Yes, the picture is not great. The pin is totally shiny (it is a ground surface) except for the little end on the right in the picture.
-----Original Message----- From: hawley, charles j jr [mailto:c-haw...@illinois.edu] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:27 AM To: T Gahagan Cc: Cady, Fred; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] KXPD3 intermittent keying The picture of the pin seems really dark...is it really shiny? Just the lighting? I need to look, but I think my pins are very shiny, and I don't remember any tapered end (they are late issue). Sent from my iPhone Chuck (Jack) On Nov 14, 2012, at 10:55 AM, "T Gahagan" <wa7...@gmail.com> wrote: > The website should be www.ke7x.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cady, Fred > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:12 AM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] [KX3] KXPD3 intermittent keying > > My KXPD3 started to give some intermittent keying. > > Here is my theory: > The connection between the paddle arms contact to the ground that > needs to be closed to complete the circuit is through the pivot pin at > the back of each paddle arm. The pivot pin has one end that is > necked-down and has not been ground to a bright finish. In my paddle, > that end was in the bottom and, I believe, was making intermittent > contact. I reversed the pins, putting the shiny end down and, so far, > that seems to have cured the problem. > I have a picture of the pin in question on my website: > www.kex.com and click on KXPD3 Paddle Intermittent > > Cheers, > Fred KE7X > > Fred Cady > "The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration and Operation" > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
