[Elecraft] Very Dissatisfied With Elecraft Support

[n4lq]

Keep in mind. The IN34 will only ship one way.
Steve Ellington
N4LQ at insightbb.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael taylor" <mctylr at gmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Jon Perelstein" <jperelst at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Very Dissatisfied With Elecraft Support


> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> The K2 does come with parts to build up an RF Probe, and a replacement 
>> kit
>> is available from Elecraft for $10 - the kit designation is RFPROBE and 
>> can
>> be found in the K2 spare parts section of the website. Caution: This is a
>> kit of parts only (no instructions), but is not difficult at all.
>
> The instructions can be found in the K2 manual, which is downloadable
> from the Elecraft web site.
> <http://www.elecraft.com/manual/ELECRAFT%20K2%20Owner's%20Manual%20Rev%20G%20WEB.pdf>
>
> PDF page 155 (appendix E, Troubleshooting, appendix E page 9)
>
>>> support -- I have to source
>>> obsolete parts from China, buy drill equipment and copper bathroom pipe,
>>> and rip apart my
>>> television (or my computer) to cannibalize printed circuit boards.
>
> If you want Jon, I will send you a Germanium diode (1N34A or
> equivalent) and a piece of scrap-sized copper coated circuit board. I
> will even include the capacitor and resistor.
>
> The half inch copper pipe is readily available from home building
> supply stores such as Home Depot, Lowes, etc. These end caps are
> normally soldered with a propane torch, which is reasonable cheap and
> also available from a building centre. But that was merely one
> suggested possible case, based on what the builder had available.
>
> -Michael, VE3TIX
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