Just bypass it with a piece of wire. It probably won't matter. It might take months to get your K3 back!
N4LQ Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sarte" <[email protected]> To: "Gene Langendorff" <[email protected]> Cc: "Elecraft" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working? > Gene et all, > > I reheated the contacts on RFC4 to the point that I think I even slightly > warped the casing of the choke on one side. No good. No continuity at > all > from any of the trace points or direct contact with the chokes leads. > > Looks like RFC4 is dead and K3 #2730 will have to go back to Aptos for > repair. > > 73 de James K2QI > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:02 PM, James Sarte <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >>> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Gene Langendorff >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I had the same symptom on my year old newly completed K3 kit a few >>>> months >>>> ago (S/N 3172). With Gary's guidance found the trouble to be one of >>>> the >>>> surface mount chokes (RFC3 or RFC4) between the paddles jack (J12) and >>>> the >>>> board needed resoldering. Check for continuity with your ohmmeter and >>>> you >>>> will probably find one of them not connected. Carefully resolder each >>>> end >>>> while applying downward pressure, one end at a time, and it should >>>> work. >>>> >>>> Gene K6TTM >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > > > -- > 73 de James K2QI > President UNARC/4U1UN > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
