BNC Connector on KXe
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The BNC Connector on my KX3 has become loose, is there a way to repair it?
Thank you Aaron K5ATG ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
Re: BNC Connector on KX3
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If you mean the whole connector is loose on the KX3, you have to get inside and tighten the nut holding it on to the box. I just did this, and it was easier than I thought. You have to open up the radio and look where the connector is attached. I had a 2-meter board and an ATU board underneath it, blocking access to the nut. I had to remove these boards, and I was then able to use an end wrench to tighten the nut. This was easy involving 5 screw/nuts. Details given in the KX3 assembly manual. Be sure to remove all power and batteries before beginning. Be careful of electrostatic charges in handling the boards and handle the attached cables carefully.
If you mean the inside connector of BNC itself, there is a tubular tool that slides inside to tighten or loosen this. Search for BNC conector wrench or spanner. JohnNL7VE Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 6:22 AM, Aaron K5ATG<[hidden email]> wrote: The BNC Connector on my KX3 has become loose, is there a way to repair it? Thank you Aaron K5ATG ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Aaron,
The most likely cause is that the nut on the BNC jack has worked loose. It should be easy to tighten, although you will likely have to remove the 2 meter option (if you have it) and the KXAT3. See page 25 of the KX3 Assembly Manual. Use a wrench to tighten the nut, and while tightening the nut, put a BNC connector on the outside of the jack and hold it with pliers so you can torque the nut tight without damaging the BNC jack. 73, Don W3FPR On 8/22/2017 9:54 AM, Aaron K5ATG wrote: > The BNC Connector on my KX3 has become loose, is there a way to repair it? ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I noticed this issue when I first assembled my KX3. The simple cure for me after tightening the BNC a couple of times early on was to use a right-angle BNC adapter all the time. No more problems, and the coax conveniently pays off to the rear of the rig :-)
73, geoff - W1OH *********************************************************************** Geoff Allsup, W1OH [hidden email] or [hidden email] Senior Engineer Upper Ocean Processes Group Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA, USA *********************************************************************** > On Aug 22, 2017, at 17:36, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Aaron, > > The most likely cause is that the nut on the BNC jack has worked loose. It should be easy to tighten, although you will likely have to remove the 2 meter option (if you have it) and the KXAT3. > See page 25 of the KX3 Assembly Manual. > Use a wrench to tighten the nut, and while tightening the nut, put a BNC connector on the outside of the jack and hold it with pliers so you can torque the nut tight without damaging the BNC jack. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > On 8/22/2017 9:54 AM, Aaron K5ATG wrote: >> The BNC Connector on my KX3 has become loose, is there a way to repair it? > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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If it is a recurring problem, why not put a drop of Loctite (probably 242
which is non-permanent) on the thread. That should solve the problem. - Brendon KK6AYI On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote: > Aaron, > > The most likely cause is that the nut on the BNC jack has worked loose. It > should be easy to tighten, although you will likely have to remove the 2 > meter option (if you have it) and the KXAT3. > See page 25 of the KX3 Assembly Manual. > Use a wrench to tighten the nut, and while tightening the nut, put a BNC > connector on the outside of the jack and hold it with pliers so you can > torque the nut tight without damaging the BNC jack. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > On 8/22/2017 9:54 AM, Aaron K5ATG wrote: > >> The BNC Connector on my KX3 has become loose, is there a way to repair it? >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On 8/23/2017 5:56 AM, geoffrey allsup wrote:
> I noticed this issue when I first assembled my KX3. The simple cure > for me after tightening the BNC a couple of times early on was to use > a right-angle BNC adapter all the time. No more problems, and the > coax conveniently pays off to the rear of the rig :-) I use that trick on all the BNC fittings on the preamps, filters, and multicouplers in my receiving signal distribution system mounted on a vertical backboard. Makes connection much easier. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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