[Elecraft] KPA 500

[WILLIS COOKE]

The black screws look nice and some would complain if the screws were shiny 
metallic.  I live in the swamps of south Texas and I have nary a bit of rust on 
the screws in #1025 after more than two years and one hurricane eye.  I do 
have my shack air conditioned most of the time except for a couple of weeks 
after Ike and the last couple of weeks with an electrical problem waiting for 
the electrician to do his thing.  It is a can't win world, we get a 10K radio 
for 3K, work lots of DX, get good reports and some worry about $10 for some 
screws.  Keep up the good work Wayne and Eric!  Some of us are happy campers but 
it is hard to tell from this forum.
 Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ 




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From: Giulio IW3HVB <iw3hvb at gmail.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 12:21:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500

I'm waiting for the "End of Thread" msg by Wayne....

Anyway IMHO using non-stainless screws on the K3 is a flaw.
Seen from a producer perspective the difference in costs between the regular
screws and a stainless bunch is minimal.
Things become different when you have to prepare kits for substitution.
In any case why sould it be a flaw? It is not a matter of MIL specs, nor a
matter of "a radio worth 2000$ should have them".
It's more a matter of consistency. The K3 is a radio targeted for
Dxpeditions, field use etc (Elecraft says that!). So it is quite surprising
the choice about the original screws.

By the way I'm quite happy with my stainless screw, had to change the
original that became quite rusty after a dxpedition of 1 week in 8Q7 and
after some contest with the Venice Lagoon Contest Team.

These my 3 cents, for the screws......

73 de Giulio IW3HVB



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