[Elecraft] K3S rocking on flat surface - SOLVED!

Phil Wheeler w7ox at socal.rr.com
Mon Dec 7 12:43:28 EST 2015


Uhhh .. it seems we all miss *something*, Bob :-) 
Good that it resulted only in "rocking on a flat 
surface" vs. smoke or worse!

73, Phil W7OX

On 12/7/15 8:03 AM, Bob Novas wrote:
> Thank you to everyone that responded.  I took the bottom cover off and
> immediately saw the problem - It was an assembly mistake. I had installed a
> standoff that was 1/32 too long on the screw holding the PA shield -- the
> screw at the top of the rear bottom panel that's above the right foot,
> looking at page 70 of the assembly manual.  I replaced it with the correct
> length standoff, and the problem is fixed.  Don't know how I missed that on
> assembly!  Shouldn't work tired,  I guess.  Bob - W3DK



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