[Elecraft] Building KX1 with KXB3080

[Don Wilhelm]

Steve,

The *only* step I would recommend in preparation for the KXB3080 
installation is to mount L6 on the bottom side of the board.

Certainly you *can* leave out the other components, but then the KX1 
cannot be tested until you complete the KXB3080 install.  The KXB3080 
requires very careful work in tight places.  The instructions are 
correct, and if you follow them *exactly* you will have success, but 
many builders have trouble.

If you are an experienced builder, and can read and follow a schematic 
should you have trouble, and are reasonably adept at troubleshooting, 
then you could consider moving directly to the KXB3080 - but if you do 
not have complete confidence in all those abilities, do as the 
instructions indicate and build the base KX1 first so you can test that 
piece.

73,
Don W3FPR

Steve Westfall wrote:

SNIP...
> 
> Is there a recommended, supported way to incorporate the kxb3080 option from the very start, so that the redundant/throw-away work can be avoided?  Are there revised assembly instructions for such an approach?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Steve Westfall, WA5MZI