No need to do, Bart, They have forgotten to put the errata into the kit. This happened first time and I got an alarm message immediate from Elecraft to add it to my stock kits. Normaly the erratas are in the kit.
73 de Peter, DL2FI www.qrpproject.de > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von pa3gyu > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. Juni 2006 23:28 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [Elecraft] Errata! Check for errata! > > Yesterday I received an XG1 Receiver Test Oscillator. One > resistor has the wrong value: R8 (1.27 k) was actually > delivered as 1.24 k. Claiming this at Elecraft's much praised > 'help-I'm-missing-a-part' department, Scott AH6KL replied > promptly and to the point: > >Yes you do have the correct resistor for XG-1 R8 as it needs > to be 1.24 > >K ohms or 1240 ohms. Inadvertently Elecraft did not include > an errata > >with your kit describing this substitution. Please go ahead and > >install the 1240 ohm resistor at R8 with confidence. > Apologies for the oversight. > > Only after I received Scott's email, I checked at Elecraft's > website and noticed there is an errata for this kit. All it > says is that R8 has a different value and should be 1.24 > k.... Darn, now why didn't I think of checking the website > for errata first? > > Well, actually because I didn't think there could be an > errata-sheet for a four page manual: I figured it would be > small enough to be up to date. > Apparently not. > > I'll check the website again for the other kits I've received > just to make sure. There is always a chance new errata's are > published. > Lesson learned, ymmv. > > Bart de PA3GYU > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
