Not a good idea for the screws sticking out of capacitors and transformers.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke,TDXS Contest Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS
From: Harry Yingst via Elecraft <[email protected]>
To: brian <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The Turning of the
Screw"
That's an old fix for many radios
Open them up and tighten down all the screws
From: brian <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The Turning of the
Screw"
Makes you wonder how they know such seeming impossible-to-know things.
Are there also magic potions and incantations available?
73 de Brian/K3KO
On 2/6/2015 20:55 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> A couple of days ago I reported a fall-off in output from my K3 on
> some bands. I wrote about this to Howard, K6IA, at Elecraft service,
> who wrote back and suggested that one or more of the three screws that
> attach the LPA board to the lower cover of the radio might have loosened.
>
> Sure enough - one of the three was 1/2 turn short of tight. Tightened
> it up, tested, all normal again. Ran auto TX calibration, all
> successful. I happy camper am. Thanks Howard!
>
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