I think I may have mis-jusdged how the ATU was sitting. I looked again and it looks as if it's mounted flat. After taking the front and back apart again, I checked the battery connector, it seems to be seated securely too. I have not yet tried it with internal batteries.
73, Joel - W4JBB On 8/29/2012 11:56 AM, Joel Black wrote: > I just finished with the assembly of my new KX3. A question or two and > a comment if I may. > > First, the ATU does not seem to sit parallel on the stand-offs. I > measured the height of each stand-off and they were the same ~11.26mm. > I *finally* got the coax routed around the relay next to the BNC > connector and up to the jack on the ATU. Is the ATU supposed to be > parallel (maybe "flat" is a better term)? For reference, the ATU > appears to sit lower toward the top of the radio than the bottom. > > Second, the battery connector inside the radio. I had a difficult time > to get it to seat properly. Yes, I realize it is keyed and I checked > that several times. Did anyone else have an issue getting it to seat? > I finally got a blunt instrument and pressed it on the connector. > > My comment. Taking the paint out of the 4-40 holes was not too > difficult on the case. On the legs, that was a different matter > entirely. I managed to bugger up the threads on one of them. I finally > quit as I was afraid I would break the thumbscrew off in the hole. > Might it be better to either have a 4-40 tap included or use a harder > metal for the thumbscrew? I would have used my 4-40 tap, but it is > missing out of my set. I went ahead and was able to get the screw > re-threaded and put in the case after assembly. I'm going to blow out > the radio to make sure no metal filings might have turned loose on the > screws. > > If no one has noticed the thumb-screw issue, I'm not surprised - I'm > like the Peanuts character, Pig-pen. Instead of dust following me > around, it's trouble. :) > > Thanks, > Joel - W4JBB > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
