Is the Subaru still under warranty? I am certain the Elecraft gear will need no warranty replacement. It does sound like the shock absorbers may need service after that ordeal <G>.
73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > Does running over Elecraft kits with your car void the warranty? > I think we > need some input from Eric or Wayne on this one. > > John [K7SVV] > > > On 12/5/05, V Cortina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi folks. Remember my last post about how the K1 I built in the spring > > and the KAT1 I built just now worked great, thereby depriving me of some > > "fun" troubleshooting? Well, you're NOT going to believe this. > > > > Since it really had no bearing on the story, I neglected to > mention that I > > had a K1 tilt stand, an RF probe, and a DL-1 dummy load on order from > > Elecraft. Well, it arrived this morning (Monday the 5th). I > discovered it > > when I was leaving the house, and since I had an armful of > other items, I > > "temporarily" put it on the roof of the car. I know you know > what's coming. > > > > My intentions were to stop by the local diner, grab some lunch, then > > double back to the Kingston area (the nearest city) for some quick > > shopping. Well I got about 3/4 the way to the diner, when it > hit me. The > > box! Oh NO! The BOX! Obviously, I stopped immediately, and got out to > > check the roof, just in case it got caught on the roof rack, > which obviously > > it did not. I then made a high-speed U turn, and began to > trace my steps, > > as it were, in a desperate attempt to find my missing stuff. I > got to the > > final county route which passes my property, and was only about > 200 yards > > away from the tiny dead end cut-off to my driveway when it happened. > > > > Since I had placed the box on the right side of the roof, I was thinking > > maybe it would have fallen off onto the right shoulder of what > is now the > > oncoming lane from my perspective. So, my eyes were firmly > positioned to > > the far left of my lane, with regular glances in front of me to > make sure I > > didn't crash. Suddenly, in one of my forward glances, I > noticed an object > > in my MY LANE, just about lined up with my left tires. At 45+ > M.P.H. and > > with the distance it was, avoiding it was impossible. The > realization hit > > me just as the front tire of the Subaru whacked the package, > followed only a > > few hundred milliseconds by the rear tire. I managed to stop > about 70 yards > > downrange. I backed up (small county road, no one coming), and > picked up > > the package. It had my name on it, and looked incredibly > similar to the one > > I had just put on my roof only 5 minutes ago, except it had > large tire marks > > on it, and looked like it had just been beaten up very badly. > > > > Guess what? I opened it up.... > > > > No damage whatsoever. So help me. The box and the little > plastic peanuts > > had taken a severe pounding, but they gave their lives to protect the > > precious contents. The circuit boards were untouched. I even > checked the > > diodes under a microscope, and they look OK. Heck, even if > they're broken, > > I will gladly buy new ones. > > > > So it seems I won't be able to enjoy any troubleshooting fun no matter > > WHAT I do! > > > > > > I need a few days off. > > > > > > Vin Cortina KR2F _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
