Jed, magnetic tools and ferrite cores can be a problem. I've had radios in for repair in the past where someone has carried the radio with a magnetic mount antenna on top of the radio... It was seriously down in performance and only restored to normal operation with new cores.
I am not sure what magnetic tools you might use, but ordinary (and good tip) screwdrivers, narrow nose pliers and a pair of stainless tweezers were fine for my K3 assembly 16 months ago. Don't forget to load the latest release of beta firmware as mentioned elsewhere on here, it's a big improvement and well worth installing. 73 Dave, G4AON K3/100 #80 (from Nov 2007) ------------------------------------------ I have read the tips in the assembly manual. So, I have the static mat and wrist strap. But, I wondered if there would be a problem using magnetic tools. Is this something that should be avoided? Thanks much and 73, Jed AD7KG ______________________________________________________________ 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
