I’ll second all of that. In the middle stages of the K1 build last week C22, the smallest capacitor in the inventory, escaped from the parts bin - presumably to avoid being soldered - disappearing into a carpet the nap of which is several multiples of the cap’s full girth. (Your D36 may have done the same.) Richard Trebbien had another one in my hands within 72 hours. Kudos indeed!
Ted, KN1CBR >------------------------------ > >Message: 12 >Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:54:46 -0700 (MST) >From: lstavenhagen <lstavenha...@hotmail.com> >To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >Subject: [Elecraft] K2 build from purgatory! >Message-ID: <1460472886637-7616239.p...@n2.nabble.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Well, more kudos to Elecraft support are in order, so just want to give >credit where exceptional credit is due. My second K2 build is going >nowhere >as smoothly as my first one: I somehow managed to lose D36, the SMT PIN >diode and didn't discover that it was actually gone from my table until I >got to that installation step. Prior to that, though, I managed to burn a >pretty decent corner off one of the latching relays on the board. So I get >to practice my difficult-to-remove-part removal skills to replace it! > >All this of course, a warning to everyone to not ever "press on" with a >build when one is tired. That's how I managed to burn the corner off the >relay while soldering in another component on the board, I just wasn't >paying attention to where the iron was going! > >As for D36, I must have flicked it off the table at some point in the past >and where she went, nobody knows. > >Despite all that, I'm still having a wonderful time with this build and >have >learnt more in the process than I think I ever did on any other project >I've >done. > >So I emailed pa...@elecraft.com with my tail between my legs this weekend >- >I think they all know me there now LOL - and they sent me replacements >yesterday, pretty much taking care of it right as they opened for >business. >So I should have the replacement parts in hand on Thurs. Can't get better >service than that! > >Only a couple more parts and the receiver will be finished. If I made any >goofs so far, well, I suppose I'll find out soon enough. > >Tnx to Elecraft and 73 >LS >W5QD > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
