Building The Kit; Things You Will Need - NORCAL NC2030 Manual

Building the Kit

Things you will need

- 9v battery clip (for temporary power connection for testing)
- Fresh 9v battery (for a low current power source for testing)
- Teflon plumbing tape (for wrapping PTO coil and temporary PTO coil)
- Clear nail polish ("Sally Hansen Diamond Strength" highly recommended for hardness. Source: Ulta)
- McDonald's straw (for constructing a temporary PTO coil)
- Two part epoxy (for use on PTO coil)
- Thin super glue (as opposed to "thick" super glue). Used for the PTO tuning screw assembly
- Tweezers
- Solder sucker (highly recommended) or solder wick
- Temperature control soldering iron with a fine tip
- Two 8 pin sockets for the AFA and the keyer chip (optional)
- Magnifying headpiece and/or magnifying glass
- Cookie sheet (highly recommended for building on top of in order to catch stray parts)
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