Another op I know lost a bypass cap recently. It shorted, which took
out >an
IC relay driver. It really screwed up the relay band-switching and it took
him some head-scratching and good detective work to realize what had
happened. All he could see was that the power out was lousy on some bands.
Still that's VERY rare. He asked me for ideas and a shorted bypass never
occurred to me.
This happened to me too so it can't be that rare! The other spare
I've needed was a headphone socket. They take mini-jacks but if, like
me you use an adapter to a full size jack, they break. Mine took
about a year. Obviously I now only use mini jacks. I would guess this
isn't that rare either because it is a spare item on the Elecraft
site.
In general I very much agree that things electronic don't wear out.
Andrew MIKAZ k2# 3679
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