Return-Path: Received: from rly-mh08.mx.aol.com (rly-mh08.mail.aol.com [172.21.166.144]) by air-mh03.mail.aol.com (v121_r4.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMH033-bea493021d7117; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:52:56 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-mh08.mx.aol.com (v121_r4.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMH082-bea493021d7117; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:52:42 -0500 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1L66Zt-0006u7-TU for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:52:25 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1L66Zt-0006ty-Gw for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:52:25 +0000 Received: from smtp105.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com ([76.13.13.44]) by relay1.thorcom.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1L66Zs-0004Eg-HV for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:52:25 +0000 Received: (qmail 70204 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2008 16:52:17 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=LkyudSYOFZ66uplFW8g1uuQQGepCJPzy2qeALIy+zx42yiORi/zDG6KmqDfcn2jHWwpmGfa0gt2QbCel3ZDAla+PUDK/gewUd1WT/02VnD2hoYdP7szfGNQzpXAY0MuvCzDOMM4ujzi8ld+8qEp4RVYwxmG4vPtXwsVIwm+f3hw= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.105?) (we0h@75.168.149.218 with plain) by smtp105.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Nov 2008 16:52:17 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: zITIuKwVM1mDsI08mhuSPLoXjlIQ8YJsDCLvF9W2onpZltBUK5PpBgXtGbXxIkdjqLRPXhvYRtUYEsxLwaeEBGhbmKM_vsBu0wQhML1U89ELebUkVRuMsFJ2dgxGkgmdfZ39viFUb3vYSES5hCwx3BwseNgbSz6E55AgsCFj X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <493021BC.6070301@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:52:12 -0600 From: Mike-WE0H User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <002801c7c3ac$17121240$6d188351@w4o8m9> <200811281742170811.1CBE4B25@smtp.wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <200811281742170811.1CBE4B25@smtp.wanadoo.fr> X-Karma: 0: DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.9 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS=0.879,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,MIME_HTML_ONLY=0.001 Subject: Re: LF: SDR for 136k / 500k Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.6 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE, MIME_HTML_ONLY autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) The short lead is the minus negative lead on a electrolytic cap. Are the mods for the Softrock 136kc online? I have a couple Softrock kits here but have not built them yet.

Mike
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John RABSON wrote:

Jim,

May I bother you with what may seem to be a trivial question? 

I am about halfway through assembling the circuit board for a Softrock Lite V6.2 with your mods for 136.  I have come up against a problem and can't ask Tony Parks because he is on holiday.

Very simply, I am not sure about the polarity markings on the electrolytic capacitors that came with the kit.  They have a grey stripe with a 0 on it and this is adjacent to the shorter of the two leads.  If I recall correctly, this is the negative lead, but I have not done much electronics construction since my move to Burgundy 3 1/2 years ago.

Can you advise, please?

73
John Rabson 
F5VLF/G3PAI
58800 Cervon
France
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