K2 7109 initial power on test

[EMD]

Well I'm happy to say that the initial power on test went well.  I have only finished up to page 44 where it says RF Probe assembly, but I was happy to see that it everything worked as advertised.  I have to say that I'm delighted that I did not smell smoke or had any other problems sending me to the trouble shooting section, so far.

Excited 73,
Ed KE7HGA

[Don Wilhelm-4]

  Ed,

Congratulations!

Continue to have fun building the K2 - it gets better as it goes on.

Actually, that probe is the internal counter probe rather than an RF
Probe.  The package does contain the parts for an RF Probe that you can
assemble on the remains of the switch spacing tool, but no explicit
instructions are provided.  The RF probe schematic is on page 9 of
Appendix E.

Be watchful of the soldering, and leave no leads unsoldered - especially
watch for the "pin 1 problem" - the solder pads for the ICs are round
for the pin 1 location and rectangular for the others, so pin 1 is
easily overlooked.

Do not work when you are tired - that is when mistakes happen, and be
careful - some of those components have a habit of jumping out of the
proper holes and getting into holes of their own desires.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/8/2011 8:21 PM, EMD wrote:
> Well I'm happy to say that the initial power on test went well.  I have only
> finished up to page 44 where it says RF Probe assembly, but I was happy to
> see that it everything worked as advertised.  I have to say that I'm
> delighted that I did not smell smoke or had any other problems sending me to
> the trouble shooting section, so far.
>
> Excited 73,
> Ed KE7HGA
>
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