Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 225, Issue 9
Correction - could be 3R3 - that's an inductor. W1GCF Geoff -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 12:42 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Elecraft Digest, Vol 225, Issue 9 Send Elecraft mailing list submissions to elecraft@mailman.qth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net You can reach the person managing the list at elecraft-ow...@mailman.qth.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Elecraft digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Fred Jensen) 2. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Rich WC3T) 3. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Chris Waldrup) 4. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Dave New) 5. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Dave New) 6. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Dave New) 7. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Geert Jan de Groot) 8. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Andrew Moore) 9. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Rick NK7I) 10. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Dave New, N8SBE) 11. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Lee Hiers) 12. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Rich WC3T) 13. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Dave New, N8SBE) 14. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Rich WC3T) 15. Y-Box For Sale (Dave) 16. Re: Keying the K3s (Jim McCook) 17. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Sam Carson) 18. Re: Keying the K3s (Lee Hiers) 19. Re: Keying the K3s (Jim McCook) 20. Re: Keying the K3s (Lee Hiers) 21. Re: Keying the K3s (Rick Bates, NK7I) 22. Re: Keying the K3s (Brian Hunt) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 13:40:11 -0800 From: Fred Jensen To: Dennis W1UE Cc: Reflector Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3- Part fell out! Message-ID: <5fb4c25a-33c7-eb08-cdd6-30770aefc...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Does the radio still work?? If I find loose parts but the radio still works, I consider them to be spare parts. ?? Seriously, does it appear to be electronic in nature ... i.e. does it have terminals or solder points? 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County Dennis W1UE wrote on 1/23/2023 1:21 PM: > I dropped d a lock washer into the bowels of my K3 today, so had to invert > the unit to get the washer out of the unit. When I did so, the washer fell > out of the unit, but so did another component. Its a small rectangular > part, white on one side and blackish on the other, and either "3K3" or > "3R3" is stamped on it. I don't know where the part came from, or where it > should go back' I'm just sure it doesn't belong sitting on my bookshelf > rather than be in the radio. > > Can anyone maybe help me find where it should be going? I know its not an > easy > thing to diagnose, but any suggestions on where it should go before I try > taking > the radio apart again. > > Dennis w1UE > __ > 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 tok6dg...@gmail.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:41:39 -0500 From: Rich WC3T To: Dennis W1UE Cc: Reflector Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3- Part fell out! Message-ID: <06bb612c-3aca-4fab-97a5-c6996474e...@wc3t.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 My totally uneducated guess is that it?s a surface mount capacitor. I did an image search and found what resembles you have. That?s all I can offer. Good luck. 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 / SOC #1221 Grid: FN20is Bureaucracy is always in search of self-preservation. ? AA7BQ > On Jan 23, 2023, at 16:23, Dennis W1UE wrote: > > ?I dropped d a lock washer into the bowels of my K3 today, so had to invert > the unit to get the washer out of the unit. When I did so, the washer fell > out of the unit, but so did another component. Its a small rectangular > part, white on one side and blackish on the other, and either "3K3" or > "3R3" is stamped on it. I don't know where the part came from, or where it > should go back' I'm just sure it doesn't belong sitting on my bookshelf > rather than be in the radio. > > Can anyone maybe help me find where it should be going? I know its not an > easy > thing to diagnose, but any suggestions on where it should go before I try > taking > the radio apart
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 225, Issue 9
There are very few reasons to have 3.3 Ohm resistor anywhere. It's much more likely to have a 3.3 K Ohm resistor. This it is likely labeled 3K3 not 3R3. There is a saying that if you hear hoof beats, think horses not zebras. Going with horses, you are looking in the schematics for a 3.3 K ohm resistor. One you find it (them, there may well be more than one), they will be designated as on a board and a number for that board, eg: R120 or something like that. Find those 3.3 K ohm resistors on the various boards (with board layouts) - missing? There you go. Since you report that the unit seems to be working for the things you do, it's possibly in a more obscure area of the circuitry. However I wouldn't be taking the thing apart for that, just look where you can. It's very possible that at some point someone just dropped a part in there. You didn't mention if you are the original owner. One aspect of "MARS Mod" on various transceivers is the removal of a resistor. Maybe someone had an oopsie ( I don't know if K3 require's this sort of mod, but - who knows? Also someone could have just dropped one into it by accident. So - don't take the thing apart in your quest unless you know what you are doing. W1GCF Geoff -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 12:42 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Elecraft Digest, Vol 225, Issue 9 Send Elecraft mailing list submissions to elecraft@mailman.qth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net You can reach the person managing the list at elecraft-ow...@mailman.qth.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Elecraft digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Fred Jensen) 2. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Rich WC3T) 3. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Chris Waldrup) 4. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Dave New) 5. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Dave New) 6. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Dave New) 7. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Geert Jan de Groot) 8. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Andrew Moore) 9. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Rick NK7I) 10. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Dave New, N8SBE) 11. Re: K3- Part fell out! (Lee Hiers) 12. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Rich WC3T) 13. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Dave New, N8SBE) 14. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Rich WC3T) 15. Y-Box For Sale (Dave) 16. Re: Keying the K3s (Jim McCook) 17. Re: arrl.net domain is being blocked! (Sam Carson) 18. Re: Keying the K3s (Lee Hiers) 19. Re: Keying the K3s (Jim McCook) 20. Re: Keying the K3s (Lee Hiers) 21. Re: Keying the K3s (Rick Bates, NK7I) 22. Re: Keying the K3s (Brian Hunt) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 13:40:11 -0800 From: Fred Jensen To: Dennis W1UE Cc: Reflector Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3- Part fell out! Message-ID: <5fb4c25a-33c7-eb08-cdd6-30770aefc...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Does the radio still work?? If I find loose parts but the radio still works, I consider them to be spare parts. ?? Seriously, does it appear to be electronic in nature ... i.e. does it have terminals or solder points? 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County Dennis W1UE wrote on 1/23/2023 1:21 PM: > I dropped d a lock washer into the bowels of my K3 today, so had to invert > the unit to get the washer out of the unit. When I did so, the washer fell > out of the unit, but so did another component. Its a small rectangular > part, white on one side and blackish on the other, and either "3K3" or > "3R3" is stamped on it. I don't know where the part came from, or where it > should go back' I'm just sure it doesn't belong sitting on my bookshelf > rather than be in the radio. > > Can anyone maybe help me find where it should be going? I know its not an > easy > thing to diagnose, but any suggestions on where it should go before I try > taking > the radio apart again. > > Dennis w1UE > __ > 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 tok6dg...@gmail.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:41:39 -0500 From: Rich WC3T To: Dennis W1UE Cc: Reflector
