[Elecraft] No matter what I do...

[John [K7SVV]]

Does running over Elecraft kits with your car void the warranty?  I think we
need some input from Eric or Wayne on this one.

John   [K7SVV]


On 12/5/05, V Cortina <vcortina at hvc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Hi folks.  Remember my last post about how the K1 I built in the spring
> and the KAT1 I built just now worked great, thereby depriving me of some
> "fun" troubleshooting?  Well, you're NOT going to believe this.
>
> Since it really had no bearing on the story, I neglected to mention that I
> had a  K1 tilt stand, an RF probe, and a DL-1 dummy load on order from
> Elecraft.  Well, it arrived this morning (Monday the 5th).  I discovered it
> when I was leaving the house, and since I had an armful of other items, I
> "temporarily" put it on the roof of the car.  I know you know what's coming.
>
> My intentions were to stop by the local diner, grab some lunch, then
> double back to the Kingston area (the nearest city) for some quick
> shopping.  Well I got about 3/4 the way to the diner, when it hit me.  The
> box!  Oh NO!  The BOX!  Obviously, I stopped immediately, and got out to
> check the roof, just in case it got caught on the roof rack, which obviously
> it did not.  I then made a high-speed U turn, and began to trace my steps,
> as it were, in a desperate attempt to find my missing stuff.  I got to the
> final county route which passes my property, and was only about 200 yards
> away from the tiny dead end cut-off to my driveway when it happened.
>
> Since I had placed the box on the right side of the roof, I was thinking
> maybe it would have fallen off onto the right shoulder of what is now the
> oncoming lane from my perspective.  So, my eyes were firmly positioned to
> the far left of my lane, with regular glances in front of me to make sure I
> didn't crash.  Suddenly, in one of my forward glances, I noticed an object
> in my MY LANE, just about lined up with my left tires.  At 45+ M.P.H. and
> with the distance it was, avoiding it was impossible.  The realization hit
> me just as the front tire of the Subaru whacked the package, followed only a
> few hundred milliseconds by the rear tire.  I managed to stop about 70 yards
> downrange.  I backed up (small county road, no one coming), and picked up
> the package.  It had my name on it, and looked incredibly similar to the one
> I had just put on my roof only 5 minutes ago, except it had large tire marks
> on it, and looked like it had just been beaten up very badly.
>
> Guess what?  I opened it up....
>
> No damage whatsoever.  So help me.  The box and the little plastic peanuts
> had taken a severe pounding, but they gave their lives to protect the
> precious contents.  The circuit boards were untouched.  I even checked the
> diodes under a microscope, and they look OK.  Heck, even if they're broken,
> I will gladly buy new ones.
>
> So it seems I won't be able to enjoy any troubleshooting fun no matter
> WHAT I do!
>
>
> I need a few days off.
>
>
> Vin Cortina  KR2F
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John   [K7SVV]