[Elecraft] Doing all additions at once

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Thank you Don, I'm aware of your considerable experience with all  
things Elecraft and will take your valued advice - it will be easier  
that way anyway.
If anything over confidence is my problem :-)
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174

-- 
A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.
-Frank A. Clark, writer (1911- )

On 6 Dec 2008, at 12:01, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> Dave,
>
> That question has a 'double edged sword' answer, so "it all depends".
> 1) Either you make an error in applying the mod -
> 2) OR (IMHO more likely) you create some unrelated problem when you  
> reassemble the K3.
>
> Reassembling and checking after each mod will reveal the first type  
> problem, but it certainly will compound the likelihood that you will  
> create a problem of the 2nd type.  And doing the troubleshooting is  
> mentally difficult because one usually associates the problem to the  
> mod that was installed.
>
> Unlike software changes, these hardware changes have been installed  
> by several users and the side effects (if any) are well known - it  
> is not like making a change for the first time.
>
> My vote is to do them all at once, but YMMV depending on your  
> confidence level.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
>> I now have a lot of various extras and mods to add to my K3 - KRX3,  
>> KDVR3, all the mods
>> - all because I haven't had the time or need to practice SMD or are  
>> waiting for the last bits (some of which I've asked Elecraft to  
>> hold so they ship as one) - all of which are going to arrive soon :-)
>>
>> It looks like there are some many dependancies on taking this off  
>> and that apart, that it might be easier to do them all in one go -  
>> but what are the risks of me missing something and then not being  
>> able to figure out what that something is?
>>
>> In the software world, we never (should never) make multiple  
>> changes without inter-step testing - but to test at each stage  
>> means putting it back together again, using it bit and then taking  
>> it apart for the next bit.
>>
>> What do people think here?
>>