On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Mike Harris wrote: >> >> make a good ground connection. The paint is tough, and >> requires hard scraping to remove. A small scrap of masking >> tape over the four areas before painting, as in the case of the >> K2's panels, would have helped. > <snip > > Yes, it was disappointing to read this in the manual, however, > everything since the base K2 has had the same requirement. I guess > there must be a reason for the lack of masking tape.
It's a kit. Since you don't have the joys of inhaling flux fumes, you get to scrape :-) Grant/NQ5T ______________________________________________________________ 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