[Elecraft] Loose KIO3 I/O Module?

[Don Wilhelm]

Tim,

Yes, there is some movement to the KIO3 3.5mm jacks.  It is not much and 
in the extreme should be limited by the holes in the panel (the front of 
the jacks extend through the holes in the panel.  If your jacks do not 
extend through the panel, then your panel is mounted incorrectly and 
should be fixed, but otherwise it should be OK for them to move a bit.  
The body of the jacks do make contact with the panel and that does 
reduce the motion a bit.

You might check the 1 1/4 inch standoffs - there should be no lockwasher 
between the board and the standoff (the lockwasher goes under the screw 
head).

73,
Don W3FPR


NZ8J wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just purchased an  K3 from another ham and noticed when I was hooking
> things up that the KIO3 I/O module seems to be very loose. ( the plug-in
> jacks move up and down quite a bit and are very loose).
> Is this a normal condition?  There doesn't appear to be any support for
> this module other than the friction fit of the pins plugging into the
> KIO3 mother board. I haven't noticed any abnormal operation, I was just
> curious if this is normal after the K3 has been used a while, (this one
> is about 18 months old)  or something that I should look into further.
>
>