My K3 was one of the lightning casualties they (René) just fixed. If it wasn't cost effective to replace components on a board, he replaced the board. Neither René nor Madelyn said it couldn't be completely repaired. I think the modularity is what makes it possible to ensure that a lightning repair produces a radio that is completely up to spec (and updated too).
René explained his findings and course of action to me, and I was and am very satisfied. Insurance would have paid for a replacement if Elecraft would have said one was necessary, but I am comfortable that the repair was complete and left the radio as good as new. He charged me for four hours of labor and the components and boards replaced. The radio was new last November or so, so it is in the warranty period, but I assumed the warranty wouldn't cover lightning. Jim N7US -----Original Message----- That's not as much a dig as it might sound. A common occurrence after lightning damage is for components to weaken and then fail later on, on their own inconvenient schedule. A question for the K3 repair guru's...is a lightning damaged board replaced and tossed, or repair of the lightning damage attempted? Is the warranty for such repair the same, or is there a caveat for lightning damage? 73, Guy. On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Grant Youngman <n...@tx.rr.com> wrote: > What I find remarkable is that Elecraft is even willing to look at a radio that has suffered lightening damage. > > Back in the mid-90's I took an indirect lightening hit that left a bit of molten metal around the shack. Two other radio top 3 manufacturers were totally unwilling to even attempt repairs. The policy was -- "Lightening induced damage, we won't touch it". Nonetheless, I had to send the radios to the manufacturers, and pay for 2-way shipping plus a "service" fee, just to get a letter to give my insurance company stating the equipment was "unrepairable". It might have been, or not, but the service departments wouldn't even check. > > Grant/NQ5T ______________________________________________________________ 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
