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POLARITY OF THE LED TO BE INSTALLED, THOUGH THE CIRCUIT BOARD IS CLEARLY
MARKED AND.  WE FELT THAT THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL IS NOT WRITTEN FOR THE
NOVICE BUILDER, BUT FOR SOMEONE MORE EXPERIENCED WITH KIT BUILDING OR
FAMILIAR WITH ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS.  A FIRST TIME BUILDER MAY NEED MORE
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS AND DRAWINGS THAT EXPLAIN THE NUANCES OF PARTS, SUCH
AS IDENTIFYING THE LONGER LEAD ON AN LED AS THE POSITIVE LEAD.  INITIAL
TESTING PETE COMPLETED THE KIT IN ABOUT 5 HOURS.  WE FOUND THE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR TESTING THE COMPLETED TRANSCEIVER TO BE MORE DETAILED THAN THE
CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION.  FIGURE 7 SHOWS THE FINISHED TRANSCEIVER.  THE
FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION EXPLAINS THE USE OF A SIGNAL GENERATOR
SET TO 5 UV OUTPUT LEVEL TO ADJUST T1 AND T2 FOR MAXIMUM RECEIVE
SENSITIVITY.  WARNING WE FOUND THE EK1A PRODUCES A 10 V DC SPIKE AT THE
ANTENNA JACK WHEN THE TRANSCEIVER IS TURNED ON.  SENDING SUCH A SPIKE INTO
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