I ,would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Elecraft,
especially Don w3fpr, for the excellent job repairing my K2.My rig is back
home, and is better than ever. thank you.73, Al. kd7kd.
Al,
Thanks, and you are quite welcome. Our goal is to always return a rig
that performs the best it can be, it is great to hear that we have
achieved that goal for you.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/23/2013 9:30 AM, al Keenan wrote:
I ,would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at
K2 # 1273 / KPA 100 suddenly went dead on receive , after checking for shorts
with the KPA 100 removed i found the heat sink area under the finals were
getting hot , however a 3 amp fuse would hold ! A 1/1/2 fuse would blow !
Found at least one of the finals shorted . I ordered a parts kit parts
Hello
I would like to apologize if I ruffled some feathers over Elecrafts support.
I was told when I bought my first K2 that Elecraft did not work on them.
When I had a problem with it that I couldn't fix, I sold it and bought
another
one. Well, I had the second one working beautifully for a
That's a great post, Scott!
Elecraft personnel are not all in Aptos. That's the home office where the
kits and rigs are assembled, but engineers and support staff are scattered
over a large area that includes several states. We normally communicate with
each other via e-mail and telephone. For
Ron's point about having a virtual network of support in this email reflector
is spot on. I like to say Elecraft took the Open Source concept and applied it
to their product support. There are thousands of Elecraft rigs in operation
and with them a high number of technically savy owners who
Don't forget that Hamvention is coming up, and some folks will likely
be traveling.
Dave Wilburn
K4DGW
K2/100 - S/N 5982
K3/100 - S/N 766
For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will
never know.
Scott McDowell wrote:
Hello
I would like to apologize if I ruffled
Dave, Scott, and all,
Gary prefers not to travel :-) , so I doubt he will be at Dayton. But
remember that he has another life too and takes the weekends off, so if
you send a question late in the week, do not expect an answer until
after he catches up on the backlog left over after the
Scott,
I, too, have sent a rig to Gary. I was a test builder for the K2 and after
a period of time, ran into issues with my original kit. We had a couple of
mods over the years :-). He took care of everything. I also called and
spoke to him re some upgrades and he helped through those. I was
Elecraft, best we can figure, does not have a
Service Department, or at least discourages
builders from using it. It's sort of a do-it-yourself
repair process. I've read hints, on
the list, of those who had sent in their K2's
for service and alignments. But when I asked
Elecraft that question -
Fred,
Elecraft does maintain a Customer Support organization that can best be
accessed by email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and when email (and
possibly telephone) support is not adequate to resolve th eproblem, it can
be sent in to Elecraft for repair (that does require a Repair Service
Wow -
I learned a thing or 2 today. I'm feeling much better
about Elecraft's service policies and remedies!
Sounds
great to me. I'm sure the lion's share of builders,
hope to be able to fix and service their Elecraft
kits themselves. My concern, was for the guy or gal,
who for whatever reason
@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K2 repair advice
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:37:47 -0800 (PST)
Wow -
I learned a thing or 2 today. I'm feeling much better
about Elecraft's service policies and remedies!
Sounds
great to me. I'm sure the lion's share of builders,
hope to be able to fix and service
Hello all,
I have a question for the gurus regarding fixing my K2. Back
in 2003 I built a K2 with KPA100, KDSP2, SSB, 160 mod and
external ATU and used it to operate mobile in South America
for a period of time. I then returned to the U.S. to begin
med school and have been off the air since.
Adam,
It does not require any exotic de-soldering equipment to remove components,
even those multi-legged critters.
It is relatively easy to remove any component - PROVIDED you do not make any
attempt to salvage the broken component.
With whatever tools you have available (small saws, pliers,
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