[hpsdr] Excalibur checkout

[Geoff]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:39:32 pm you wrote:
> Geoff:
>
> You are clear to power it up.
>
> Several have reported different values of resistance to ground on the 5
> Volt line.
> Most likely due to a difference in the voltage of your Ohmmeter, and not
> a problem.
>
> You are mostly looking for shorts, and you don't have any of those.
>
> --- Graham
>
> ==
>
> Geoff wrote:
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> > Hi Guys,
> > 	I'm trying to complete the pre-power checkout on my just assembled
> > Excalibur. I show no shorts to ground on atlas +12V or +5V. For the +6V
> > test point I have about 2.4K to ground (OK). For the +5V test point I
> > show 15.1K to ground versus 4.1K expected. For the +3.3V test point I
> > show 111.9K to ground (sort of close). I re-checked these with both the
> > lower pin of J3 and the shield of the lower BNC. I also tried a second
> > meter.
> > 	Any advice you can give with respect to these anomalies would be
> > appreciated. I haven't tried a "smoke test" yet.
> >
> > 73 de Geoff vk2tfg.
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Hi Graham et al,
	Powered up without smoke :-). 5Hz off against WWV on 15MHz using the TCXO. 
I'm very happy, it's well within spec. Time to get my LPRO101 integrated.

73 de Geoff vk2tfg.

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