I haven't heard from Elecraft yet, I am pretty sure I will need a KIO3 repaired. I will be watching this thread.
73, Dave, K4TO On Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 2:49 PM Ken K6MR <k...@outlook.com> wrote: > On 11/27/2021 9:30 AM, Dr. William J. Schmidt wrote: > > I have the rework equipment in my RF lab to fix these boards and have > done so on many occasions (there are basically only two parts that can go > bad on the USB side... the ESD diode pack and the MAX-USB chip, both of > which are surface mount packs that can easily be removed). > > I’ve only repaired two of these boards, but it was way more than two > parts. The ones I fixed had the hub, voltage regulator, switches, and one > other device get toasted. All surface mount, so easy fix once the dead > parts were identified. Cheap too, I think it was no more than $10 per > board parts cost. > > Ken K6MR > > From: David Gilbert<mailto:ab7e...@gmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2021 09:17 > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net<mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: Need K3 Board > > > I think that's an excellent offer. In the absence of Elecraft > supporting these older boards (as I stated in my first post, when I > asked Elecraft to repair my KIO3 they declined), it would be great if we > could compile a small database of people like yourself willing and able > to do proper repair ... for a reasonable fee, of course. > > If somebody was willing to do this on a regular basis, I suspect that > many of us would be willing to simply donate older/excess boards. I > have a couple that I would. > > 73, > Dave AB7E > > > On 11/27/2021 9:30 AM, Dr. William J. Schmidt wrote: > > I have the rework equipment in my RF lab to fix these boards and have > done so on many occasions (there are basically only two parts that can go > bad on the USB side... the ESD diode pack and the MAX-USB chip, both of > which are surface mount packs that can easily be removed). If you have bad > KIO3B boards, please sell them to those of us that can repair them and keep > them in stock for future needs. > > > > > > Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ > PJ2/K9HZ > > > > email: b...@wjschmidt.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 k...@outlook.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 k...@arrl.net > ______________________________________________________________ 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
