Yes, that was fixed long, long ago. A screw head struck the edge of one of the boards in early K3 front panel assemblies. It wasn't noticed for a while because in the process of prying the connectors apart, the edge of the pc board chafing against the edge of one board was not noticed.
I'm surprised you found it on a K3 as late as 3329. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Sewell N5NA Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Missing Step for K-POD Front Panel Mod I received my K-POD this afternoon and proceeded to do the front panel mod. The instructions say to simply remove the 3 top and 2 bottom front panel screws and pry off the front panel. In the past I recalled needing to remove the left side panel but couldn't really remember why. When I was unable to pry the left side of the front panel loose I removed the left panel and remembered why I had to do that in the past. There is a round head screw on the bottom front 2D fastener that must be removed for the board to slide out. After I removed that screw it was no problem. The instructions need to include this step. My K3 is SN 3329. Perhaps later K3s don't have that round head screw. 73, Alan N5NA ______________________________________________________________ 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]
