[Elecraft] MH3 mic case

[Don Wilhelm]

Ian,

Elecraft has had a 'rash' of those incidents, but I thought they 
addressed that with the mic vendor (yes, Elecraft does not stock parts 
for the mic, they buy them whole from the vendor).

There was some speculation a few months ago about the cause -- and I 
don't know the answer.  Many thought the vendor may have overtightened 
the screws, or there was a bad batch of plastic.

The MH4 does not have that problem as far as I know, and it is the same 
case style.

I hope you hear something from Elecraft soon, but Labor Day holiday is 
Monday, so send another email to support at elecraft.com as soon as 
possible today - I know it is late in the day for you.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/3/2021 5:00 PM, Ian Liston-Smith wrote:
> Goodness! Thanks for all the replies where you've had the same happen. It's extremely disappointing that Elecraft ended up selling an inferior product for so much money - especially if they are not going to sell spare cases. Seems this is a very common problem and not just me being clumsy.
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> My mic will be under warranty, but I doubt Elecraft will pay the return postage from the UK, and anyway they're likely to say it's been mishandled and not covered under warranty anyway - despite this obviously being a common problem.
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> Maybe someone from Elecraft could reply here as I've still not had a reply to my email to their spares department.
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> Thanks for the gluing suggestions and I have tried that, but on reassembly a thought: "This really shouldn't be necessary, surely they sell spare cases." But I guess not if they just buy them from China!
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> If this was some cheap, unbranded stuff from the Far East, fair enough, but it isn't!
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> Come on Elecraft...
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