Hey guys, don't get me wrong. I never meant to say that James didn't do a wonderful job at trouble shooting than testing by shorting out the choke. That wasn't my point at all. I wasn't even meaning to comment on his work at all. Other than to say that he appears to be a very competent person for sure. It seemed that he knew exactly where he was going, and seemed to get it done right. What I was responding to was the other person that was trying to tell james that he shouldn't send his rig in because it would take "MONTHS" to get back. My point to that other person was it was wrong of him to make such a complaint unfounded, and that without knowing what the actual back log at Elecraft was. He really shouldn't be trying to 'scare' people like that. As for the board swap, I was just mentioning it as an option because I knew that James didn't want to be without his rig any longer than he needed to be. Plus I was confident that with a Kit rig like the K3 it wouldn't be any trouble for Elecraft to send another RF board because of a simple Choke that had been manufactured improperly. Furthermore, as I just stated, I could clearly tell that James is perfectly capable of swapping a board after he's done all this work. To me as someone that repairs gear I would NEVER leave a choke shorted out just because it worked that way.. You never know what other problems your going to create for yourself later on. Of course if James wants to replace the choke by itself that would be ideal. That would save him a lot of time disassembling the rig, and could fix his problem post haste. I'm not sure where my message was read wrong.. But to answer your question as to whether or not I bought my rig as a kit, Yes, of course, as someone that repairs these rigs I would be a hypocrite if I hadn't built my own.. well, that or a "very busy" guy... LOL 73 both...
> From: r...@cobi.biz > To: k2qi....@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:35:04 -0800 > CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working? > > You handled it just like I would, James, and I've repaired communications > equipment, LF through microwave, professionally as well as built countless > kits and scratch-built Ham rigs, many of my own design. > > I don't know if the fellow behind "The Smiths" built his K3 from a kit, but > you and I both know that replacing the RF board is a big job involving > completely disassembling the K3 back to a "kit" except for the front panel > assembly. I've done it. Time is required, just as with the original > assembly. Rushing, while assuming one remembers exactly what to do, will > certainly lead to time-consuming mistakes. > > RF chokes on leads leading outside the rig are for RF suppression - to keep > RF in or, in this case, certainly to keep RF that might trigger the circuit > out. > > You'd know instantly if there was a problem. Your rig would key when you > operated something else, or stick in transmit if it's own RF trigger the key > line. > > In your situation I'd replace the choke too, but if it were too difficult to > get to, I'd add a similar value choke to points I could reach physically as > close to the existing choke as possible. > > 73, > > Ron AC7AC > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of James Sarte > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 12:54 PM > To: The Smiths > Cc: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working? > > Well, time is always an issue for me. This weekend I was lucky as I didn't > have to work. I was able to troubleshoot the radio and figure out what the > problem was. > > I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'd rather take my chances replacing the > choke myself then spend hours tearing the K3 apart, then putting it back > together again, hoping that nothing else would be wrong with it once I'm > done. > > I did put my K3 together as a kit, so I do have experience working on it... > it's just not something I look forward to doing. In the little time I do > have to play radio, I'd rather play than fix. :) > > 73 de James K2QI > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:38 PM, The Smiths <notforc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Of course if time is an issue, and it doesn't seem to be in this case as > > we've seen you trouble shoot, then soldering to repair, and once again > > jumping the choke to "test" with. Than in that case a person should send > > their rig in for repair. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
