[Elecraft] P3 parts falling off

[Don Wilhelm]

David,

That jack is used only for factory testing.  Your P3 should work 
normally without it.
Hang onto the jack and if you ever send the P3 to Elecraft for repair, 
include it and the P3 will come back with it installed.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/2/2019 4:06 PM, David Olean wrote:
> I went up to my remote ham shack to take out the ham gear for the 
> winter, and turn off the heat.  I had a K3 with P3 panadaptor there for 
> my ten meter station, and when I started disconnecting things, I heard 
> something rattling around inside the P3. (?)  When I got home and opened 
> it up I found an RJ-11 receptacle rolling around inside the box. The 
> whole assembly had fallen off the front panel PC board. I am not sure 
> how this would happen. The thing is surface mount soldered to the 
> board.  I think this connector is only used for testing.  I am not sure 
> what to do at this point. My hands are a bit shaky to try to fix it 
> myself.  Or maybe I just leave it alone?
>