[Elecraft] RE: Elecraft K3

[w6jd at comcast.net]

I was the guy with the pocket knife...I probably shouldn't have
bothered to say anything but it was an easy, non-destructive,
solution to an annoying little problem. I would defy anyone to
notice any damage to the front panel.

Any problems I've had have been "cockpit error" for the most part.
I violated the Golden Rule of assembling/operating a new piece of
gear, to wit, READ THE MANUAL(S)!!! The manuals are your
friend...they are there to HELP you! 

I've had mine up and running now for several days, having lots
of fun on 20 cw at the 10 watt level. Now I need to tear myself
away from operating and get the KPA3 installed. I've worked
a number of EU stations, and to a man (or perhaps a woman)
they are interested in the K3. With the decline of the dollar I
would expect to see lots of orders from across the pond.

The receiver is everything I had expected...sensitivity and selectivity
are exceptional and the DSP is absolutely the best I've ever used.
Virtually no artifacts and the combination hardware/DSP noise
blanker takes care of all my noise problems. 

All of this is subjective but I plan to haul it in to my former employer's
lab to get some real numbers.

It's worth the wait!

Doug,
W6JD
K2/100 #1626, K3/100 #23




-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Don Rasmussen <wb8yqj at yahoo.com> 

> Hmmm... Sounds promising. ! 
> 
> At the least I will find out what constitutes "a lot" 
> with Eric and at the most I'll get an actual date 
> estimate of when mine is to come. 
> 
> In between there should be many reports from those who 
> receive a new radio. 
> 
> The one guy suggested that he needed to use a pocket 
> knife on his K3 radio. Let me suggest that I'd be one 
> that would want to wait to receive one that has the 
> proper clearance for the connector. ;-) 
> 
> 
> [Elecraft] RE: Elecraft K3 
> Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft eric at elecraft.com 
> Fri Nov 9 13:58:11 EST 2007 
> 
> 
> I'll post a shipping status update later this weekend. 
> I want to wait to see how we did this week. (We 
> shipped a lot :-) As I noted before, I'll be posting 
> by order date what orders we plan to ship over the 
> next week. 
> 
> I'll post here and on the shipping status page. 
> 
> Back to work.. 
> 
> 73, 
> Eric WA6HHQ 
> 
> 
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