Several kit builders for noted and reported that the + and - buss orientation is not correct in the assembly doc.

In the shipped doc: Board Version A, Documentation Version 1.0 the ground buss (trace) is described as "the ground trace that goes around the left bottom and across the entire bottom of the board". It should read "the ground trace that goes across the bottom of the board and up the left side (when viewed from the component side)".

Other references that state "Ground PAD at the lower left side of the board" should read " Ground PAD at the lower right side of the board".

POSITIVE BATTERY LEAD PAD HAZARD

Previously noted was the fact that the gell cell plus supply pad is too close to the mounting hole and that if normal metal washers and nuts are used that there is a good change to short the battery plus lead to ground BEFORE the fuse comes into play.

BEFORE MOUNTING THE NOGAPIG TO A METAL ENCLOSURE WITH METAL SPACERS, WASHERS, ETC THAT YOU MAKE USE THAT THIS POINT IS NOT GROUNDED. THE CORNER PAD IS NOT USED IF YOU ARE NOT INSTALLING AN IN-LINE SCHOTTKY DIODE (A USER OPTION) AND THIS CORNER PAD CAN BE CUT(ISOLATED) FROM THE POINT THE POLYFUSE AND NORMAL BATTERY PLUS LEAD IS ATTACHED WITH A DEMEL TOOL OR SHARP EXACTO TYPE KNIFE.

This message is being dual posted to qrp-f and qrp-l because of the potential kit builder problems.

Sam Billingsley AE4GX NOGAPIG Technical Support
Atlanta (Buckhead), GA
personal web page at http://ae4gx.home.mindspring.com/
North Georgia QRP Club web page at http://www.qsl.net/nogaqrp/