Yes, I gave my K3 a gentle shake while building and heard a
rattle. Pleased that it was only the ferrite beads conjuring up
the mojo...
73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:56:18 -0500, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
Hi:
Well, it's been a full week now since I finished the assembly (I
can't
bring myself to call it a build).
When I did the initial inventory, I short 3 or 4 pieces of
hardware,
at least according to the parts list. The only thing I really
needed was a black pan head screw...I had the rest around
anyway,
but since I wanted that black pan head, I asked for the other
couple
of missing hardware parts as well.
When I finished the assembly, boy did I have lots of hardware
left
over...and that's BEFORE I got the replacement hardware from
K3Support. I feel really bad that Elecraft spent time and money
to
send me a few odds 'n' ends that I actually didn't need. In my
case,
the inventory list clearly included more than necessary, but it
was
not flagged as this is extra.
To be fair, I did order the KPA3 with the K3, so there may have
been
some hardware in surplus due to that (but there wasn't supposed
to be
and certainly not as much as was left).
I had LOTS of surplus locks (both types) and LOTS of surplus
nuts and
I even ended up one black pan head screw OVER, even after the
inventory said I was short one. Sowhen YOU do an inventory
and
find that you are a couple screws, locks, or nuts short, don't
sweat
it.
OH yeah...one more thing. When I went to put the KPA3 in, I was
very
concerned about the SOUND of something very loose on that
assembly.
Every time I tipped the unit one way and the other, something
was
rattling. After 10 minutes of searching for stuck hardware
that I
knew was there somewhere, most likely stuck between the bottom
of the
board the heat sink, I found that it was the ferrites around two
leads
sliding back and forth. Oh for goodness sakes!
de Doug KR2Q
And one last thing about the KPA3. Thanks to the posts here on
the
reflector, I noted that the floating resistors (I think they
are
resistors) were pushed down near to the board. I simply applied
a
tiny bit of upward pressure and moved them away from the other
stuff
so that they were more air born.
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