When I put my KX1 key together, I also had to spend time adjusting the wires
used as contacts. I made sure they were as close to the board as possible,
but in the end, I had to take a small emery board (my wife's fingernail
emery board... shh....), and file the tops of the wires just a tad. It
wasn't much, but that made all the difference. The key works like a champ
now.
And yup, the KX1 IS neat.
Matt - K7OE
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Subject: [Elecraft] KX1's Key
Hi Elecrafters,
Well, the KX1 I bought at Dayton is finished, including all of the options.
Honestly, the hardest option was the KX1 key. I find that sometimes with
mechanical construction I am spatially challenged. For the life of me, I
couldn't figure out the drawings! Finally, after a number of dumb false
starts, I
got them together. They are still a bit touchy--I don't know why they go
into occasional paroxysms of dashes--the manual says I may have to file down
the
silver wire a bit--are the tolerances that close? Anyone else experience
the same maybe problem?
Thanks.
Preston Douglas WJ2V
Oh, did I mention the KX1 is neat?
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