Yes, I gave my K3 a gentle shake while building and heard a rattle. Pleased that it was only the ferrite beads conjuring up the mojo...
73 Stewart G3RXQ On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:56:18 -0500, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: > Hi: > > Well, it's been a full week now since I finished the assembly (I can't > bring myself to call it a build). > > When I did the initial inventory, I short 3 or 4 pieces of hardware, > at least according to the parts list. The only thing I really > "needed" was a black pan head screw...I had the rest around anyway, > but since I wanted that black pan head, I asked for the other couple > of missing hardware parts as well. > > When I finished the assembly, boy did I have lots of hardware left > over...and that's BEFORE I got the replacement hardware from > K3Support. I feel really bad that Elecraft spent time and money to > send me a few odds 'n' ends that I actually didn't need. In my case, > the inventory list clearly included more than necessary, but it was > not flagged as "this is extra." > > To be fair, I did order the KPA3 with the K3, so there may have been > some hardware in surplus due to that (but there wasn't supposed to be > and certainly not as much as was left). > > I had LOTS of surplus locks (both types) and LOTS of surplus nuts and > I even ended up one black pan head screw OVER, even after the > inventory said I was short one. So....when YOU do an inventory and > find that you are a couple screws, locks, or nuts short, don't sweat > it. > > OH yeah...one more thing. When I went to put the KPA3 in, I was very > concerned about the SOUND of something very loose on that assembly. > Every time I tipped the unit one way and the other, something was > "rattling." After 10 minutes of searching for "stuck hardware" that I > knew was there somewhere, most likely stuck between the bottom of the > board the heat sink, I found that it was the ferrites around two leads > sliding back and forth. Oh for goodness sakes! > > de Doug KR2Q > > And one last thing about the KPA3. Thanks to the posts here on the > reflector, I noted that the "floating resistors" (I think they are > resistors) were pushed down near to the board. I simply applied a > tiny bit of upward pressure and moved them away from the "other stuff" > so that they were more air born. > _______________________________________________ > 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
