Re: KX1 build photos
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John,
Those are excellent quality construction photos. Thanks for posting them! I was hoping to see a close-up of C56, which has no solder pads and is instead soldered directly to pins 2 and 3 of K1. Can you (or anyone else) suggest how to accomplish this step? Is this where hemostats (which I haven't yet acquired) might come in handy? Steve ----- Original Message ---- From: John Shadle <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email]; [hidden email] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 6:49:08 AM Subject: KX1 build photos Steve (and others), Here are some photos of my KX1 build from this spring. I have yet to add the 30m/80m mod, but hope to get on with it this month. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shadle/collections/72157600234577810/ (This is a link to a collection of amateur radio photos of mine, but it is easy to find the KX1 photo sets.) Like others have suggested, I decided to install L6 on the bottom side of the board (and there is a photo of that). My major problem during the build was in winding T1. Don't let those wires cross each other! :) Good luck and have fun! It will go quicker than you anticipate (most likely). -john, W4PAH Chapel Hill, NC ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news _______________________________________________ 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 was hoping to see a close-up of C56, which has no solder pads
> and is instead soldered directly to pins 2 and 3 of K1. I have page-by-page build photos of my KX1 at: http://www.craigr.com/coppermine/index.php?cat=23 Select the "Elecraft KX1" album, select the second page of photos, and you'll see "Page 34 (C56 Detail)". It's a little dark but you can see what I did. IIRC I tacked one pin down by heating the existing solder then worked on the other pin. Once I was happy with that I went back to the first pin and made sure it was adequately soldered. I also have page-by-page build photos of my K2: http://www.craigr.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=32 And KPA-100 http://www.craigr.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=34 And while we're at it, K3 photos: http://www.craigr.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=63 Craig NZ0R KX1 #1499 K1 #1966 K2/100 #4941 _______________________________________________ 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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In reply to this post by Steve Westfall
Actually, I had previously seen your pictures after Googling for "elecraft kx1 c56" yesterday, but it was a little too dark to see clearly what you had done. Thanks for the additional explanation. It sounds like your approach of tacking the first capacitor lead down to its pin and then working on the other will work.
(I feel a bit squeamish about cutting off those capacitor leads instead of sticking them through holes, but what the heck!) Thanks. Steve ----- Original Message ---- From: Craig Rairdin <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:41:59 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Re: KX1 build photos > I was hoping to see a close-up of C56, which has no solder pads > and is instead soldered directly to pins 2 and 3 of K1. I have page-by-page build photos of my KX1 at: http://www.craigr.com/coppermine/index.php?cat=23 Select the "Elecraft KX1" album, select the second page of photos, and you'll see "Page 34 (C56 Detail)". It's a little dark but you can see what I did. IIRC I tacked one pin down by heating the existing solder then worked on the other pin. Once I was happy with that I went back to the first pin and made sure it was adequately soldered. I also have page-by-page build photos of my K2: http://www.craigr.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=32 And KPA-100 http://www.craigr.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=34 And while we're at it, K3 photos: http://www.craigr.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=63 Craig NZ0R KX1 #1499 K1 #1966 K2/100 #4941 _______________________________________________ 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 _______________________________________________ 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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Heya All,
Got a don't do as I did for you. I wanted to use the battery holders for power while building my KX1, this turned out to be a mistake because I put the connector on the end without cutting the wires down to size first. This meant I had extra wire to stuff under the battery holders at the end of my build. I was able to do it by looping the wire, but it would have been better to just cut it to length as the manual said to. Not sure if the lead to my second booboo, but somehow I ended up stripping the start of the holes for battery holders on the back plate and ended up having to buy longer 2-56 screws and some nuts. So becareful about installing those screws, it doesn't take much to strip them and even though I made sure as best as I could that the battery holders where flat against the backplate, they stripped anyways. -chris ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.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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