[Elecraft] Possible K3s TX failure - distorted audio

[Grant Youngman]

Seems about right.  My K3 arrived in Watsonville on Oct 1, and was shipped back exactly 30 days later.

That said, it was the first time my nearly 10-year-old K3 had been back to the factory and the first actual problem of any kind I’d had with it.  At the same time, they installed the front panel board gold pins (which may have been the actual cause of the problem I was having), put a mod in the KPA3, added a bracket, aligned it, and checked it.  I’d been sitting on a set of those gold pins for quite a while in my “when I get a Round To-It” box of parts, and it’s probably too bad I hadn’t taken the time to put them in before some oxidation caused a problem.  At least it’s done now, and I know my radio still meets or exceeds specs.

30 days was a small price to pay … even though it was a lonely time :-)

Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091 KX3 #8342

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