What kind of thing is that to tell someone??? It may take "months to get your K3 back"??? First off, have you even bothered to ask Elecraft how long their back log is??? Second, How about you just order a new board under warranty and do an advanced replacement returning the bad board when you exchange it out. You've obviously proven that you're capable of digging into the K3 on your own and getting things done. Swapping a board is nothing.
Furthermore, telling someone to short out a choke that was put there for a reason is an even worse idea, whether it would work or not isn't the question. You're just asking for problems later when something else goes wrong. Doing that to TEST something is fine, but to repair it, no thank you.. I'm glad I didn't bring my rig to your shop... > From: n...@carolina.rr.com > To: k2qi....@gmail.com; k6...@sbcglobal.net > Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:16:07 -0500 > CC: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net; d...@w3fpr.com > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working? > > 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" <k2qi....@gmail.com> > To: "Gene Langendorff" <k6...@sbcglobal.net> > Cc: "Elecraft" <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>; <d...@w3fpr.com> > 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 <k2qi....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >>> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Gene Langendorff > >>> <k6...@sbcglobal.net>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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
