[Elecraft] K3- Part fell out!

Rich WC3T rich at wc3t.us
Mon Jan 23 16:41:39 EST 2023


My totally uneducated guess is that it’s a surface mount capacitor.   I did an image search and found what resembles you have.   That’s all I can offer.  Good luck. 

72,
Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737  / SOC #1221
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> On Jan 23, 2023, at 16:23, Dennis W1UE <egan.dennis88 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I dropped d a lock washer into the bowels of my K3 today, so had to invert
> the unit to get the washer out of the unit.  When I did so, the washer fell
> out of the unit, but so did another component.  Its a small rectangular
> part, white on one side and blackish on the other, and either "3K3" or
> "3R3" is stamped on it.  I don't know where the part came from, or where it
> should go back' I'm just sure it doesn't belong sitting on my bookshelf
> rather than be in the radio.
> 
> Can anyone maybe help me find where it should be going?  I know its not an
> easy
> thing to diagnose, but any suggestions on where it should go before I try
> taking
> the radio apart again.
> 
> Dennis w1UE
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