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Home construction has re-commenced at G0XAR after a lengthy gap due to heavy work commitments and having to re-establish a shack, and aerials (thanks to M0PUB and G0BBL for a very pleasent summer weekend getting them rigged...). I found some transparent small (1 meal sized) freezer boxes in Lakeland Plastics on St Stephens Street in Norwich (they have branches in other towns however I am not sure about the colonies ;-) ), they were about £4 for 50. These are the same form factor as used by some Chinese takaways and are really handy for component storage - being transparent you can see whats in them - and they stack. So I have said fairwell to all those altoid tins. tobacco tins and biscuit tins...stuff is easier to find and things are much tidier as a result. Having only a little time to fool around in the shack means that every second counts...I would rather spend it making things rather that looking for things... I am currently constructing "Yet Another Small Aerial" a 5 foot whip tuned by switchable toroids. In the course of building a VSWR indicator for it I have found the "Copper Island Construction Kit" I bought at Rochdale some years to be very useful...not sure if these are available any more , The concept is to use a piece of single sided PCB as a ground plane and to superglue small discs of PCB material to it - these islands are then used to solder the components to....once one gets used to the technique it is a remarkably quick way of working. Once this is complete I'll probably start work on my K2 - Number 3354, which will be fitted with the Top band, ATU and SSB options - I understand that there are people who like to keep track of where all the K2s are - well 3354 is here in Norfolk, England..... Just out of interest does anyone know where I can obtain or how I can make solder pot. Like most of us in our 50s my eyesight is not what is was. So tinning component leads, for example Toroids, can be a challenge..it seems to me that using a pot might make things easier. Lastly I have a couple of Howes kits - a frequency marker and a direct conversion RX covering 10, 15 and i think 18 Mhz,,,,the marker works, the RX needs completing..happy to pass them on to a good home. And does anyone have a spare Norcal 38 Special kit they wish to part with.....mine seems to have been lost in the move from Wiltshire to Norfolk....and I would dearly like another one.... -- Stephen Farthing _______________________________________________ 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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Type "solder pot" in search. They do international shipping. Tony W7GO _______________________________________________ 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 stephen Farthing
Stephen wrote:
Hello and have fun. I used an old pencil soldering iron, clamped it vertically, removed the tip and filled the cavity with solder. I then dip the end of wire into the cavity. Works very well. That's how 2330 got done. take care. >Hi gentlefolks, > > Home construction has re-commenced at G0XAR after a lengthy gap due to heavy >work commitments and having to re-establish a shack, and aerials (thanks to >M0PUB and G0BBL for a very pleasent summer weekend getting them rigged...). > > I found some transparent small (1 meal sized) freezer boxes in Lakeland >Plastics on St Stephens Street in Norwich (they have branches in other towns >however I am not sure about the colonies ;-) ), they were about £4 for 50. >These are the same form factor as used by some Chinese takaways and are >really handy for component storage - being transparent you can see whats in >them - and they stack. So I have said fairwell to all those altoid tins. >tobacco tins and biscuit tins...stuff is easier to find and things are much >tidier as a result. Having only a little time to fool around in the shack >means that every second counts...I would rather spend it making things rather >that looking for things... > > I am currently constructing "Yet Another Small Aerial" a 5 foot whip tuned by >switchable toroids. In the course of building a VSWR indicator for it I have >found the "Copper Island Construction Kit" I bought at Rochdale some years to >be very useful...not sure if these are available any more , The concept is to >use a piece of single sided PCB as a ground plane and to superglue small >discs of PCB material to it - these islands are then used to solder the >components to....once one gets used to the technique it is a remarkably quick >way of working. > > Once this is complete I'll probably start work on my K2 - Number 3354, which >will be fitted with the Top band, ATU and SSB options - I understand that >there are people who like to keep track of where all the K2s are - well 3354 >is here in Norfolk, England..... > > Just out of interest does anyone know where I can obtain or how I can make >solder pot. Like most of us in our 50s my eyesight is not what is was. So >tinning component leads, for example Toroids, can be a challenge..it seems to >me that using a pot might make things easier. > > Lastly I have a couple of Howes kits - a frequency marker and a direct >conversion RX covering 10, 15 and i think 18 Mhz,,,,the marker works, the RX >needs completing..happy to pass them on to a good home. And does anyone have >a spare Norcal 38 Special kit they wish to part with.....mine seems to have >been lost in the move from Wiltshire to Norfolk....and I would dearly like >another one.... > > > > -- 73 Fernando N2FQ/NNNØJYM San Jose, CA <http://pages.sbcglobal.net/n2fq> _______________________________________________ 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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