PA failure

[OE5CSP-Chris]

Dear Elecrafters,

After weeks of repair work we finally found out what was wrong with the 10 Watt pa of my K2.Thanks to all who helped us, epecially Don Williams and Gary from Elecraft.
The former owner of my K2 also helped us a lot.He said,that we needed the original Elecraft PA transistors and it might not work with transistors bought in the EU. We found out that he was right-the rig did not work with transistors from Germany, produced by the same company and also with the same number on it.Even the size was different.
This was something very new to me. I always thought that transistors with the same number were equal.
It seems that you really need original parts.

            73,Chris-OE5CSP
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[Arie Lukkassen]

Chris,
Please explain about why those transistors with the same number did not work.
Is the spec the same?
Is the pin layout different?
I'm confused to read this.
Thanks
Arie
JE1RYS

----- Original Message ----
From: Hans-Christoph Scheiblberger <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 5:30:27 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] PA failure


Dear Elecrafters,

After weeks of repair work we finally found out what was wrong with the 10 Watt pa of my K2.Thanks to all who helped us, epecially Don Williams and Gary from Elecraft.
The former owner of my K2 also helped us a lot.He said,that we needed the original Elecraft PA transistors and it might not work with transistors bought in the EU. We found out that he was right-the rig did not work with transistors from Germany, produced by the same company and also with the same number on it.Even the size was different.
This was something very new to me. I always thought that transistors with the same number were equal.
It seems that you really need original parts.

            73,Chris-OE5CSP
--
Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen!
Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer
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