[Elecraft] Prospective K3 Owner

[DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL]

Well, here is one thing that you will need to know that is NOT in the
manual and that I have NOT seen discussed anywhere on the reflector
(but maybe I just missed it).

Once you really get cranking along with assembly...and it is really
starting to look like an almost completed radio, DO NOT FREAK OUT when
the instructions then say to take off the left side panel, then the
right side panel, then undo this and that.  On my first build (I have
a pair of K3s), I almost wanted to cry when my box started to look
like it was going seriously in reverse.

When I "supervised" another local assembling his K3, despite my
warning, he suffered the same effect.  As I recall, it was something
like OH NOOOOOOO!

This is really a simply assembly.  The initial front panel issues
(described elsewhere) are, for me, all but completely gone.  My first
one was a very tight fit and I had to scrape out the mic hole several
times (too much paint).  Radio #2 (about 600 serial numbers later) and
my friends radio (another 400 serial numbers later) had the front
panel just slide into place (except for that pesky screw head on the
lower, left, front 2D block which had to be removed on all three
radios.  Don't worry, it's in the instructions).

Get new Philips screwdrivers so you don't mess up the screws...and
don't doubt that BLACK screws go on the inside...the instructions are
correct.

Sit back, enjoy the assembly.  Kinda reminded me of the old erector
set days....lots of fun and not much room for errors...and like no
room for errors that can't be easily reversed and corrected.

GL (even though you won't need any)

de Doug KR2Q