[Elecraft] K3 Birdie 28004.560 kHz

[Wayne Burdick]

Wes,

The level of corrosion shown in your photos is so bizarre that it is of general scientific interest. Therefore, I'm going to replace your board at no charge just so we can see if it happens again. Despite the 6% humidity. Please call CS to make the arrangements. Tell them Wayne sent you.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On Feb 24, 2014, at 10:27 AM, "Wes (N7WS)" <wes at triconet.org> wrote:

> I've added a couple of more photos. The center pin is most assuredly there.  I wanted the juxtaposition to show the difference in metallurgy between the cable connector and the socket, and demonstrate that the photo color balance wasn't "coloring" (sorry) the issue.  The other photo show the mother board and although it is more difficult to see the connectors in the photo, to the eye, the difference between the XREF board connectors and the ones on the motherboard of obvious.
> 
> Replacing the cables wouldn't hurt, however, IMHO it's the XREF board that really needs replacing.  All of these connectors reside in the same air-conditioned, non-humidified environment.  The day I wrote my original (unanswered email) the RH in Tucson was 6%.
> 
> The only time this radio has been out of this environment is when it spent two months at Aptos getting birth defects fixed.
> 
> Wes  N7WS