I certainly did not mean to imply that parts never fail without any apparent reason.
My point was that there are circumstances that can make failures much more likely. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: hawley, charles j jr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 10:34 AM To: Ron D'Eau Claire Cc: John K3TN; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3, KPA500 - PIN Diode Failure in KPA When K3 Subrx Turned on During Xmit? My antennas are always dc grounded and i lost a pin diode. Sent from my iPad Chuck, KE9UW (Jack for BMW motorcycles) ______________________________________________________________ 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

