[Elecraft] K3 - inventory was short...but not really

[Stewart Baker]

Yes, I gave my K3 a gentle shake while building and heard a 
rattle. Pleased that it was only the ferrite beads conjuring up 
the mojo...

73
Stewart G3RXQ

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:56:18 -0500, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Well, it's been a full week now since I finished the assembly (I 
can't
> bring myself to call it a build).
>
> When I did the initial inventory, I short 3 or 4 pieces of 
hardware,
> at least according to the parts list.  The only thing I really
> "needed" was a black pan head screw...I had the rest around 
anyway,
> but since I wanted that black pan head, I asked for the other 
couple
> of missing hardware parts as well.
>
> When I finished the assembly, boy did I have lots of hardware 
left
> over...and that's BEFORE I got the replacement hardware from
> K3Support.  I feel really bad that Elecraft spent time and money 
to
> send me a few odds 'n' ends that I actually didn't need.  In my 
case,
> the inventory list clearly included more than necessary, but it 
was
> not flagged as "this is extra."
>
> To be fair, I did order the KPA3 with the K3, so there may have 
been
> some hardware in surplus due to that (but there wasn't supposed 
to be
> and certainly not as much as was left).
>
> I had LOTS of surplus locks (both types) and LOTS of surplus 
nuts and
> I even ended up one black pan head screw OVER, even after the
> inventory said I was short one.  So....when YOU do an inventory 
and
> find that you are a couple screws, locks, or nuts short, don't 
sweat
> it.
>
> OH yeah...one more thing.  When I went to put the KPA3 in, I was 
very
> concerned about the SOUND of something very loose on that 
assembly.
> Every time I tipped the unit one way and the other, something 
was
> "rattling."  After 10 minutes of searching for "stuck hardware" 
that I
> knew was there somewhere, most likely stuck between the bottom 
of the
> board the heat sink, I found that it was the ferrites around two 
leads
> sliding back and forth.  Oh for goodness sakes!
>
> de Doug KR2Q
>
> And one last thing about the KPA3.  Thanks to the posts here on 
the
> reflector, I noted that the "floating resistors" (I think they 
are
> resistors) were pushed down near to the board.  I simply applied 
a
> tiny bit of upward pressure and moved them away from the "other 
stuff"
> so that they were more air born.
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