Alternately, the LEDs could be mounted higher off the board if your enclosure demanded it. There are lots of possibilities if you choose your enclosure before building and put the creative mind to work. I personally see no need to have an enclosure at all on some equipment, but each to his own - if used at the operating position, then enclosures make stacking boxes easier, but on the workbench, no enclosure is needed in most situations.
73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > Keith KD1E wrote: > > Is moving the BNCs and the battery box to the back of the board enough to > allow it (WM1 or Audio Filter) to mount cleanly in an enclosure or will > other components on the board prevent the LEDs or pots from > poking the right > distance through the enclosure wall? > > ----------------------------------- > > AF1: > With the battery pack on the back side of the board, the highest > part is the > rotary switch. You could use the nut on the threaded bushing on the switch > to mount one end to a front panel. You'd want to support it at the other > end. Of course, there are four holes in the corners of the PC board for > mounting screws, etc. > > Pots with long shafts are provided so the knobs are all about the same > height above the board. > > BTW, check out the last page of the AF1 manual at www.elecraft.com under > Manuals and Downloads. The response plots are quite impressive! There's a > low-pass filter and a bandpass filter. When in bandpass mode, the low pass > filter can be adjusted to further improve the high-frequency attenuation > above the passband. > > WM1: > With the battery pack on the back of the board, the highest part > is the data > jack at 12mm. Next are the electrolytics at 10 mm. Mounted directly on the > board, the top of LED's are at 8 mm. One way to handle that would be to > provide cutouts in the enclosure so the FORWARD POWER, SWR and RANGE LEDs > just below them are visible. A bit of clear plastic would seal > the enclosure > to keep dust, dirt and rain out as well. > > > Ron AC7AC > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/457 - Release Date: 9/26/2006 > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
