Ed: You would have absolutely no chance of repairing one of the import rigs yourself. At least with Elecraft you have phone and email support, spare parts and modular construction going for you. Now if all that doesn't help then ship it in for service but to say "it almost certainly requires a factory return" is only true if you're totally electronically and mechanically inapt. If you can use a vom and screwdriver you at least have a fighting chance of repair. From I've seen, the K3 is about as reliable as anything else out there unless you really beat up on it, expose it to lightning or fat finger the assembly.
Steve N4LQ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Lambert" <gelamb...@charter.net> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Repair > As a prospective K3 customer, I have been following this link with very > great interest. I would be interested in knowing what percent of K3 > deliveries require return to Elecraft for repair and of that cohort, what > is > the percentage of K3's that were fundamentally defective upon delivery as > opposed to damaged by customer (mis)use. > > For me the weakness of the K3 is the (probably necessary) departure from > the > "kit model" of the rest of the Elecraft line where self repair is the > order > of the day. The repair of a K3, it seems to me, almost certainly requires > a > factory return, which, from this thread, is somewhat unappealing. > > I am interested further discussion on this thread in order to help me > determine whether my very limited funds go toward a K3 purchase or the > purchase of a second, but "fully tricked out", K2/100. > > Ed Lambert, KD3Y (K2 1999, KX1 1492) > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
