Chris,
This is not supposed to happen (first case I've heard of), so you could just
request a replacement 2-meter module. That said, you could probably re-glue the
nut in place temporarily using a tiny bit of epoxy, avoiding the threads. Once
the TO220 device tab is secured by the screw, the
Hot melt glue might be more forgiving (glue on the threads) or double
sided tape with a punched hole for the screw.
When I built Heath Kits and real work I would use tape on my finger so
that I could hold the nuts in place while I attached the screw...
73, steve WB3LGC
On 21-Dec-14 1:42 PM,
I am installing my third 2M module on a KX3 for a friend. On this particular
unit, the nut that I guess was being held on by some adhesive I never noticed,
fell off the back of the FET heat sink. I’m having a stickler of a time
trying to figure out a clever way to hold the nut on there so I
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