I noticed this issue when I first assembled my KX3. The simple cure for me after tightening the BNC a couple of times early on was to use a right-angle BNC adapter all the time. No more problems, and the coax conveniently pays off to the rear of the rig :-)
73, geoff - W1OH *********************************************************************** Geoff Allsup, W1OH gall...@whoi.edu or w...@whoi.edu Senior Engineer Upper Ocean Processes Group Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA, USA *********************************************************************** > On Aug 22, 2017, at 17:36, Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > Aaron, > > The most likely cause is that the nut on the BNC jack has worked loose. It > should be easy to tighten, although you will likely have to remove the 2 > meter option (if you have it) and the KXAT3. > See page 25 of the KX3 Assembly Manual. > Use a wrench to tighten the nut, and while tightening the nut, put a BNC > connector on the outside of the jack and hold it with pliers so you can > torque the nut tight without damaging the BNC jack. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > On 8/22/2017 9:54 AM, Aaron K5ATG wrote: >> The BNC Connector on my KX3 has become loose, is there a way to repair it? > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to gall...@whoi.edu > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
