I think it acts as a spacer and prevents you distorting the board by pulling it too close. Get the nut tight enough and it doesn't rattle 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 -- The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. -Moliere, actor and playwright (1622-1673)
On 17 Mar 2010, at 13:04, Mike wrote: > Thanks, David. > > I'm considering just leaving it out, it seems to serve no purpose. > > 73, Mike NF4L > > David Lankshear wrote: >> It was a bit loose on my K3 #1122, but I've seen it as a close fit on other >> K3's and a slack fit on a couple of others. >> >> Mine rattled when the internal speaker was used so I put a little bit of >> stuff called Blu-Tak on mine to stop it rattling. Subsequently, on removing >> the DSP from the front panel to make changes, I used a tiny dot of superglue >> to fix it to the front panel. After finger tightening the nut on the jack >> socket there's still a tiny gap but it doesn't rattle any more. ______________________________________________________________ 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
