[Elecraft] Elecraft K3-100 Repair

[Dominic Baines]

Brian,

Any chance you can advise those that wield a screwdriver and/or 
soldering iron from time to time on their Elecraft rigs or on those of 
others what the problem was? Error in build/construction, board failure 
or something else entirely?

How long had your friend had it before the fault appeared? If had 
operated for months and then fails within 24 hours of you buying that 
seems like really bad luck.

What did it cost to fix?

72
Dom
M1KTA
On 27/02/13 10:26, Brian North wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am writing to say thank-you for guiding me in the right direction for the repair to my K3-100.
> I bought the radio from a good friend of mine, he had built the rig as kit form. I bought it home and let it stand for 24  hours before even powering it up. When it came time to turn the K3 on, all seemed OK and it operated very well for three days and then gradually started to 'play-up'. This got worse and worse, to the point where the K3 finally gave up altogether, and NO I am not a screwdriver merchant, I never put a screwdriver near it.
>
> I contacted Elecraft and filled them in with the finer details. I had an almost instant reply guiding me towards 'Walters & Stanton PLC' who had the franchise for Elecraft in the UK.
>
> 'Waters & Stanton PLC' advised me to send my K3 to them and they felt that they could fix the problem, which they did with  the help of an Italian company.
>
> The rig was returned to me with a new up-dated DSP board and a few other needed items.
> It is now been about a week or so, and the K3 is working even better than it was when I first had it. I am one happy guy, the Elecraft is an amazing radio and I have had a few radios' but not of this very high quality. Thank-you, thank-you, I can not thank all those involved with the repair of my beautiful K3-100 enough, right down to the people that I spoke to on the phone!
>
> Kind Regards.
> Brian North.  2E0BWQ
>
> Sent from my iPad
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