K60XV Manual suggestion

[Mike Markowski]

I finished putting the 60m board together over the weekend - it works
fine, no problems there! - and thought I'd post a small suggestion to
improve the manual.  On p. 10 it says, "Re-install the heatsink panel."
 No sooner is that completed than you find on p. 11 the directions, "If
you'll be using phono jacks on the lower rear panel/heatsink: Remove any
masking tape from the phono jack holes in the heatsink. If the inside
surface is painted, scrape or sand away sufficient paint for the
connectors to make good contact."

The phono jack holes on mine had not been taped over, so after putting
the heat sink on I had to immediately take it back off to sand off the
paint on the inside near the holes.  Not really a big deal, but it
would've been easier to sand and only then reinstall the panel,
prompting this minor suggestion.

This is such a fun kit.  Does anyone else find it ironic that building a
new K2 keeps you so busy that you rarely find yourself on the air?  I'm
sure there's a deep yin/yang philosophy in there somewhere...

73,
Mike  AB3AP
Avondale, PA
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[Mark J. Schreiner]

Mike, I agree with your comments.  Since I was installing a couple of mods at once I sort of "thought ahead" rather than blindly following the manual.  I sanded off the painted area actually I think when I was doing the initial heat sink installation of the basic K2 in order to save a step later on.  An even better suggestion which I think was mentioned here previously would be to have those areas masked off like the other areas were.  Well, maybe that will happen on a future release anyway.  Nonetheless, given that the only "chassis work" I had to do was a bit of sanding and I didn't have to do any raw fabrication I guess I can't complain.

Too much time building and not enough time operating?  Since I've gotten the K2 going it seems like my SSB module that is built up may never get into the K2!  Too much fun operating (as much fun as the building was, the operating is awesome!).  Actually, I hope to get the SSB module installed this week.  It was just built early last week, so has only been sitting idle for a short time so far.  Will be fun to try the K2 on PSK31 as well if not SSB.

73,

Mark, NK8Q
K2 #4786


>From: Mike Markowski <[hidden email]>
>Date: Mon Apr 11 14:13:13 CDT 2005
>To: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]>
>Subject: [Elecraft] K60XV Manual suggestion

>I finished putting the 60m board together over the weekend - it works
>fine, no problems there! - and thought I'd post a small suggestion to
>improve the manual.  On p. 10 it says, "Re-install the heatsink panel."
> No sooner is that completed than you find on p. 11 the directions, "If
>you'll be using phono jacks on the lower rear panel/heatsink: Remove any
>masking tape from the phono jack holes in the heatsink. If the inside
>surface is painted, scrape or sand away sufficient paint for the
>connectors to make good contact."
>
>The phono jack holes on mine had not been taped over, so after putting
>the heat sink on I had to immediately take it back off to sand off the
>paint on the inside near the holes.  Not really a big deal, but it
>would've been easier to sand and only then reinstall the panel,
>prompting this minor suggestion.
>
>This is such a fun kit.  Does anyone else find it ironic that building a
>new K2 keeps you so busy that you rarely find yourself on the air?  I'm
>sure there's a deep yin/yang philosophy in there somewhere...
>
>73,
>Mike  AB3AP
>Avondale, PA

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