G'day Ron: My profound apologies for doubting you!
I had, indeed, put the new nylon spacer in the *wrong* hole on the Main DSP board! I went back to give it a close look after replying to your email, and find that I was wrong. Moving it now, and proceeding with my KRX3 installtion. Thanks again! 73, Jeff K8ND > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Maass [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:43 PM > To: 'Ron D'Eau Claire'; '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] KRX3 Install Problem: Extra Standoff, > Front Panel Board > > > G'day Ron: > > You misunderstand my situation. > > I *have* mounted the nylon standoff to the Main DSP board as > you describe. > > My problem is that there was *already* a metal standoff > mounted on the Front Panel board, in the hole that you > mention as vacant, and on which the nylon standoff rests. > That standoff was mounted at the time of original > construction (not by me), and is shown in the photo for which > a link was provided. > > So, when it came time to re-mount the Main DSP board to the > Front Panel board, the new nylon standoff on the Main DSP > board want to sit **on top of** the metal standoff on the > Front Panel board (obviously not possible). You can see this > in another photo at: > http://www.k8nd.com/Duelling_Standoffs_3485.JPG > > One of the standoffs has to go. The only question I have is > whether I can leave the metal standoff in place and remove > the nylon standoff, or whether I need to disassemble the > front panel assembly to take off the metal standoff. > > > Thanks. > > 73, Jeff K8ND > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ron D'Eau Claire [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:26 PM > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Cc: 'W8TK Tom Kravec' > > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] KRX3 Install Problem: Extra Standoff, Front > > Panel Board > > > > You're looking at the wrong place, Jeff. > > > > Check Fig 9 in your KRX3 manual where it shows the screws > to remove to > > take the main DSP board off of the front panel board. > Arrows point to > > the three screws that thread into the standoffs on the front panel > > board. > > > > Look to the LEFT of the lower left screw in that figure, and you'll > > see an empty hole in the aux DSP board near the VFO B encoder. That > > empty hole is where the nylon standoff goes on the aux DSP > board, very > > close to the VFO B encoder. > > > > The nylon standoff will rest against the front panel board > just to the > > *left* of the electrolytic caps on the left edge of the picture you > > posted. > > > > There's actually a hole in the front panel board where the nylon > > standoff rests, but it's not screwed onto the front panel > board. It's > > only function is to keep the main DSP board from being > pushed forward > > toward the front panel board when the connectors mate. > > > > Ron AC7AC > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > I am in the middle of installing the KRX3 in my K3/100 (s/n > 1152), and > > have bumped into a "stopper". > > > > I am at the point of re-mounting the main DSP board to the > front panel > > board. I find that there is a metal standoff mounted on the front > > panel board near > > J31 which is in the place that the newly-mounted nylon > standoff (same > > length) is mounted on the Main DSP board. This standoff is > attached to > > the Main DSP board in the KRX3 instructions at the top of page 17. > > > > http://www.k8nd.com/FrontPanelStandoff_3489.jpg > > > > > > 73, > > > > Jeff K8ND > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ 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
