That's what the Chinese do Start taking parts out of the certified
design until it quits working, and then put the last one back.
Clay E. Autery, Jr.
KY5G
On 1/25/2023 5:23 PM, James Michener wrote:
If the radio still works, and if you find what part it is, Elecraft
can cost reduce the
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 3:25 PM James Michener wrote:
> If the radio still works, and if you find what part it is, Elecraft can
> cost reduce the design.. :->
>
> --Jim K9JM
>
> On 1/23/2023 1:40 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> > Does the radio still work? If I find loose
If the radio still works, and if you find what part it is, Elecraft can
cost reduce the design.. :->
--Jim K9JM
On 1/23/2023 1:40 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
Does the radio still work? If I find loose parts but the radio still
works, I consider them to be spare parts. Seriously, does it
Yaw!
I have been working with SMD -components. Marking; 3k3 is A 3300 ohm
(3.3 kOhm) resistor 3.3.ohm resistor is marked 3R3. As I have been
working as A radio- TV mechanics I sometimes was targeted with A joke.
"Put an extra component loose somewhwere in an equipment and cause a
nerval
Thanks to everyone that offered suggestions. Primarily culprit is one of
the surface mount resistors on the KPA3. I won't know for sure until I
take the KPA3 out next week, but I had that part fail before on my personal
K3.
I got the repair info from Keith WE6R and, once I can verify (or not)
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Reflector Elecraft mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Elecraft] K3- Part fell out!
I dropped d a lock washer into the bowels of my K3 today, so had to invert
the unit to get the washer out of the unit. When I did so, the washer fell
out of the unit,
Hi Dennis;
What is your serial #?
And please send me a picture of the part.
I bet it is a feedback resistor on the KPA3, they run hot and fall off.
We have upgraded beefier parts, shoot me an email when you pull the KPA3
and confirm (there are TWO of them close the Finals).
The 3R3 resistor is
I've built a fair number of kits using surface mount parts, and it always
annoyed me that capacitors were never marked, while resistors were. I
never heard an explanation of why that was.
73,
Lee, AA4GA
On Mon, Jan 23, 2023, 5:32 PM Geert Jan de Groot wrote:
> On 23/01/2023 22:22,
On 23/01/2023 22:22, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote:
I dropped d a lock washer into the bowels of my K3 today, so had to invert
the unit to get the washer out of the unit. When I did so, the washer fell
out of the unit, but so did another component. Its a small rectangular
part, white
BTW, the item that was banging around in my K3s sometime after I built it
was a nut with a broken piece of screw in it.
I obviously over torqued it at some point, and it eventually fell off.
No telling where THAT came from...
73,
-- Dave, N8SBE
On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 4:46 PM Chris Waldrup
Actually with a marking like 3K3, it's likely a 3.3K ohms surface mount
resistor.
Possibly from a poor soldering job on the main board. It likely passed
electrical
tests, but after some mechanical torque, it likely popped off of the board.
73,
-- Dave, N8SBE
On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 4:43 PM Rich
3.3 ohm SMT resistor?
Chris
KD4PBJ
> On Jan 23, 2023, at 15:43, Rich WC3T wrote:
>
> My totally uneducated guess is that it’s a surface mount capacitor. I did
> an image search and found what resembles you have. That’s all I can offer.
> Good luck.
>
> 72,
> Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR:
My totally uneducated guess is that it’s a surface mount capacitor. I did an
image search and found what resembles you have. That’s all I can offer. Good
luck.
72,
Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 / SOC #1221
Grid: FN20is
Bureaucracy is always in search of self-preservation. — AA7BQ
>
Does the radio still work? If I find loose parts but the radio still
works, I consider them to be spare parts. Seriously, does it appear
to be electronic in nature ... i.e. does it have terminals or solder
points?
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Dennis W1UE wrote
I dropped d a lock washer into the bowels of my K3 today, so had to invert
the unit to get the washer out of the unit. When I did so, the washer fell
out of the unit, but so did another component. Its a small rectangular
part, white on one side and blackish on the other, and either "3K3" or
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