The internal contact points on the socket are actually gold. Just the external legs that solder into the pcb are tin.
73, Eric --- www.elecraft.com On 3/9/2012 4:37 PM, John wrote: > I just recieved the replacement parts for my K3. > Thank you ELECRAFT. > The two 6 pin "blocks" are gold plated but the > 20 pin "socket" and 26 pin "socket" are tin plated. > Are these the correct parts for repair? > John > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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