K2 upgrade kit question about L31

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I’m in the E850138 upgrade kit right now, and the included inductor L31 seems to be a bit off.

The value listed in the instructions is 12 uH, but the actual part is a blue ceramic inductor with stripes Brown-Brown-Black, which I read as 11 uH.

Does this seem like a packing mistake, and I should hold out for a 12 uH part? Or does it fall into the “close enough” category?

Thanks.

Doug, W0UHU.
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[Don Wilhelm]

Doug,

Try better lighting - I think you will find the center stripe is
actually red.  Alternately, ask a woman to read the colors - their color
perception is usually much better than men's.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/22/2020 4:03 PM, Douglas Hagerman via Elecraft wrote:
> I’m in the E850138 upgrade kit right now, and the included inductor L31 seems to be a bit off.
>
> The value listed in the instructions is 12 uH, but the actual part is a blue ceramic inductor with stripes Brown-Brown-Black, which I read as 11 uH.
>
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[Eric Norris-2]

I can confirm that Don's suggestion not only works, but is a great
ice-breaker at parties and bars :-)

73 Eric WD6DBM

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020, 1:45 PM Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Doug,
>
> Try better lighting - I think you will find the center stripe is
> actually red.  Alternately, ask a woman to read the colors - their color
> perception is usually much better than men's.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 11/22/2020 4:03 PM, Douglas Hagerman via Elecraft wrote:
> > I’m in the E850138 upgrade kit right now, and the included inductor L31
> seems to be a bit off.
> >
> > The value listed in the instructions is 12 uH, but the actual part is a
> blue ceramic inductor with stripes Brown-Brown-Black, which I read as 11 uH.
> >
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Orly? Next time I go to a party or bar I will try it! That will be in about 2099 at the current rate, though.

In the meantime, what do I do?

Doug, W0UHU.

> On 22Nov, 2020, at 3:24 PM, Eric Norris <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I can confirm that Don's suggestion not only works, but is a great ice-breaker at parties and bars :-)
>
> 73 Eric WD6DBM

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[Eric Norris-2]

Make a picture of it your Zoom background.

73 Eric WD6DBM

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020, 2:37 PM Douglas Hagerman <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Orly? Next time I go to a party or bar I will try it! That will be in
> about 2099 at the current rate, though.
>
> In the meantime, what do I do?
>
> Doug, W0UHU.
>
> > On 22Nov, 2020, at 3:24 PM, Eric Norris <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
> >
> > I can confirm that Don's suggestion not only works, but is a great
> ice-breaker at parties and bars :-)
> >
> > 73 Eric WD6DBM
>
>

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[Bill Frantz]

And men are much more likely to have red-green colorblindness.
We only discovered that my father-in-law was colorblind when my
son was tested as being colorblind. My mother-in-law said, "So
that's why he always picked really badly matched ties."

73 Bill AE6JV

On 11/22/20 at 4:45 PM, [hidden email] (Don Wilhelm) wrote:

>Try better lighting - I think you will find the center stripe
>is actually red.  Alternately, ask a woman to read the colors -
>their color perception is usually much better than men's.
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[k6dgw]

That usually leads to, "Sort of a light salmon, a little pinker,
bluish-green, and mauve" when I ask, Don.  Males have no idea what mauve is.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 11/22/2020 1:45 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Doug,
>
> Try better lighting - I think you will find the center stripe is
> actually red.  Alternately, ask a woman to read the colors - their
> color perception is usually much better than men's.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>

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[Don Wilhelm]

I do not know what mauve is either.

My wife says I had only 8 crayons in my box while she had 64!
I am amazed at her color perception and memory.  She can look at a color
and go to the store and have them duplicate it exactly - even without a
sample for matching.

Having done professional woodworking for 10 years, I can do good at wood
stains and shades, so she leaves me to do that - I do not tinker with
her color perception.  If it is shades of brown, I can handle it, but I
leave the rest to her.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/22/2020 6:23 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> That usually leads to, "Sort of a light salmon, a little pinker,
> bluish-green, and mauve" when I ask, Don.  Males have no idea what mauve
> is.
>
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[Vic Rosenthal]

Ha ha, brings back memories of building my K2 with my then-small
daughter sitting with me reading off resistor colors and feeling /very/
important! Today she has 4 little ones of her own.

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
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CWops no. 5
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On 22-Nov-2020 23:45, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> Doug,
>
> Try better lighting - I think you will find the center stripe is
> actually red.  Alternately, ask a woman to read the colors - their color
> perception is usually much better than men's.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 11/22/2020 4:03 PM, Douglas Hagerman via Elecraft wrote:
>> I’m in the E850138 upgrade kit right now, and the included inductor
>> L31 seems to be a bit off.
>>
>> The value listed in the instructions is 12 uH, but the actual part is
>> a blue ceramic inductor with stripes Brown-Brown-Black, which I read
>> as 11 uH.
>>
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