Errata! Check for errata!

[PA3GYU]

Yesterday I received an XG1 Receiver Test Oscillator. One resistor has the
wrong value: R8 (1.27 k) was actually delivered as 1.24 k. Claiming this at
Elecraft's much praised 'help-I'm-missing-a-part' department, Scott AH6KL
replied promptly and to the point:
>Yes you do have the correct resistor for XG-1 R8 as it needs to be 1.24 K
>ohms or 1240 ohms.  Inadvertently Elecraft did not include an errata with
>your kit describing this substitution.  Please go ahead and install the
>1240 ohm resistor at R8 with confidence. Apologies for the oversight.

Only after I received Scott's email, I checked at Elecraft's website and
noticed there is an errata for this kit. All it says is that R8 has a
different value and should be 1.24 k.... Darn, now why didn't I think of
checking the website for errata first?

Well, actually because I didn't think there could be an errata-sheet for a
four page manual: I figured it would be small enough to be up to date.
Apparently not.

I'll check the website again for the other kits I've received just to make
sure. There is always a chance new errata's are published.
Lesson learned, ymmv.

Bart de PA3GYU

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[Peter Zenker]

No need to do, Bart,
They have forgotten to put the errata into the kit. This happened first time
and I got an alarm message immediate from Elecraft to add it to my stock
kits. Normaly the erratas are in the kit.

73 de Peter, DL2FI
www.qrpproject.de

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>
> Yesterday I received an XG1 Receiver Test Oscillator. One
> resistor has the wrong value: R8 (1.27 k) was actually
> delivered as 1.24 k. Claiming this at Elecraft's much praised
> 'help-I'm-missing-a-part' department, Scott AH6KL replied
> promptly and to the point:
> >Yes you do have the correct resistor for XG-1 R8 as it needs
> to be 1.24
> >K ohms or 1240 ohms.  Inadvertently Elecraft did not include
> an errata
> >with your kit describing this substitution.  Please go ahead and
> >install the 1240 ohm resistor at R8 with confidence.
> Apologies for the oversight.
>
> Only after I received Scott's email, I checked at Elecraft's
> website and noticed there is an errata for this kit. All it
> says is that R8 has a different value and should be 1.24
> k.... Darn, now why didn't I think of checking the website
> for errata first?
>
> Well, actually because I didn't think there could be an
> errata-sheet for a four page manual: I figured it would be
> small enough to be up to date.
> Apparently not.
>
> I'll check the website again for the other kits I've received
> just to make sure. There is always a chance new errata's are
> published.
> Lesson learned, ymmv.
>
> Bart de PA3GYU
>
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[PA3GYU]

Peter,

>No need to do, Bart,
>They have forgotten to put the errata into the kit. This happened first time
>and I got an alarm message immediate from Elecraft to add it to my stock
>kits. Normaly the erratas are in the kit.
'Normally' being the key word here. Apparently they can't keep up at the
moment.

Case in point: my KX1 that also arrived this week and came with errata
sheet Rev B5 of Jan 30 2006. Following my own advice, I found errata sheet
Rev B-6 of April 12 2006 available on the website. And the differences
aren't trivial!

To Howard, AC4FS: just make sure that before you actually start building,
you check for new errata. Elecraft is known for its dedication to quality
and is continuously revising the errata sheets.
And from my own experience: when I received my K2 two years ago I wasn't in
a position to start building immediately. But I did whip out the manual and
read it front to back, back to front and probably sideways too. Applied the
changes mentioned in the errata. It was great pre-fun only to be topped by
the fun of the building itself. See if you can negotiate this with the wife
;-)

Bart de PA3GYU

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