[Elecraft] K3 Repair

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

That's not as much a dig as it might sound.  A common occurrence after
lightning damage is for components to weaken and then fail later on,
on their own inconvenient schedule.

A question for the K3 repair guru's...is a lightning damaged board
replaced and tossed, or repair of the lightning damage attempted?  Is
the warranty for such repair the same, or is there a caveat for
lightning damage?

73, Guy.

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Grant Youngman <nq5t at tx.rr.com> wrote:
> What I find remarkable is that Elecraft is even willing to look at a radio that has suffered lightening damage.
>
> Back in the mid-90's I took an indirect lightening hit that left a bit of molten metal around the shack.   Two other radio top 3 manufacturers were totally unwilling to even attempt repairs.  The policy was -- "Lightening induced damage, we won't touch it".  Nonetheless, I had to send the radios to the manufacturers, and pay for 2-way shipping plus a "service" fee,  just to get a letter to give my insurance company stating the equipment was "unrepairable".  It might have been, or not, but the service departments wouldn't even check.
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
>
> On Jul 4, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft wrote:
>
>>
>> with the larger number of K3s damaged from lightening strikes and other
>> physical damage.
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