[Elecraft] standard vs stainless steel screws

[Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF]

Funnily enough......YES, it has Gary.
And yes folks, it does really need them, here in Innisfail we are averaging 200 - 300mm (8  - 12 inches) of rain per day and have done for the last week and a half.
For the uninitiated, our average yearly rainfall here in Innisfail is approximately 5Metres per year. (Thats getting close to 20 feet of rain a year!)

I don't have gills yet but I am working on them. :)


Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF
Innisfail, QLD, Australia
Elecraft K3# 4257 + PR6 - K144XV = multiband goodness!

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gary Gregory 
  To: Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF 
  Cc: Doug Faunt N6TQS 510-655-8604 ; elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:43 PM
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] standard vs stainless steel screws


  Hey Jeff,

  Your K3 got floaties yet?...:-)

  Gary


  On 9 March 2011 15:10, Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF <vk4bof.elecraft at gmail.com> wrote:

    Hi Doug,
    I had the Stainless Steel kit in installed into my K3 when it was factory built and I swear by them.
    (I reckon that if it had standard screws in it I would be swearing AT them!)
    I live right on the east coast of Australia in the tropics where we get salt spray, floods, cyclones (hurricanes) and all manner of other weather delights.
    I am sure that if my K3 had the standard screws in it that it would have rust stains all over the radio by now. (And the radio is not yet 1 year old!)

    My $0.02c worth, keep the change!

    Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF
    Innisfail, QLD, Australia
    Elecraft K3# 4257 + PR6 - K144XV = multiband goodness!

     ----- Original Message -----
     From: Doug Faunt N6TQS 510-655-8604
     To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
     Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 4:08 AM
     Subject: [Elecraft] standard vs stainless steel screws


     This was discussed in depth a while back, but I though I'd report my
     experience.

     I took my K3 to Niue and Norfolk Island for a couple of weeks each in
     their spring.  In both cases, we were high over the ocean, not close but
     it was visible, and humidity was often high.
     My K3 now has a dozen screws that now have rusty heads- the 8 fan
     mounting screws and the 4 speaker mounting screws.  I have the SS screw
     kit in hand, but haven't gotten to installing them.

     I also had a minor KAT3 failure, I think due to the amount of
     transportation, about which I'll report later.

     73, doug
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