I have repaired several of these for ZL amateurs - by a similar method. My theory is that the large lump of steel plate (27g) in these mics could contribute as it means the mic has more kinetic energy when dropped. Three of the mics I repaired were damaged in shipment from USA to New Zealand. When I repair them, I replace the steel plate with an identically shaped piece of Customwood (MDF). This supports the microphone element, does not detract noticeably from the speech quality and reduces the weight by about 20g (happy SOTA ops :-) Good luck, Geoff ZL3GA
On Sat, 4 Sept 2021 at 09:38, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian, > > Elecraft has had a 'rash' of those incidents, but I thought they > addressed that with the mic vendor (yes, Elecraft does not stock parts > for the mic, they buy them whole from the vendor). > > There was some speculation a few months ago about the cause -- and I > don't know the answer. Many thought the vendor may have overtightened > the screws, or there was a bad batch of plastic. > > The MH4 does not have that problem as far as I know, and it is the same > case style. > > I hope you hear something from Elecraft soon, but Labor Day holiday is > Monday, so send another email to [email protected] as soon as > possible today - I know it is late in the day for you. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 9/3/2021 5:00 PM, Ian Liston-Smith wrote: > > Goodness! Thanks for all the replies where you've had the same happen. > It's extremely disappointing that Elecraft ended up selling an inferior > product for so much money - especially if they are not going to sell spare > cases. Seems this is a very common problem and not just me being clumsy. > > > > My mic will be under warranty, but I doubt Elecraft will pay the return > postage from the UK, and anyway they're likely to say it's been mishandled > and not covered under warranty anyway - despite this obviously being a > common problem. > > > > Maybe someone from Elecraft could reply here as I've still not had a > reply to my email to their spares department. > > > > Thanks for the gluing suggestions and I have tried that, but on > reassembly a thought: "This really shouldn't be necessary, surely they sell > spare cases." But I guess not if they just buy them from China! > > > > If this was some cheap, unbranded stuff from the Far East, fair enough, > but it isn't! > > > > Come on Elecraft... > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
