Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] K2#2032

[Ron ZL1TW]

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>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2#2032
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>Hi Bruce,
>              My guess would be you have a small piece of swarf of some 
> kind between the thermal pad and ground , and tightening the nut is 
> puncturing the pad on one or both transistors. You will need greater than 
> "finger tight" on the bolts to have an effective thermal connection.
>If such a short was the cause I doubt you will have dorked the 
>transistors...it would be a straight supply/short cct  current flow ...not 
>through the devices at all.
>Cheers......Ron ZL1TW
>
>At 12:23 AM 4/7/02 -0600, you wrote:
>>.....snippety snip.....snippety snip........
>>  ...question is, did my short condition blow the finals?...it's late so
>>I'll wait until tomorrow and then see how the alignment goes...I'm sure it
>>will tell me if anything is permanently wrong, like blown finals...
>>
>>..72/73 - Bruce (VE5RC+VE5QRP) QRP-C#1  QRP-L#886  ARCI#9683  Zombie#272
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>>             - VE5QRP SOC#11 - VE5RC SOC#12 - oo#148 - K2#2032 - COG#15 -
>>           "QRP! How sweet it is!"        "I am da man wit "DAH" paddle!"