MOTM

Does this mean that you are out of 700's right now? Which modules are
available and which are backordered? -Nate

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>hey david:
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>next time, just send it to me right away, I'll fix it for you...;)
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>-paul
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>(still mad that biv got the last router!)
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>-----Original Message-----
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>From: David Bivins [mailto:dbivins@...]
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>Sent: May 9, 2000 11:37 AM
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>To: MOTM
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>Subject: [motm] Troubleshooting a short
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>Hi all,
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>I had some trouble with the 700 vc router I just built. Luckily, Paul was
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>available for some live tech support and I got it sorted out. Because the
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>problem seemed like it *could* conceivably happen more than once, I'd like
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>to tell you all about it.
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>The way the coax attaches to the jacks, the braid is pulled to one side
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>first and twisted. On a particular strand of coax, the inner insulation had
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>melted or been cut through (very fine break) and the braid was resting
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>across it, causing a short. I couldn't see this at first and went through a
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>lot of trouble disassembling the PCB sandwich, etc.
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>So if you're having trouble, don't forget to look at the easier solution
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>first. I had carefully scanned the PCB twice, including verifying component
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>placement, before I looked at the other end. And considering the iron
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>proximity we have to work with sometimes when wiring the front panel, it's
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>fairly easy to slip and melt a bit of insulation.
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>David.
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