Hi there ??? (apologies, but I don't recall ever seeing your name or call in emails)...
Not sure if Aptos would be willing to send a whole RF board out just for a small choke. I could ask them, but even then, that's a whole lot of work. I'm not sure if it'd be worth it for me to go that route as I have very little spare time. I think I'd rather take my chances with replacing the choke myself. I've already done the IF OUTPUT BUFFER mod, and the VFO noise mod, so some of the fear of working on the K3 is already gone. Still - dealing with little SMD components isn't my bag baby! hi hi. Anyway, Dale already told me he'd send a replacement choke out. I still have an open RMA though to have my stiff encoders swapped out with the newer, less-viscous versions, so I may just send it back to kill two birds with one stone. The jumper that I soldered to the board will not stay. It was just a way for me to fully verify that RFC4 was indeed faulty - which it is. I will probably leave it in until I get the new choke, or until I send the unit back to California. I just wanted to practice my code anyway by using the CW decoder... I don't intend to TX yet as I've got a sloppy fist. 73 de James K2QI On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:07 PM, The Smiths <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:16:07 -0500 > > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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
