convincing Elecraft to ship a torroids
(sic) only version of the kit. It would be the same kit but without the
torroids. You'd have the joy of winding them yourself and installing them on
the board. Of course you wouldn't get the benefit of
Not sure that would work, unless Elecraft had a different set of
stencils for the through-hole user-installed parts. Othewise the
solder paste would clog the holes. No - wait, these have to either be
wave soldered or hand soldered (toroids), after the reflow. So they
have stencils that mask the
ohh,
it seems to be very interesting link for all of us
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Craig, thanks for pictures!
It is as placebo for time of big waiting...
:-)
73!
Lexa, ok1dst
K3/10 #?
Craig Rairdin napsal(a):
This
Hi,
Interesting, but that jumble of toroids on the rf board is just plain
ugly. I like 'em neatly lined up like on my K2.
Regards,
Mike VP8NO
- Original Message -
From: Craig Rairdin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 1:51 PM
Subject:
Now I'm really beginning to freak out...
Quick nurse the screens !!!
73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 11:51:12 -0500, Craig Rairdin wrote:
This message didn't seem to go through on my first attempt last night. Sorry
if you get two copies...
I've posted page-by-page assembly pictures of my
In a message dated 11/3/2007 10:21:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi,
Interesting, but that jumble of toroids on the rf board is just plain
ugly. I like 'em neatly lined up like on my K2.
In SN 31 the toroids look more aligned and orderly. What I did note is the
So do I but, truth be told, I don't plan on spending that much time
looking at them. :)
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Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ???
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On 11/3/07, Mike Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Interesting, but that jumble of toroids on
Hi,
| Interesting, but that jumble of toroids on the rf board is just plain
| ugly. I like 'em neatly lined up like on my K2.
|
| I guess it's a matter of taste. I like something that looks like it was
| crafted with the care of human hands instead of everything being lined
up
| perfectly by a
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