When I first went to operate from T70A, during the last year CQ WW CW, the T70A club members were all eager to see K3. The first thing they observed was rusty screws, so it was not easy to convince some of them that K3 is not a toy, but real contest machine....
Another thing that I would suggest to Elecraft is to offer, as an option, large, remotelly attachable front panel, redisigned for ease of everyday use. I am sure some of us would not mind having a large, oversized remote front panel that could allow easier access to the often used knobs/controls and also visually make K3 appear bigger, comparable to its on the air performance. Having an FT 990 as a R2 in my SO2R setup, every time I access oversized knobs, it reminds me that in the heat of the battle these things also affect overall perfornace, by reducing stress of trying to quickly reach small, hard-to-access knobs and conrols.... 73 Ivo I7/9A3A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnny Siu" <[email protected]> To: "Cady, Fred" <[email protected]>; "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <[email protected]>; "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 3:25 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Rusting screws > Hello Gentleman, > > All the screws in K3, P3 and KPA500 show signs of rusting after two months > in VR2. I trust the provision of SS screws as a kind of standard provision > (not optional) should have minimal effects on the costings. > > The picture of my shack shown in www.qrz.com shows the environment of my > QTH. > > For radio equipment at the elite class (like elecraft radios), I would not > expect to see rusting screws. Equally speaking, I do not expect the > quality of screws used in Elecraft radios is the same as that in MFJ. > > The screws of my Kuranishi antenna analyser BR510 show no sign of rusting > after years of usage. > > TNX & 73, > > > Johnny VR2XMC > > > ________________________________ > 從︰ "Cady, Fred" <[email protected]> > 收件人︰ W0MU Mike Fatchett <[email protected]>; Elecraft Reflector > <[email protected]> > 傳送日期︰ 2011年12月8日 (週四) 10:09 PM > 主題︰ Re: [Elecraft] Rusting screws > > You think the screws on the K3 get rusted, you ought to see the screws > on the MFJ antenna analyzer after a week on C6. > Fred KE7X > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike > Fatchett > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 10:19 PM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] Rusting screws > > Nearly all my case screws on my K3 and KPA 500 are showing signs of rust > > after being in Saint Lucia for just 11 days. Mother nature is > relentless down there! > > -- > Mike W0MU > > W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
