Ace Hardware has some screws in Black. WA6VAB Ray K3 #3824
From: Don Wilhelm Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:49 PM To: Tommy Judson; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 204, Issue 6 Tommy, I highly recommend that you get the proper screws from Elecraft to be certain they are the correct length. Hardware store screw are normally not available in black, so why mess up the appearance of your KX2 with zinc plated screws. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/13/2021 11:36 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft wrote: > Make a bad purchase good? > Bought a KX-2 off the internet and have found that it is missing several of > the screws that held the end plates on. Asked about that and the seller said > he tried to put some sort of protective end plates onto the radio but > couldn’t do it so threw them away and put the original end plates back on. > What concerns me about just going to the hardware store and getting more > screws (that might not be the proper thread/length) is I think two of the > screws held the final output transistors onto that end plate which I assume > was for that end plate to act as a heatsink. > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
