He is a thing for people to do if there is a problem with any electronics getting wet.
I do model war ships that are designed to sink. What we do when the electronics get wet is, Open the unit, "unplug and remove battery's" With a squirt bottle, douse the circuit board with rubbing alcohol. The alcohol with displace the water from the board. Drain the alcohol and let the remainder evaporate. When there is no trace of alcohol moisture present, the system is safe to use. I have used this on many electronics systems and has worked perfect each time with no corrosion on the board. KG6SKA Rob. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John D'Ausilio Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:22 AM To: Darwin, Keith Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Problem and new elecraft kit proposal I can tell you that moisture is a problem :( last rove we spent all of Sunday driving around in pouring rain. Unfortunately, the Jitney leaks a bit, and as the day went by more and more water was accumulating here and there and one drip was landing unnoticed on the low-band station K2. It started acting very weirdly as you can imagine. We opened it up and propped it against the dash with the A/C running + heat, and by the next stop not only was it working much better but the overall gain seemed to increase quite a bit! de w1rt/john On 10/22/07, Darwin, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, Dom this is priceless!! Too funny. > > I could see how randomly placed natural semi-conductors could mess up a > circuit. > > I wonder if anyone else has had problems with creatures getting into the > K rigs while they are in the field? I could see a backpacker having > something inside the radio when he wakes up in the morning. Probably a > good idea to seal every hole. > > - Keith N1AS - > - K2 5411.ssb.100 - > - K3 wave 3 - > > -----Original Message----- > A mouse entered by this hole and used the K2 as an high cost toilet. > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
