[Elecraft] K3_no_xmit,_no_receive? FIXED! (for now)

[Wes (N7WS)]

If you want to see intermittent connections...

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Elecraft_K3/photos/photostream/lightbox/692485818#zax/2040317344

Note: The connection is purposefully disconnected to show the corrosion inside 
the socket.

And no, I don't live on a tropical island.  The average RH here the desert of 
Tucson is less than 20%.

On 8/1/2015 8:08 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
> With problems of this sort, it is very important to make sure that the
> TMP connectors are FULLY seated. Otherwise it is possible to have the
> center pin just BARELY making contact. This will cause an intermittent
> problem to reappear at the most inconvenient times possible (been
> there, done that).
>
> If all you did was to wiggle to fix it, then at least one of those
> TMPs is NOT fully seated. You need to check them all again.  Note that
> most of the barrel beneath the fins is in the socket when they are
> fully seated.
>
> Rotating the TMP just a little as you push in is sometimes useful.
>
> Good luck and may you not flounder around nearly so bad as I did  :>)
>
> 73, Guy K2AV
>
>