Actually with a marking like 3K3, it's likely a 3.3K ohms surface mount resistor. Possibly from a poor soldering job on the main board. It likely passed electrical tests, but after some mechanical torque, it likely popped off of the board.
73, -- Dave, N8SBE On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 4:43 PM Rich WC3T <r...@wc3t.us> wrote: > My totally uneducated guess is that it’s a surface mount capacitor. I > did an image search and found what resembles you have. That’s all I can > offer. Good luck. > > 72, > Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 / SOC #1221 > Grid: FN20is > Bureaucracy is always in search of self-preservation. — AA7BQ > > > On Jan 23, 2023, at 16:23, Dennis W1UE <egan.denni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I dropped d a lock washer into the bowels of my K3 today, so had to > invert > > the unit to get the washer out of the unit. When I did so, the washer > fell > > out of the unit, but so did another component. Its a small rectangular > > part, white on one side and blackish on the other, and either "3K3" or > > "3R3" is stamped on it. I don't know where the part came from, or where > it > > should go back' I'm just sure it doesn't belong sitting on my bookshelf > > rather than be in the radio. > > > > Can anyone maybe help me find where it should be going? I know its not > an > > easy > > thing to diagnose, but any suggestions on where it should go before I try > > taking > > the radio apart again. > > > > Dennis w1UE > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to r...@wc3t.us > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to theoldmo...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
