Posted by
Dave, G4AON on
Mar 17, 2009; 9:38pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Assembling-a-K3-tp2493980p2494024.html
Jed, magnetic tools and ferrite cores can be a problem. I've had radios
in for repair in the past where someone has carried the radio with a
magnetic mount antenna on top of the radio... It was seriously down in
performance and only restored to normal operation with new cores.
I am not sure what magnetic tools you might use, but ordinary (and good
tip) screwdrivers, narrow nose pliers and a pair of stainless tweezers
were fine for my K3 assembly 16 months ago. Don't forget to load the
latest release of beta firmware as mentioned elsewhere on here, it's a
big improvement and well worth installing.
73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80 (from Nov 2007)
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I have read the tips in the assembly manual. So, I have the static mat and
wrist strap. But, I wondered if there would be a problem using magnetic
tools. Is this something that should be avoided?
Thanks much and 73,
Jed
AD7KG
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