[Elecraft] K2 - Question KIO2

2010-02-25 Thread Tom McCulloch
I'm having a bit of trouble with the KIO2 in my K2 and when I was poking around to see what was what, one of the brass nuts came off of J1 (J1 is the nine pin jack that sticks out the back of the K2). The two brass nuts were originally soldered onto J1 before J1 was attached to the KIO2 PC

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Question KIO2

2010-02-25 Thread Don Wilhelm
Tom, It should be easy to get the nut back on. Remove the assembly from the K2 - then attach the nut to the shell with either one of the jackscrews provided or use a chasiss screw. Then re-solder the nut onto the shell - use a large iron tip with a lot of heat mass. Use more solder than