Hi Adrian, welcome to the hobby and to the Elecraft list, Wow, that's quite a collector's item! I'd consider asking Elecraft what they'd charge to assemble and align for you.
John KN5L On 2/14/21 3:32 PM, KJ7SOY wrote: > Hi everyone! I’m new to the list and to Elecraft radios and HAM in general. > Thanks for bearing with me while I learn! > > I picked up an unassembled K3 at an auction three weeks ago. It’s been > sitting in a box with most of the boards sealed in their anti-static bags > since 2009. I’ve hit a snag and I’m hoping someone here can help. > > I have the rev B RF board and I’m doing the manual’s resistance tests. > Voltage regulators U12 and U13 are both supposed to test at > 150 ohms. U12 > passes but U13 tests at 87 ohms. This unit has never been powered up so I > suspect it has to be a bad regulator. I can solder a board just fine and > assemble PCB’s but I’m not overly comfortable with hardware debugging. I’ve > removed the side cover and checked for loose boards, bad connections, etc. > with no success. Anyone have any ideas how I should proceed? Do I just > replace the regulator? Do some other debugging? > > Thanks! > 73 > -Adrian > KJ7SOY ______________________________________________________________ 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
