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Placement" section Figure 1. 

     5. Carefully bend over the four corner pins of the socket against 

the solder pads on the solder side of the board.  Solder in place. 

     6. Locate another 14 pin IC socket. 
     7. Install the IC socket at the U2 location on the circuit board.  Be 

careful to orient the socket correctly according to the "Parts 
Placement" section Figure 1. 

     8. Carefully bend over the four corner pins of the socket against 

the solder pads on the solder side of the board.  Solder in place. 

     9. Locate the remaining 14 pin IC socket. 
   10. Install the IC socket at the U3 location on the circuit board.  Be 

careful to orient the socket correctly according to the "Parts 
Placement" section Figure 1. 

   11. Carefully bend over the four corner pins of the socket against 

the solder pads on the solder side of the board.  Solder in place. 

   12. Locate capacitor C1 (470uF).  This is an electrolytic type 

capacitor and will be marked "470uF" (actual value in uF).  
Carefully install C1, be sure to orient the negative side of the 
capacitor properly.  Please refer to the section titled, "Parts 
Placement", Figure 1 for correct orientation of C1.  Once 
installed, then solder in place and trim the excess leads. 

   13. Locate capacitor C9 (470uF).  This is an electrolytic type 

capacitor and will be marked "470uF" (actual value in uF).  
Carefully install C9, be sure to orient the negative end of the 
capacitor properly.  Please refer to the section titled, "Parts 
Placement", Figure 1 for correct orientation of C9.  Once 
installed, then solder in place and trim the excess leads. 

   14. Locate the rotary switch, SW1 and the switch PCB. Insert the 

switch into the PCB. Be careful and make sure the pin on the 
switch marked 

1

 goes into the hole on the PCB marked 

1

. Do 

not remove the nut on the switch. It holds the stop tab in the 
right hole for this particular switch configuration. 

 

Figure 2 

 

   15. Insert the Headers into the PCB side by side. The header has a 

plastic square body with pins along the back facing down and a 
plastic lip that runs above the longer horizontal pins. The long 
pins are pushed through the main PCB till the plastic contacts 

Header

 

Switch PCB

 

Main 

Summary of Contents for VEC-821K

Page 1: ...external speaker Eight poles of active IC filt ering gives super steep CW skirts for performance that few tunable filters can match interference is up to 60 dB down one octave away Razor sharp selecti...

Page 2: ...eserves the right to make substitutions at any time In most cases these changes will be clearly noted in an addendum to the manual Defective Parts Today s electronic parts are physically and electrica...

Page 3: ...List 11 Parts Placement Diagram 12 Step By Step Assembly 12 Phase 1 13 Phase 2 15 Phase 3 17 PC Board Inspection 20 Testing and Alignment 20 Operating Instructions 21 Receiver or Scanner Operation 21...

Page 4: ...OOLS AND SUPPLIES Construction Area Kit construction requires a clean smooth and well lighted area where you can easily organize and handle small parts without losing them An inexpensive sheet of whit...

Page 5: ...ridges form when a trail of excess solder shorts pads or tracks together see Soldering Tips below 4 Omitting or Misreading a Part This is easier to do than you might think Always double check to make...

Page 6: ...common pin into the hole Solder won t stick to the pin s chromium plating When the pad cools remove the pin and insert the correct component For ICs or multi pin parts use desoldering braid to remove...

Page 7: ...inventory resistors first separate them into groups by multiplier band make a pile of 10s 100s Ks 10Ks etc Next sort each group by specific value 1K 2 2K 4 7K etc This procedure makes the inventory e...

Page 8: ...evices and must be oriented correctly during installation If you become confused by markings on the case remember the uncut negative lead is slightly shorter than the positive lead Diodes Diodes are a...

Page 9: ...d of the device A corresponding mark will be silk screened on the PC board and printed on the kit s parts placement diagram To identify specific IC pin numbers for testing purposes see the diagram bel...

Page 10: ...1 5 6 ohm 1 2 watt resistor green blue gold R19 1 1K ohm resistor brown black red R2 1 1 8K ohm resistor brown gray red R1 6 24 3K ohm resistor red yellow orange red R5 R8 R10 R13 R14 R15 1 91K ohm re...

Page 11: ...nything is missing or broken refer to the warranty instructions for replacing missing or damaged parts Note that part designators such as R1 C3 etc appear on a silk screened legend on the component mo...

Page 12: ...orange Carefully bend the leads close to the resistor body as in Step 1 8 Insert R4 into its mounting holes so the resistor body rests against the board Solder in place and trim the leads 9 Locate res...

Page 13: ...y rests against the board Solder in place and trim the leads 27 Locate resistor R15 This is 24 3K resistor red yellow orange red Carefully bend the leads close to the resistor body as in Step 1 28 Ins...

Page 14: ...19 are made of a polystyrene type material Avoid overheating these components when soldering to prevent melting the capacitor body 1 Locate capacitor C12 1000pF The is a polystyrene capacitor and will...

Page 15: ...r both leads in place making sure the capacitor remains seated Remove excess leads on the bottom side of the board with diagonal cutters 17 Locate capacitor C2 1uF This is a disc ceramic type capacito...

Page 16: ...r glass type material This part will have a band on one end indicating the cathode end of the diode 27 Insert D2 into its mounting holes so the diode body rests against the board Be sure to observe th...

Page 17: ...sure to orient the negative side of the capacitor properly Please refer to the section titled Parts Placement Figure 1 for correct orientation of C1 Once installed then solder in place and trim the ex...

Page 18: ...d SPKR on the circuit board Solder in place and trim the excess lead 22 Take another 3 piece of insulated wire and insert one end into the hole silk screened G on the circuit board Solder in place and...

Page 19: ...the right tools One very convenient item for freeing soldered in parts is a solder sucker This consists of a suction bulb or a spring loaded vacuum pump that draws molten solder away from the pad and...

Page 20: ...wever in these positions the filter will let slightly more noise through but in some cases this may be desirable The best way to see which position works the best is to try it This way you can really...

Page 21: ...en you switch to the 110 cutoff you will notice that the signal sounds cleaner than before You can now fine tune the radio tuning knob for the best received signal If using a communications receiver o...

Page 22: ...ed please refer to the warranty instructions on the inside front cover THEORY OF OPERATION AND SPECIFICATIONS Circuit Description The VEC 821K uses two LM747 operational amplifier integrated circuits...

Page 23: ...SCHEMATIC...

Page 24: ...VEC 821K Instruction Manual Super CW Filter Kit 25 VEC 821K...

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