MOTM

klem_klemmingberg@... writes:

>>I too have been a victim of overzealous coax soldering-- hoist on my own 
petard, as it were.  A suggestion for Paul S. that might save him & future 
kit builders a bit of hassle is to add a little blurb in the toubleshooting 
sections of the module manuals advising builders to make sure none of their 
coax cables are shorted.<<

I've had a different problem.  Those damn switches don't seem to like the 
heat of a soldering iron.  I noticed on a number of occasions after soldering 
leads to a switch and then flipping the switch up and down, it didn't make a 
positive clicking feel in one of the directions.  Checking continuity even 
confirmed that the switches weren't working right.  I would have to flip the 
switch on and off a whole bunch of times before it would self correct.  One 
switch I was sure I would have to replace but after about 100 toggles it 
finally fixed itself.  I don't know what's going on internally, but I now be 
careful to solder them as fast a possible and get the hell out of there.

-Elhardt