The black screws look nice and some would complain if the screws were shiny metallic. I live in the swamps of south Texas and I have nary a bit of rust on the screws in #1025 after more than two years and one hurricane eye. I do have my shack air conditioned most of the time except for a couple of weeks after Ike and the last couple of weeks with an electrical problem waiting for the electrician to do his thing. It is a can't win world, we get a 10K radio for 3K, work lots of DX, get good reports and some worry about $10 for some screws. Keep up the good work Wayne and Eric! Some of us are happy campers but it is hard to tell from this forum. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ
________________________________ From: Giulio IW3HVB <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 12:21:58 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 I'm waiting for the "End of Thread" msg by Wayne.... Anyway IMHO using non-stainless screws on the K3 is a flaw. Seen from a producer perspective the difference in costs between the regular screws and a stainless bunch is minimal. Things become different when you have to prepare kits for substitution. In any case why sould it be a flaw? It is not a matter of MIL specs, nor a matter of "a radio worth 2000$ should have them". It's more a matter of consistency. The K3 is a radio targeted for Dxpeditions, field use etc (Elecraft says that!). So it is quite surprising the choice about the original screws. By the way I'm quite happy with my stainless screw, had to change the original that became quite rusty after a dxpedition of 1 week in 8Q7 and after some contest with the Venice Lagoon Contest Team. These my 3 cents, for the screws...... 73 de Giulio IW3HVB -- Follow the path of the Prophets... (From Star Trek DS9) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
