[Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working?

[James Sarte]

Hi there ??? (apologies, but I don't recall ever seeing your name or call in
emails)...

Not sure if Aptos would be willing to send a whole RF board out just for a
small choke.  I could ask them, but even then, that's a whole lot of work.
I'm not sure if it'd be worth it for me to go that route as I have very
little spare time.  I think I'd rather take my chances with replacing the
choke myself.  I've already done the IF OUTPUT BUFFER mod, and the VFO noise
mod, so some of the fear of working on the K3 is already gone.  Still -
dealing with little SMD components isn't my bag baby! hi hi.

Anyway, Dale already told me he'd send a replacement choke out.  I still
have an open RMA though to have my stiff encoders swapped out with the
newer, less-viscous versions, so I may just send it back to kill two birds
with one stone.

The jumper that I soldered to the board will not stay.  It was just a way
for me to fully verify that RFC4 was indeed faulty - which it is.  I will
probably leave it in until I get the new choke, or until I send the unit
back to California.  I just wanted to practice my code anyway by using the
CW decoder... I don't intend to TX yet as I've got a sloppy fist.

73 de James K2QI
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:07 PM, The Smiths <notforchat at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Second, How about you just order a new board under warranty and do an
> advanced replacement returning the bad board when you exchange it out.
> You've obviously proven that you're capable of digging into the K3 on your
> own and getting things done.  Swapping a board is nothing.
>
> Furthermore, telling someone to short out a choke that was put there for a
> reason is an even worse idea, whether it would work or not isn't the
> question. You're just asking for problems later when something else goes
> wrong. Doing that to TEST something is fine, but to repair it, no thank
> you.. I'm glad I didn't bring my rig to your shop...
>
>
> > From: n4lq at carolina.rr.com
> > To: k2qi.nyc at gmail.com; k6ttm at sbcglobal.net
> > Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:16:07 -0500
> > CC: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net; don at w3fpr.com
>