[Elecraft] K1 repair/upgrade question

[Charlie Wilber]

Thank you all for your help.
73,
Charlie
N1AOK

On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, 5:08 PM W3FPR <w3fpr111 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Charlie,
>
> The headphone/ext speaker jack on the K1 has 5 (or 6) places to
> desolder, so it is easy if you have good desoldering tools, but
> difficult if you do not.
>
> Do not consider drilling out the thru-plated holes as one customer of
> mine did - that was a long time ago, and I quit repairing radios.
> Drilling out the holes will ruin the K1 board.
>
> Dave Van Wallaghen W8FGU currently does K1 repairs for Elecraft, send an
> email to support at elecraft.com and he should contact you.
>
> Unless you have the kit for the 4 band board, adding additional bands is
> not possible because Elecraft no longer produces that kit.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 2/2/2026 2:37 PM, Charlie Wilber via Elecraft wrote:
> > I recently purchased a K1 with autotuner installed and speaker not
> working.
> > Seller thinks fault is in external phone jack. Unit is 20/40 meter model.
> > Would replacing phone jack be simple or would it be better to send to
> > Elecraft for repair? Would they also add additional bands if requested?
> Any
> > advice will be appreciated. 73, Charlie, N1AOK
> >
>