[Elecraft] K3 where's the parts?

[David Fleming]

There's a bottom photo on page 40.  Lots of traces,
but it looks sparsely populated to me. :)

-David W4SMT (sunday, monday, tuesday)


--- Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 08:02:30PM -0700, David
> Fleming wrote:
> 
> > I was just noticing how few components are on the
> rf
> > board (the other boards as well). The result of
> > surface-mount I suppose. Seems like those boards
> could
> > be made a whole lot smaller. I'm envisioning a
> mobile
> > rig the size of a 7000 with the specs of a loaded
> K3.
> > Wouldn't that be something?
> 
> You would need to see the other side first.  :-)
> 
> When I opened the cover - the comments I got were
> like "where's the radio?".
> 
> It's there - you just can't see it without removing
> the bottom covers.
> 
> > -David W4SMT
> 
> An interesting call given the manufacturing
> technology used to make the
> board.  :-)
> 
> Tree N6TR
>