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Wiring diagram

College Professor Simon Thompson
 

Hi everyone

Where is the latest and most accurate documentation on wiring up the BitX40? I have found a nice metal box (a defunct Heathkit frequency counter) and I would like to start laying it out, but I don't want to damage the radio by attaching a wire to the incorrect lug of a pot whose orientation is unclearly or ambiguously depicted in a diagram, for example. "Left" and "right" don't mean much when a device can be turned over so that "left" is now "right."

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The wiring guide on the HF Signals page does show pictures of an assembled tuning pot and volume pot which should remove any ambiguity.

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:34 PM, College Professor Simon Thompson <nwccenglishprofessor@...> wrote:
Hi everyone

Where is the latest and most accurate documentation on wiring up the BitX40? I have found a nice metal box (a defunct Heathkit frequency counter) and I would like to start laying it out, but I don't want to damage the radio by attaching a wire to the incorrect lug of a pot whose orientation is unclearly or ambiguously depicted in a diagram, for example. "Left" and "right" don't mean much when a device can be turned over so that "left" is now "right."

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you'll find the documentation Ben mentioned here:?.
 

the tabs up is how they were meaning.

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On Mar 23, 2017 3:59 PM, "Ben Kuhn" <ben.kuhn@...> wrote:
The wiring guide on the HF Signals page does show pictures of an assembled tuning pot and volume pot which should remove any ambiguity.

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:34 PM, College Professor Simon Thompson <nwccenglishprofessor@icloud.com> wrote:
Hi everyone

Where is the latest and most accurate documentation on wiring up the BitX40? I have found a nice metal box (a defunct Heathkit frequency counter) and I would like to start laying it out, but I don't want to damage the radio by attaching a wire to the incorrect lug of a pot whose orientation is unclearly or ambiguously depicted in a diagram, for example. "Left" and "right" don't mean much when a device can be turned over so that "left" is now "right."

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Easy to figure out which end is CW and CCW. Check the pin out on the board/circuit diagram. I think they use brown for ground -- check your cable set. I am in the process of working up my drilling diagram for the front panel. There is a very nice bezel from Tindie in Florida for around $8 or so. Dimensions on their site, and the display is the standard 16 x 2 -- Google that. Screws/spacers supplied are metric, and not long enough for the bezel. Bezel comes with 2-56 and some nuts. May need some more, and some washers for shims to get the front of the display just above the panel. I am awaiting the bezel for final fitting, though I have the dimensions, so can pretty well go ahead .

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On Mar 23, 2017, at 4:34 PM, College Professor Simon Thompson <nwccenglishprofessor@...> wrote:

Hi everyone

Where is the latest and most accurate documentation on wiring up the BitX40? I have found a nice metal box (a defunct Heathkit frequency counter) and I would like to start laying it out, but I don't want to damage the radio by attaching a wire to the incorrect lug of a pot whose orientation is unclearly or ambiguously depicted in a diagram, for example. "Left" and "right" don't mean much when a device can be turned over so that "left" is now "right."

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In color as well, so that solves the problem. Measure twice, cut once...

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On Mar 23, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Ben Kuhn <ben.kuhn@...> wrote:

The wiring guide on the HF Signals page does show pictures of an assembled tuning pot and volume pot which should remove any ambiguity.

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:34 PM, College Professor Simon Thompson <nwccenglishprofessor@...> wrote:
Hi everyone

Where is the latest and most accurate documentation on wiring up the BitX40? I have found a nice metal box (a defunct Heathkit frequency counter) and I would like to start laying it out, but I don't want to damage the radio by attaching a wire to the incorrect lug of a pot whose orientation is unclearly or ambiguously depicted in a diagram, for example. "Left" and "right" don't mean much when a device can be turned over so that "left" is now "right."

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College Professor Simon Thompson
 

So those indicate the shafts of the pots pointing up, or toward the viewer?
 

Please have a look at these pictures and wiring description in the manual and it should be clear.
 

I hope this time pictures are visible.
Simon Thompson
 

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Better. Thank you. I had thought I remembered that someone had commented there were some problems with the assembly diagrams, so I didn¡¯t want to assemble without checking whether the diagrams and pictures were accurate before I broke out the solder.

On Mar 23, 2017, at 5:13 PM, DJ2AG <ya_duck@...> wrote:

I hope this time pictures are visible.

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