[Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working?

[James Sarte]

Darnit.  I took half the K3 apart. Nevermind, guess I cant see the solder
pins from the top as they're actually covered by the jack housings.

OK... on to step two.

James K2QI

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 9:31 PM, James Sarte <k2qi.nyc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Gene,
>
> After following Don's advice to do an EE Init and reload, I still had the
> same problem.  I then removed the bottom plate and checked RFC3 and RFC4.
> Continuity check shows that RFC3 is ok, but RFC4 has no continuity.
>
> How did Gary suggest you fix RFC4?  Did you resolder the choke?  If so, how
> did you do it - from the bottom of the board where the choke is mounted, or
> did you have to solder from the other side?
>
> If it's from the other side, wow.. I'm not looking forward to tearing the
> K3 apart.  That's a lot of work.
>
> Pse advise.
>
> Mni tnx es vy 73 de James
> K2QI
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Gene Langendorff <k6ttm at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>
>> I had the same symptom on my year old newly completed K3 kit a few months
>> ago (S/N 3172).  With Gary's guidance found the trouble to be one of the
>> surface mount chokes (RFC3 or RFC4) between the paddles jack (J12) and the
>> board needed resoldering.  Check for continuity with your ohmmeter and you
>> will probably find one of them not connected.  Carefully resolder each end
>> while applying downward pressure, one end at a time, and it should work.
>>
>> Gene K6TTM
>>
>>
>>
>