Thanks, Terry, Yeah, I don't want to bend anything. I'm pretty sure the board is seated properly, as it is in contact with the stand-offs. Maybe the stand-offs are a tad long.
Don's explanation that the purpose is to keep the DSP board from flexing sounds good, so leaving it out isn't the best idea I've had. If I can't tighten it enough, I m thinking I may stack some more washers with it, making sure they don't contact anything they shouldn't. If it's a problem on more than a coupe (and it seems to be), I'm really surprised that Elecraft hasn't addressed it. 73, Mike NF4L Terry Schieler wrote: > My washer was quite loose on the build of K3 #474. The rattle bothered me > on such an otherwise fine piece of engineering. Elecraft service said they > had heard of it once before and that I probably didn't have the front panel > seated properly. Then I began to read that many others had the problem on > their K3's. So I added a dab of hot glue to the washer and it rattles no > more. > > Just FYI, when I snugged the nut down enough to stop the washer from > rattling, I could see the front panel visibly bending under the force > (fingers only). So I backed the washer off to where it was just snug (and > the panel stopped bowing) and went with the hot glue fix. > > Terry, W0FM > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Lankshear [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Assembly question > > 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. > > 73 DaveL G3TJP > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
