[Elecraft] Question on KX1 paddle mount

[Don Wilhelm]

John,

That is threaded for 6-32.  Since you are apparently going to put a 
screw into that hole that is something other than the paddle mounted 
thumbscrew, I will offer a caution - Do NOT allow the screw threads to 
extend inside any further than the depth of the threads.  If the screw 
tip overlaps the edge of the board, it will damage a PC trace that is 
quite close to the edge of the board just below the key jack.  I have 
repaired several where that happened.  The usual symptom of that damage 
is that the KX1 goes into transmit as soon as power is applied.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/7/2013 8:14 PM, John Evans - N0HJ wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>   Before I do something stupid like strip the threads on the mount 
> hole, does anyone know what the thread size is ??  Metric or US? 4-40 
> perhaps?