good morning all!
well had a real bad sinus attack.. had to take 1/2 day off. After
much medication and some herbal tea, was able to sit down and do a
little work on the tuner.
some comments... except for the one area to the right of the board
(the resistor I mentioned in earlier post), I have found it very
easy to place components. The picture in the manual makes it quite
easy the way it just labels the many .01s and such. I hope I got
that one area correct, didn't see anyother way to put the parts
in.
some notes: on my board the IN4001 (I think) wouldn't fit
throughthe holes on the board.. took a while to enlarge holes for
the
part..think I did a good job.
I followed the directions for parts placement up to installing all
the diodes. After it suggests you put in all the caps. I found it
easier and more desirable to do a section under each relay at a
time. Think there is less likelihood of accidently soldering in
holes, or incorrect parts placement.. the parts under each relay
are the same.. easier to spot the pattern. I have been checking
each section with a high power magnifying glass after soldering
and before cutting leads off. Looks real good so far. The plated
thru holes seem to make for very good connections.
thanks again guys at LDG.. looking forward to a new life of
automated tuning.. also plan on having a good manual tuner for
sale in the near future :-)
72
Jeff, AC4HF
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