[Elecraft] [K3] Screw up

[Stewart Rolfe]

While carrying out the cw keying mod last week I noticed one of the top 
cover standoffs was pretty slack and prevented me from tightening the 
screw sufficiently. I made a mental note to go round all the screws and 
check they were all secure - I remember the manual emphasising that 
screening can be compromised by not securing screws sufficiently.

Finally got round to it today; maybe I was too gentle when I put my K3 
together last December but I did find several screws needing a tweak and 
some were pretty loose in fact. The radio has not been mobile or moved 
much so my advice would be to go round with a screw driver and 6BA nut 
driver a couple of months into service just to check everything's still 
tight. The design is so good that all the fixings are easily accessible 
without any hassle after removing the top and bottom covers, with the 
exception of the ones underneath the KPA100 and for now I've ignored 
those.....

Still having fun and looking forward to the second receiver.....

73,  Stewart Rolfe GW0ETF  (K3 145)