I have KPA500 SN 00149. Mine is a kit and it hasn’t had a lid off since I finished building it July 2, 2011, almost 9 years ago,. Like the rest, I heard clicking for a while and all of a sudden it stopped or I just no longer hear it. I think it stopped. Whatever was clicking found its happy spot.
The build: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ak5x/albums/72157626974789347/with/5894606802/ 73, Bill-AK5X > On Jun 25, 2020, at 9:34 AM, Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com> wrote: > > I think it’s the “Z” bracket inside. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > >> On Jun 25, 2020, at 10:12 AM, Howard Sherer <h...@lehigh.edu> wrote: >> >> I have had a KPA500 for many years and the only annoying thing is that I >> hear clicking of the metal case parts as it heats up and cools down. all of >> the case screws are tight and I had this problem from the early days even >> before I had to remove the RF deck and send it to the factory for minor >> repairs 2 years ago. >> >> I don't think there is a way to find the source of the clicking unless I >> bypass the interlock and run it with the case panels off. Have others had >> this occur and if so did you find the source and solution? >> >> Howard >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 n...@widomaker.com > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 a...@me.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
