Re: K2 assy: oops: threw out filter bag with alignment # on it

[Allen C. Ward]

When building kits I always take all envelopes, packing material etc. and
keep the mess in a paper grocery bag until I am SURE that the kit is
correctly assembled and is aligned and works properly.  Several times I have
found small parts clinging to the paper debris after they came up "missing."
This comes from 50 years of kit assembly and adherence to Murphy's Laws (if
anything can go wrong, it will and the lost part is one for which you have
no spares).
Allen KA5N

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[Paul Bruneau]

On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:31 AM, Allen C. Ward wrote:

> When building kits I always take all envelopes, packing material etc.
> and keep the mess in a paper grocery bag until I am SURE that the kit
> is correctly assembled and is aligned and works properly.  Several
> times I have found small parts clinging to the paper debris after they
> came up "missing." This comes from 50 years of kit assembly and
> adherence to Murphy's Laws (if anything can go wrong, it will and the
> lost part is one for which you have no spares).
> Allen KA5N

Where were you when the original poster needed you??? :)

My K2 arrived yesterday (#4818) and I have begun the recommended full
inventory. I have saved everything and am treating this kit with a
level of care and detail unlike anything I have ever done.

The care and detail that Elecraft put into this thing inspires me to
want to do everything right, which is quite against my usual habit.

To see me almost fondling every capacitor as I took it out of the RF
board bag and logged it must have been a sight. I fear I am becoming
obsessed.

-Paul
KB8NMZ

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[Andrew Moore-4]

> To see me almost fondling every capacitor as I took it out of the RF
> board bag and logged it must have been a sight. I fear I am becoming
> obsessed.

You think you're obsessed now?  Wait until you start operating CW on
that K2.

--Andrew, NV1B



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[Margaret Leber]

Allen C. Ward wrote:

> Several times I have found small parts clinging to the paper debris
> after they came up "missing."

So true...one small inhibiting factor acting against me starting K2 1641
(for five years!) was that one resistor pack came up missing during the
initial inventory. While completeing the (much delayed) inventory, I
found the errant RP stuck under the flap of one of the envelopes.

73 de Maggie K3XS

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