[Elecraft] Field repairs to K3s

[Gerald Capodieci]

Thanks Paul:
You have some wonderful luck. I bought a Tentec Eagle and Omni 7 and both failed within 2 years. I opened both to look for problems. though both were labeled ‘Made in USA’ most components were labeled ‘Made in China’ and are no longer available. For both repairs they need to be shipped back to Tennessee to their shop now employing a part time repair person. Reading the forums, reliable repairs are questionable. So I’m about ready to give up on the hobby.

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> On May 25, 2018, at 11:15 PM, na5n at zianet.com wrote:
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> Gerald Capodieci writes:
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>> I'm looking to buy a radio that does not need to be sent back to the
>> manufacturer for basic repairs.
> 
> Gerald,
> 
> Repair implies a failure has occurred.  Most radios these days, and certainly Elecraft, are highly reliable rigs short of receiving some sort of abuse.  Sure, failures do sometime occur, but fairly rare.  There are countless thousands of Elecraft and other radios on the air after years of use with no problems.  Many being carried to mountain tops (SOTA) and back frequently.  I bought a TenTec Triton IV in 1978 (?) when they first came out - the first solid state full CW QSK rig ... and quite a few rigs since.  Haven't had one failure on any of them in those 40 years.  I don't think you have much to worry about.
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> 72, Paul NA5N