[Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The Turning of the Screw"

[WILLIS COOKE via Elecraft]

Not a good idea for the screws sticking out of capacitors and transformers. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke,TDXS Contest Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS
      From: Harry Yingst via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
 To: brian <alsopb at nc.rr.com>; "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 5:36 PM
 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The Turning of the Screw"
   
That's an old fix for many radios
Open them up and tighten down all the screws


      From: brian <alsopb at nc.rr.com>
 To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
 Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 4:27 PM
 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The Turning of the Screw"
  
Makes you wonder how they know such seeming impossible-to-know things.

Are there also magic potions and incantations available?

73 de Brian/K3KO


On 2/6/2015 20:55 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> A couple of days ago I reported a fall-off in output from my K3 on 
> some bands. I wrote about this to Howard, K6IA, at Elecraft service, 
> who wrote back and suggested that one or more of the three screws that 
> attach the LPA board to the lower cover of the radio might have loosened.
>
> Sure enough - one of the three was 1/2 turn short of tight. Tightened 
> it up, tested, all normal again.  Ran auto TX calibration, all 
> successful. I happy camper am.  Thanks Howard!
>

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