[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 204, Issue 6

[Jim Brown]

On 4/13/2021 8:36 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft wrote:
> Bought a KX-2 off the internet and have found that it is missing several of the screws that held the end plates on.  Asked about that and the seller said he tried to put some sort of protective end plates onto the radio but couldn’t do it so threw them away and put the original end plates back on.  What concerns me about just going to the hardware store and getting more screws (that might not be the proper thread/length) is I think two of the screws held the final output transistors onto that end plate which I assume was for that end plate to act as a heatsink.
> The seller said he used the radio and it seemed to be ok but I am concerned about the lack of heatsink/output transistor integrity and any possible damage.

Sounds like the seller was a sucker for aftermarket stuff. Elecraft 
products are well designed. The screws are all standard English units. 
Most of are 4-40, smaller ones are 2-56.

I've NEVER thrown away screws -- I probably have close to a thousand, 
sorted into plastic drawers by size. Ditto for lots of other mechanical 
and electronic parts.

73, Jim K9YC