G'day Ron: You misunderstand my situation.
I *have* mounted the nylon standoff to the Main DSP board as you describe. My problem is that there was *already* a metal standoff mounted on the Front Panel board, in the hole that you mention as vacant, and on which the nylon standoff rests. That standoff was mounted at the time of original construction (not by me), and is shown in the photo for which a link was provided. So, when it came time to re-mount the Main DSP board to the Front Panel board, the new nylon standoff on the Main DSP board want to sit **on top of** the metal standoff on the Front Panel board (obviously not possible). You can see this in another photo at: http://www.k8nd.com/Duelling_Standoffs_3485.JPG One of the standoffs has to go. The only question I have is whether I can leave the metal standoff in place and remove the nylon standoff, or whether I need to disassemble the front panel assembly to take off the metal standoff. Thanks. 73, Jeff K8ND > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron D'Eau Claire [mailto:r...@cobi.biz] > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:26 PM > To: jma...@k8nd.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Cc: 'W8TK Tom Kravec' > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] KRX3 Install Problem: Extra Standoff, > Front Panel Board > > You're looking at the wrong place, Jeff. > > Check Fig 9 in your KRX3 manual where it shows the screws to > remove to take the main DSP board off of the front panel > board. Arrows point to the three screws that thread into the > standoffs on the front panel board. > > Look to the LEFT of the lower left screw in that figure, and > you'll see an empty hole in the aux DSP board near the VFO B > encoder. That empty hole is where the nylon standoff goes on > the aux DSP board, very close to the VFO B encoder. > > The nylon standoff will rest against the front panel board just to the > *left* of the electrolytic caps on the left edge of the > picture you posted. > > There's actually a hole in the front panel board where the > nylon standoff rests, but it's not screwed onto the front > panel board. It's only function is to keep the main DSP board > from being pushed forward toward the front panel board when > the connectors mate. > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > > I am in the middle of installing the KRX3 in my K3/100 (s/n > 1152), and have bumped into a "stopper". > > I am at the point of re-mounting the main DSP board to the > front panel board. I find that there is a metal standoff > mounted on the front panel board near > J31 which is in the place that the newly-mounted nylon > standoff (same length) is mounted on the Main DSP board. This > standoff is attached to the Main DSP board in the KRX3 > instructions at the top of page 17. > > http://www.k8nd.com/FrontPanelStandoff_3489.jpg > > > 73, > > Jeff K8ND > > > _______________________________________________ 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
