[Elecraft] K3- Part fell out!

[Dave New]

Actually with a marking like 3K3, it's likely a 3.3K ohms surface mount
resistor.
Possibly from a poor soldering job on the main board.  It likely passed
electrical
tests, but after some mechanical torque, it likely popped off of the board.

73,
-- Dave, N8SBE

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 4:43 PM Rich WC3T <rich at wc3t.us> wrote:

> 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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