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SOLDERING THESE SMALL PARTS INTO PLACE.  THATS GOOD NEWS FOR US OLD TIMERS
WHOSE EYES ARENT WHAT THEY USED TO BE.  BE SURE TO READ THE INSTRUCTION
STEPS THOROUGHLY BEFORE YOU START PLACING PARTS.  THIS SAVES EMBARRASSMENT
WHEN YOU HAVE TO PULL OUT THE SOLDER WICK TO REMOVE AN OFFENDING PART.
OVERALL, THE BUILD WAS STRAIGHTFORWARD.  I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE
MANUAL PRECISELY, INCLUDING CHANGES ON THE ENCLOSED ERRATA SHEET.  INITIAL
TESTS WITH AN OHMMETER WERE WITHIN 10 OF THE LISTED VALUES, SO I FIGURED
THAT I HADNT MADE ANY SERIOUS MISTAKES.  A WORD OF CAUTION, HOWEVER, WHEN
IT COMES TO THE PRECISION RESISTORS DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND USE AN OHMMETER
TO BE SURE YOU ARE PLACING THE PROPER RESISTOR AT THE RIGHT PLACE ON THE PC
BOARD.  COLOR BANDS CAN BE DIFFICULT TO READ, SO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION
AND USE A METER TO VERIFY THE VALUE OF THE PRECISION RESISTORS.  THE
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NH VE2AWR 479 2 1 1,834 QC KC5R 823 2 1 1,820 LA AA1PL 174 5 1 1,765 RI
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