[Elecraft] K3 Build Comments and Questions SN101

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Finished #101 in just a little over 6  hours including the 100W amp.  The 
only test equipment needed was a VOM to  check a couple of continuities.  The 
only tools were a small phillips  screwdriver, a 1/2 inch wrench for the encoder 
knobs and a small diagonal cutter  to trim the leads on a few parts.  The 
required allen wrenches came with  the kit.  

Been playing all afternoon to figure out how to work  it.  Definite learning 
curve!  The update of the firmware was very  easy compared to my Orion which 
seems to take forever and requires multiple  attempts.  A cheapo, no-name USB 
to serial converter cable worked just  fine.

One nit - on operating split there doesn't seem to be a way to get  the audio 
from one VFO in one ear and the other VFO in the other.  It is  like the Icom 
system where you have to switch back and forth between the two  VFOs only 
hearing one at a time, then select SPLIT to transmit on the second  VFO.  Am I 
correct that dual audio is only available with the second  receiver option?  

I recall hearing at Dayton that we would have to  peak the bandpass filters 
but I saw nothing in the manual about doing  that.  I assume that step has been 
removed by tweaking at the  factory.

Back to 14.058 

Craig "Buck"
k4ia
Fredericksburg,  Virginia USA






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