[Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working?

[Steve Ellington]

Just bypass it with a piece of wire. It probably won't matter.
It might take months to get your K3 back!

N4LQ
Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Sarte" <k2qi.nyc at gmail.com>
To: "Gene Langendorff" <k6ttm at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "Elecraft" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; <don at w3fpr.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working?


> Gene et all,
>
> I reheated the contacts on RFC4 to the point that I think I even slightly
> warped the casing of the choke on one side.  No good.  No continuity at 
> all
> from any of the trace points or direct contact with the chokes leads.
>
> Looks like RFC4 is dead and K3 #2730 will have to go back to Aptos for
> repair.
>
> 73 de James K2QI
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:02 PM, James Sarte <k2qi.nyc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>>  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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
>
> -- 
> 73 de James K2QI
> President UNARC/4U1UN
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