I've built a fair number of kits using surface mount parts, and it always annoyed me that capacitors were never marked, while resistors were. I never heard an explanation of why that was.
73, Lee, AA4GA On Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 5:32 PM Geert Jan de Groot <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/01/2023 22:22, [email protected] 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. > > You will need to send a picture so that people can determine what it is. > > I took the K3 schematics (since you didn't mention K3s) and did a search > for 3.3 ohms and 3.3 kohms but that didn't give a hit, suggesting it may > not be a resistor. There are 3 3.3uf capacitors in the radio. > > Once we've established what it is we can search further. > > I thought it would be a 3.3 ohm resistor that would run hot, un-solder > itself but as said, can't find a schematic that has it. > > GJ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
