Satellite Tracking
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Radio Design
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The RF Board – Stage 1
The Image above shows the RF board after Stage 1 has been complete, actually it has a few additional components from Stage 2 as I forgot to take a photo! This first stage is fairly straight forward and all of the construction is very straightforward.
View PostThe Front Panel
This is the second board to be built. My only real advice here is; 1) Follow the guidelines in the manual with regard to switch height. Getting the height of the switches wrong will make the front panel look very odd. I spent some time ensuring that the heights were correct, using the provided spacing tool, and it pays off in the end. 2) Be very careful when orientating the LCD backlight as it can be inserted the wrong way around and would be a nightmare to remove and the LCD display is mounted on top of it and has about 40 pins. 3) The manual implies that the four [...]
View PostThe Control Board
This is the first board to be built and I had little problems assembling it. There are a couple of things to be wary of though. 1) The two crystals have ground wires soldered to the cans. This can be quite tricky although in my case I found that the wires soldered to the cans without any problems in a couple of seconds. Be careful that you don’t overheat the crystals. 2) The manual advises against using IC sockets for any of the IC’s except the PIC controllers. At first I was a bit sceptical of this but having installed most of them now have found it not to be [...]
View PostThe Basic Elecraft K2 Kit
This picture doesn’t really allow you to appreciate just how many components there are in there !. The manual suggests that a full inventory should be the first task and I totally agree. Having done my Inventory I found 1 small connector missing and a couple of capacitors which is pretty good. The kit is superbly well presented all of the components for each board packed separately which helps with both the inventory and construction. The PCB’s are all thru plated and of excellent quality. As the board are thru plated I would strongly suggest that a very good quality, temperature controlled, soldering iron be used and great care should [...]
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