A friend of mine put a mag mount on top of his 2m base radio. Never worked right after that. Never able to realign it. Warnings below should be heeded. A good new (not worn) phillips screwdriver will grip a screw enough to get it started. I bought a brand new Stanley set for my K3 assembly, and went through my old ones and threw worn ones out.
73, Guy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy" <[email protected]> To: "Dave G4AON" <[email protected]> Cc: "Elecraft Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 5:06 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/100 kit > Hello Dave, > > I hope that your warning about the effect that a magnet can have on cores > will be noted by those who use magnetized screwdrivers to recover > hardware. > To recover parts that have gone AWOL I would srongly recommend the use of > an > inexpensive "Grabber" tool, which can also be used to install a screw and > lockwasher together in one shot before the screw is tightened by a > screwdriver (non magnetic). IMHO the use of magnetized tools is asking for > trouble. > > 73, > Geoff > GM4ESD . > > > Dave G4AON wrote on Saturday, May 23, 2009 6:59 AM > >>I wouldn't be in a hurry to wave a strong magnet anywhere near radio >> equipment that contains ferrite or dust cores. When I worked in the >> mobile radio industry we occasionally came across a mobile that had been >> carried or stored with a magnetic mount antenna on it... The radio had >> below specification performance with no obvious fault except the >> alignment didn't seem right. The fix was to replace the cores. It's over >> 20 years since I worked on a bench repairing those radios, so I can't >> recall the type of core. >> >> Old Weller TCP irons with the magnetic switch near the tip are something >> else to watch... >> >> You might get away with it building an Elecraft kit, but I wouldn't risk >> it. >> >> 73 Dave, G4AON >> K3/100 #80 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
