[Elecraft] [K3] KIO3 failure mode

[David Gilbert]

Yes, for sure.  That little board seems to have by far the poorest 
reliability history of anything in the K3.

Dave   AB7E


On 8/23/2022 2:05 PM, Al Lorona wrote:
> Ah, lightning. Whoever performs an analysis of the KIO3 failure mode after being struck by lightning might have what's necessary for a very lucrative business.
> Actually, I'm surprised that the board hasn't already been reverse engineered in China, enabling an aftermarket for KIO3 replacements. I bet everybody on this reflector living east of the Rockies would buy two of them in anticipation of future thunderstorms.
> Al  W6LX/4
>
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