N0SS's CW Tuning Indcator
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I finally got the time to build one of Tom's SMT CW Tuning Indicators today
(retirement is hell) and I would like to report that it does a fine job. I was surprised at how much room there was for it. I pictured a real tight squeeze but I ended up with all kinds of room. I attached mine with some double sided foam tape. Tom did a fine job with this one. I am planning to put the second one in my K1. Can anyone who has already done this pass along any helpful information? I thought that I would use the Tuning Indicator to drive an LED hidden behind the front panel so that the light would shine between the front panel and the buttons. John K7SVV --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.797 / Virus Database: 541 - Release Date: 11/15/2004 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Hi John:
At 07:38 PM 11/19/04, John wrote: >I finally got the time to build one of Tom's SMT CW Tuning Indicators >today (retirement is hell) and I would like to report that it does a fine >job. I was surprised at how much room there was for it. I pictured a >real tight squeeze but I ended up with all kinds of room. I attached mine >with some double sided foam tape. Tom did a fine job with this one. I am >planning to put the second one in my K1. Can anyone who has already done >this pass along any helpful information? I thought that I would use the >Tuning Indicator to drive an LED hidden behind the front panel so that the >light would shine between the front panel and the buttons. As of this writing, to my knowledge, at least one builder has installed the CW Tuning Indicator in his K1. I'll be adding some K1 (and KX1) installation notes to my current set of K2 installation docs soon... but maybe not for a another few days. Here's the note I received from Steve: Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:09:23 -0800 From: Steve Hostetler <[hidden email]> To: Elecraft <[hidden email]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Elecraft] K6XX/N0SS Tuning Indicator in K1 X-BeenThere: [hidden email] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Elecraft Discussion List <elecraft.mailman.qth.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft>, <mailto:[hidden email]?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft> List-Post: <mailto:[hidden email]> List-Help: <mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft>, <mailto:[hidden email]?subject=subscribe> I've had Tom's SMD version in my K2 for a couple weeks and it works great. I just finished testing one in my K1. It also works great, and may be more useful to me than the one in the K2. All connections to the indicator are easily picked off J1 (AF from P1, GND from P3 and 12V from P16). I'm going to mount an SMD LED behind a 1/16 inch hole in the front panel. Thanks to Bob and Tom. Steve, kx7r It appears that the easiest place to actually pick off the connections might be from the MAIN BOARD, instead of the FP BOARD, but I'm still cogitating on this, Will post something a little more solid soon... as soon as I can 'plunk' one into my K1 for testing. Above, Steve states that he picked his AF input from J1-1, but in further discussion, I think he actually used J1-2 (the high side of the AFin pot. You might try both and see which you prefer. In fact, you might use J1-1 for alignment and J1-2 for the final (in use) installation, as J1-1 appears to provide a SIDETONE input for alignment, while J1-2 might not provide quite as high a level of SIDETONE during normal operation, which I think might be wise. 73, Tom N0SS _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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I have Tom's indicator as well, just haven't had time to build it yet. You
need to talk to Joe, W4JHR. He built it for his K1 and has been extremely pleased. You can reach him at [hidden email] 73's Jack K5FSE Treas QRP ARCI [hidden email] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hammond" <[hidden email]> To: "John" <[hidden email]>; "Elecraft Mail List" <[hidden email]> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 5:33 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] N0SS's CW Tuning Indcator > Hi John: > > At 07:38 PM 11/19/04, John wrote: > >I finally got the time to build one of Tom's SMT CW Tuning Indicators > >today (retirement is hell) and I would like to report that it does a fine > >job. I was surprised at how much room there was for it. I pictured a > >real tight squeeze but I ended up with all kinds of room. I attached mine > >with some double sided foam tape. Tom did a fine job with this one. I am > >planning to put the second one in my K1. Can anyone who has already done > >this pass along any helpful information? I thought that I would use the > >Tuning Indicator to drive an LED hidden behind the front panel so that the > >light would shine between the front panel and the buttons. > > As of this writing, to my knowledge, at least one builder has installed the > CW Tuning Indicator in his K1. > > I'll be adding some K1 (and KX1) installation notes to my current set of K2 > installation docs soon... but maybe not for a another few days. > > Here's the note I received from Steve: > > Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:09:23 -0800 > From: Steve Hostetler <[hidden email]> > To: Elecraft <[hidden email]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Subject: [Elecraft] K6XX/N0SS Tuning Indicator in K1 > X-BeenThere: [hidden email] > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 > Precedence: list > List-Id: Elecraft Discussion List <elecraft.mailman.qth.net> > List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft>, > <mailto:[hidden email]?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft> > List-Post: <mailto:[hidden email]> > List-Help: <mailto:[hidden email]?subject=help> > List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft>, > <mailto:[hidden email]?subject=subscribe> > > I've had Tom's SMD version in my K2 for a couple weeks and > it works great. I just finished testing one in my K1. It > also works great, and may be more useful to me than the one > in the K2. All connections to the indicator are easily > picked off J1 (AF from P1, GND from P3 and 12V from P16). > > I'm going to mount an SMD LED behind a 1/16 inch hole in the > front panel. > > Thanks to Bob and Tom. > > Steve, kx7r > > It appears that the easiest place to actually pick off the connections > might be from the MAIN BOARD, instead of the FP BOARD, but I'm still > cogitating on this, > > Will post something a little more solid soon... as soon as I can 'plunk' > one into my K1 for testing. > > Above, Steve states that he picked his AF input from J1-1, but in further > discussion, I think he actually used J1-2 (the high side of the AFin pot. > You might try both and see which you prefer. In fact, you might use J1-1 > for alignment and J1-2 for the final (in use) installation, as J1-1 > to provide a SIDETONE input for alignment, while J1-2 might not provide > quite as high a level of SIDETONE during normal operation, which I think > might be wise. > > 73, > > Tom N0SS > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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