More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The Turning of the Screw"

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

A couple of days ago I reported a fall-off in output from my K3 on some
bands. I wrote about this to Howard, K6IA, at Elecraft service, who
wrote back and suggested that one or more of the three screws that
attach the LPA board to the lower cover of the radio might have loosened.

Sure enough - one of the three was 1/2 turn short of tight. Tightened it
up, tested, all normal again.  Ran auto TX calibration, all successful.
I happy camper am.  Thanks Howard!

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73, Pete N4ZR
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[alsopb]

Makes you wonder how they know such seeming impossible-to-know things.

Are there also magic potions and incantations available?

73 de Brian/K3KO


On 2/6/2015 20:55 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> A couple of days ago I reported a fall-off in output from my K3 on
> some bands. I wrote about this to Howard, K6IA, at Elecraft service,
> who wrote back and suggested that one or more of the three screws that
> attach the LPA board to the lower cover of the radio might have loosened.
>
> Sure enough - one of the three was 1/2 turn short of tight. Tightened
> it up, tested, all normal again.  Ran auto TX calibration, all
> successful. I happy camper am.  Thanks Howard!
>

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That's an old fix for many radios
Open them up and tighten down all the screws


      From: brian <[hidden email]>
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 Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 4:27 PM
 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The Turning of the Screw"
   
Makes you wonder how they know such seeming impossible-to-know things.

Are there also magic potions and incantations available?

73 de Brian/K3KO


On 2/6/2015 20:55 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> A couple of days ago I reported a fall-off in output from my K3 on
> some bands. I wrote about this to Howard, K6IA, at Elecraft service,
> who wrote back and suggested that one or more of the three screws that
> attach the LPA board to the lower cover of the radio might have loosened.
>
> Sure enough - one of the three was 1/2 turn short of tight. Tightened
> it up, tested, all normal again.  Ran auto TX calibration, all
> successful. I happy camper am.  Thanks Howard!
>

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Not a good idea for the screws sticking out of capacitors and transformers. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke,TDXS Contest Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS
      From: Harry Yingst via Elecraft <[hidden email]>
 To: brian <[hidden email]>; "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]>
 Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 5:36 PM
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That's an old fix for many radios
Open them up and tighten down all the screws


      From: brian <[hidden email]>
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 Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 4:27 PM
 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The Turning of the Screw"
 
Makes you wonder how they know such seeming impossible-to-know things.

Are there also magic potions and incantations available?

73 de Brian/K3KO


On 2/6/2015 20:55 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> A couple of days ago I reported a fall-off in output from my K3 on
> some bands. I wrote about this to Howard, K6IA, at Elecraft service,
> who wrote back and suggested that one or more of the three screws that
> attach the LPA board to the lower cover of the radio might have loosened.
>
> Sure enough - one of the three was 1/2 turn short of tight. Tightened
> it up, tested, all normal again.  Ran auto TX calibration, all
> successful. I happy camper am.  Thanks Howard!
>

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[Phil Kane-2]

On 2/6/2015 3:36 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote:

> That's an old fix for many radios
> Open them up and tighten down all the screws

Unless they are on trimmers or in IF cans.....   :)

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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[daleputnam]

I had a fellow bring an R-390 to me.. that he said he had "tightened" all the screws up.. they were
loose and sticking up, way above the cans they were supposed to be holding down.... when he
turned it back on.. it couldn't hear any more.. can't be much.. he had just gotten everything tightened up.
.......   ......    ..... (this is the silent period, while I figure out exactly what to say next).... .... ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .......
"It looks like it has been very well cared for." (...i.e.  the case was clean....

He left it with me...
It lived on my workbench for a lotta months.. before it finally went home...   ...
I wasn't real nice... I'd dripped wax on every tuning adj I could find... told him they were sealed now.. that they couldn't more
now.. and they were exactly were they were supposed to be to hold the cans in perfect alignment.
Left it with that.
He thanked me.. and left with the R-390.

I was really happy to see it go..

Have a great day,
 
 
--...   ...--
Dale - WC7S in Wy
 
 

> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 19:54:05 -0800
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The Turning of the Screw"
>
> On 2/6/2015 3:36 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote:
>
> > That's an old fix for many radios
> > Open them up and tighten down all the screws
>
> Unless they are on trimmers or in IF cans.....   :)
>
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
>
> From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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[alsopb]

Neither is uncoiling the interstage insulated wire "gimix" coupling
capacitors and soldering the wires together.

73 de Brian/K3KO





On 2/6/2015 8:40 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote:

> Not a good idea for the screws sticking out of capacitors and
> transformers.
> Willis 'Cookie' Cooke,
> TDXS Contest Chairman
> K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Harry Yingst via Elecraft <[hidden email]>
> *To:* brian <[hidden email]>; "[hidden email]"
> <[hidden email]>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 6, 2015 5:36 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The
> Turning of the Screw"
>
> That's an old fix for many radios
> Open them up and tighten down all the screws
>
>
>       From: brian <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>>
> To: [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
> Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 4:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Legendary Elecraft Service or "The
> Turning of the Screw"
>
> Makes you wonder how they know such seeming impossible-to-know things.
>
> Are there also magic potions and incantations available?
>
> 73 de Brian/K3KO
>
>
> On 2/6/2015 20:55 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> > A couple of days ago I reported a fall-off in output from my K3 on
> > some bands. I wrote about this to Howard, K6IA, at Elecraft service,
> > who wrote back and suggested that one or more of the three screws that
> > attach the LPA board to the lower cover of the radio might have
> loosened.
> >
> > Sure enough - one of the three was 1/2 turn short of tight. Tightened
> > it up, tested, all normal again.  Ran auto TX calibration, all
> > successful. I happy camper am.  Thanks Howard!
> >
>
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[Edward R Cole]

Well I would guess that the Elecraft folks have had a lot of
experience working on their equipment so the more "common problems
and questions" are known.

I worked in a 2-way radio shop 1991-93 and handled all the MT600
repairs (including the P200 and MT1000 which were very close to the
same radio design).  After you work on several hundred of them in one
year you get to know them very well.  Especially the common failures
and all the weak points in the system.  Most times I could tear one
down in 2-minutes or less and fix the problem in 15-30 minutes if I
had the parts.  I can still probably "field strip" one of those
radios in the dark by feel.

In our shop we did not have a parts man to place orders; each tech
maintained parts for the equipment he repaired.  That worked very
well as the guy doing the fixing best knows what parts he most needs.

Later in charge of communications for a company with 180 MT-1000 VHF
HT's, I ordered a set of parts for those radios based on my
experience of the most probable failures.

Also, building a good data base with the combined experiences of all
the techs. is a great aid for customer assistance.  Having good
repair flow diagrams can result.  All things I have done in my past
professional life.

This is one of the things companies that get rid of the "old guys"
often fail to realize.  They are loosing long years of
experience.  During Y2K Cobol programmers retired 10-20 years were
called to fix the sw; none of the young "punks" knew Cobol.
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Makes you wonder how they know such seeming impossible-to-know things.
Are there also magic potions and incantations available?
73 de Brian/K3KO


73, Ed - KL7UW
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