[Elecraft] All that K3 Space?

[Tom Hammond]

Hi Fred:

Virtually ALL of the components are on the BOTTOM side of the main PC 
board (RF Board).

If you can find a pic of the bottom of the RF board, you'll see most 
of the SMD components.

And believe me, they're there!

Also, remember that most, if not all, of the [ics we've seen so far 
are of a much
less than fully 'tricked out' K3... so some (though surely not all) 
of the available
space is reserved for yet to be installed options.

73,

Tom Hammond   N0SS

At 18:33 07/15/2007, Fred (FL) wrote:
>In the few K3 photos that have gotten out,
>and which have appeared in various places - it looks
>as if the basic K3 has tons of un-used space
>inside the cabinet?  And there didn't appear
>to be a lot of SMD's showing?  Am I missing
>something?
>
>Last photo I saw (from an Alaskan ham event) -
>it looked like 1 large heat sink, 1 large PCB,
>1 small PCB and a ton of extra space. (and of
>course, the front panel)
>
>When I opened up my 5/2007 IC-706MKIIG - the
>very first PCB of many, has literally tons of
>SMD's everywhere one could see.
>
>Perhaps the K3's shown in photos, are not
>fitted out with all the options, filters,
>2nd receivers, etc.  But I didn't see too many
>surface mounted PCB plugs either.
>
>It will be interesting to get our hands
>on it when it ships!   I guess it is a little
>like buying that 1953 6-cylinder Chevy Corvette,
>before it hit the show rooms, and without
>touching one.  Only distant photos ......
>
>Fred de N3CSY
>
>
> 
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