[Elecraft] [K3] This might save you some grief

[Wes Stewart]

I didn't touch the amplifier...this was the KANT3 board.

That said the pressure required to remove it and reseat it could have flexed something else on the main r-f board, so who knows?

Mine has been in the Elecraft hospital for another problem and had the KPA100 replaced with a Rev C, so I think it has gold pins, but until I have to open it up again for another reason, I won't know for sure.

--- On Sun, 9/19/10, WILLIS COOKE <wrcooke at yahoo.com> wrote:

Wes, I had a similar experience.  I unseated the plug at the rear of the amplifier and reseated it.  Apparently one or more of the contacts had corrosion.  I just reseated the plug in the socket and normal operation returned.  I have read posts on this reflector of K3s that required the connector to be replaced because the pins on the connector had corroded off.  I think the newer units have gold plated pins to solve this problem.  My K3 is number 1025.
 Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ