What do they make those things out of ?? Is that your new K3S ?? 73, Dick, W1KSZ
-----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wes (N7WS) Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 10:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3_no_xmit,_no_receive? FIXED! (for now) If you want to see intermittent connections... https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Elecraft_K3/photos/photostream/lightbox/ 692485818#zax/2040317344 Note: The connection is purposefully disconnected to show the corrosion inside the socket. And no, I don't live on a tropical island. The average RH here the desert of Tucson is less than 20%. On 8/1/2015 8:08 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > With problems of this sort, it is very important to make sure that the > TMP connectors are FULLY seated. Otherwise it is possible to have the > center pin just BARELY making contact. This will cause an intermittent > problem to reappear at the most inconvenient times possible (been > there, done that). > > If all you did was to wiggle to fix it, then at least one of those > TMPs is NOT fully seated. You need to check them all again. Note that > most of the barrel beneath the fins is in the socket when they are > fully seated. > > Rotating the TMP just a little as you push in is sometimes useful. > > Good luck and may you not flounder around nearly so bad as I did :>) > > 73, Guy K2AV > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
