GM Chuck, Do you happen to have a part number for the SIP sockets you show here http://w5usj.com/4sqrpsavxo.html Thanks much ---------------------------------- I love this radio stuff ! 72

Hi; I had a hazy memory of that, glad you came up with it Terry.� 73 Barney

It would seem that longer crystal leads would add a tad of inductance and quite possibly shift the oscillation frequency down a bit; a few Hz I'm guessing at most. 72, Jim, K8IQY

Check out Chuck's very neat SAVXO crystal socket mountingmethod. There's a link to his page on the SAVXO home page. It's similar to John's idea below and may be directly applicable to thepigrig. Or

GM John: Sounds like a good idea to me! Thanks Johnny AC0BQ

What effects would the extra lead lengths of the crystals have? Negligible, I hope. Chip AE5KA

Carrying this thought a little further, I'm wondering if there would be some way to run the crystal case ground to a third pin and not need paperclips at all. I'm not familiar with the SAVXO,

Well, before you bug Diz, I have an invoice with #172 on it.� But I do not have the kit yet.� It was probably a typo of some sort.

Brian, Your assumption is correct! I noticed that you posted this to the 4sqrp reflector which is fine. However, there is a Yahoo group dedicated to the NS-40 and everything that pertains to this

Charlie, you have to email DIZ, I would think, he is the man! Johnny AC0BQ

Thanks Chuck. 73 Johnny AC0BQ

Yes, I had done that. On the SAVXO I used the small end of the paper clip and left enough length on one side so it extended out a ways from the crystals. I slipped the clips around the middle to the

SN#168 arrived safely in Silver Lake this morning, hope to get the little feller ready to squeal next week. You have got to love a rig that comes in a brown paper bag h e e, h e e

If you need a more robust technique also remember that machine pin type sockets stack easily. You could take another similar piece and solder the crystal to it so you are not stressing the crystal

That was a nice trick. I already looked out for sockets. But that is a better solution. Thanks. 72 de Hajo --- ... indessen wandelt harmlos droben das Gestirn ...

thnk you to all who responded and gave the link

I have a bit of a dilemma . My invoice shows my pig as SN 172 . My bag of parts shows it as SN 171 . So someone else should have a similar conflict . Would like to make sure we don't build 2 with

I have just completed the NS-40 kit. I purposely have not soldered the xtal in place yet. I am thinking that I should build the VXO next, and I assume it will plug in the same holes in the board. Am

That will do the trick for sure! Thanks Bobby

Gm Chuck: Thanks for the pics to clarify the crystal sockets. Did you suggest in the first post a way to make a grounding clip from a paper clip? My thoughts would be to bend the end at a right angle