Yes, by all means Tony should contact Elecraft service. They are staffed
with very competent people, and have developed methods of supporting
customers around the world.
Several years ago, I experienced excellent support from SDR Kits, a
small UK company that builds the excellent VNWA Vector Network Analyzer
designed by EE prof DG8SAQ. I fried the front end by absent-mindedly
transmitting into one antenna while the VNWA was still connected to
another one. They sent me enough of the schematic and parts layout
around that stage that I was able to purchase the needed SMT parts and
get a younger local ham with SMT experience and a good microscope setup
on his bench to install them. The parts I needed were inexpensive and
easy to buy from the usual industrial electronics suppliers (like
Farnell in the UK).
There's a good chance that Elecraft could do something similar. Perhaps
Tony might start with a good photo of the board and the part that fell
out, and send that via email.
73, Jim K9YC
On 12/26/2017 9:33 AM, K9MA wrote:
Hi Tony,
Sounds like a smoking gun to me. Certainly there must be someone on
that side of the Atlantic that could replace an SMT part! I'm sure
Elecraft would provide guidance.
73,
Scott K9MA
On 12/26/2017 06:58, Tony G6GLP wrote:
Hi Scott
I had a look inside and under the atu but nothing looks out of place
until a little smt device dropped out. It looks like a coil of some
sort but I am not sure where it fell off and even if I did I now dont
have the facilities to put is back with any dignity. So when the
elves get back to work I will get an RMA number and box it up and
send it off for them to remedy. Since its second hand it wont hurt
for a once over.
73 de Tony G6GLP
On 25/12/2017 22:55, K9MA wrote:
It might be worth taking a look at the bandpass filters, just to see
if there's a broken inductor wire, or something else simple. I've
always been suspicious of those toroids supported only by their
leads. You could also just do some continuity tests, to make sure
the relays are OK.
Unfortunately, the filters are on the main circuit board. If you
can't fix it yourself, you'll have to send the whole radio to Elecraft.
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