[Elecraft] Do you really need a K3?

[David Toepfer]

I can't imagine how many days or weeks of time and cost of shipping, labor, and
parts the same damage on a Kenwood 480 would be.

David, k3tue
.


--- Mark Bayern <mbayern at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/28/06, w6jd at comcast.net <w6jd at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > And when it fails, good luck fixing it yourself! 8-)
> 
> funny you should mention that! ... this was posted within the last
> week on a QRP group's reflector.
> 
> ~~
> 
> >From QRPland; I made the fatal mistake of leaving my K-1 plugged in
> and hooked up during an electrical storm...ZAP-POW-SPLAT...Batman!
> There was no crash, no flash of lightning, just a silent power surge
> that took out the EEprom, the Voltage regulator and a diode in the
> ATU. Total cost of repairs was $7.49 (including postage). Finding the
> problem took about 4 hours of bad language.
> 
> ~~
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