Does running over Elecraft kits with your car void the warranty? I think we need some input from Eric or Wayne on this one.
John [K7SVV] On 12/5/05, V Cortina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks. Remember my last post about how the K1 I built in the spring > and the KAT1 I built just now worked great, thereby depriving me of some > "fun" troubleshooting? Well, you're NOT going to believe this. > > Since it really had no bearing on the story, I neglected to mention that I > had a K1 tilt stand, an RF probe, and a DL-1 dummy load on order from > Elecraft. Well, it arrived this morning (Monday the 5th). I discovered it > when I was leaving the house, and since I had an armful of other items, I > "temporarily" put it on the roof of the car. I know you know what's coming. > > My intentions were to stop by the local diner, grab some lunch, then > double back to the Kingston area (the nearest city) for some quick > shopping. Well I got about 3/4 the way to the diner, when it hit me. The > box! Oh NO! The BOX! Obviously, I stopped immediately, and got out to > check the roof, just in case it got caught on the roof rack, which obviously > it did not. I then made a high-speed U turn, and began to trace my steps, > as it were, in a desperate attempt to find my missing stuff. I got to the > final county route which passes my property, and was only about 200 yards > away from the tiny dead end cut-off to my driveway when it happened. > > Since I had placed the box on the right side of the roof, I was thinking > maybe it would have fallen off onto the right shoulder of what is now the > oncoming lane from my perspective. So, my eyes were firmly positioned to > the far left of my lane, with regular glances in front of me to make sure I > didn't crash. Suddenly, in one of my forward glances, I noticed an object > in my MY LANE, just about lined up with my left tires. At 45+ M.P.H. and > with the distance it was, avoiding it was impossible. The realization hit > me just as the front tire of the Subaru whacked the package, followed only a > few hundred milliseconds by the rear tire. I managed to stop about 70 yards > downrange. I backed up (small county road, no one coming), and picked up > the package. It had my name on it, and looked incredibly similar to the one > I had just put on my roof only 5 minutes ago, except it had large tire marks > on it, and looked like it had just been beaten up very badly. > > Guess what? I opened it up.... > > No damage whatsoever. So help me. The box and the little plastic peanuts > had taken a severe pounding, but they gave their lives to protect the > precious contents. The circuit boards were untouched. I even checked the > diodes under a microscope, and they look OK. Heck, even if they're broken, > I will gladly buy new ones. > > So it seems I won't be able to enjoy any troubleshooting fun no matter > WHAT I do! > > > I need a few days off. > > > Vin Cortina KR2F > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > -- John [K7SVV]
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