Re: [Elecraft] GREAT alignment tool

Please don't misunderstand me, I like to use my ceramic tools as well. 73, Geoff GM4ESD - Original Message - From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Quite right, Geoff, when they fit! I've found that is often not the case, especially in situations like the KX1 where the alignme

[Elecraft] GREAT alignment tool

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Cutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Whatever happened to plastic knitting needles that we would shape? David G3UNA They are now made of aluminium (aluminum), David, but even if you could get plastic ones they would certainly not be strong enough for the KX1

Re: [Elecraft] GREAT alignment tool

ent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] GREAT alignment tool The plastic versions which have a small blade poking out at one end and recessed at the other are also useful for tweaking circuits working at HF and low - mid VHF, ceramic better for higher frequencies such as 900

RE: [Elecraft] GREAT alignment tool

Quite right, Geoff, when they fit! I've found that is often not the case, especially in situations like the KX1 where the alignment screw is behind another board that has a small access hole in it. Often the access hole isn't big enough to accommodate the larger-diameter tool or the alignment of

Re: [Elecraft] GREAT alignment tool

The plastic versions which have a small blade poking out at one end and recessed at the other are also useful for tweaking circuits working at HF and low - mid VHF, ceramic better for higher frequencies such as 900 MHz that you mention. The recessed blade makes getting proper alignment dead eas

RE: [Elecraft] GREAT alignment tool

That's a FB find RC. Thanks. I have a set of ceramic screwdriver alignment tools I got from E.F. Johnson back in the 1980's for aligning their 900 MHz repeater transmitters used in land mobile service. They tools are great but brittle, as you might expect from ceramic. Almost all of my blades are n

[Elecraft] GREAT alignment tool

Gang I found this alignment tool and it does a super job of adjusting those caps in the KX1. with a 2mm flat tip and being ceramic it does not detune the circuits. Just a satisfied customer de RC KC5WA/AE ___