[Elecraft] New: K3 tops the list

[Charlie, W0YG]

I originally wrote"


I am feeling pretty good about the numbers Rob Sherwood, NC0B, has come up
with.  That is my radio he is testing and so now I know exactly the
specifics of that particular radio, SN 00149.  <SNIP>

I received the following private message from NN4X:

>I'm curious as to why there was (apparently) not sufficient confidence to
have Rob run the test >on yours, after you completed the build and
calibration yourself.  After all, that's the radio all of >us who purchase
the "kit" will be using; not one possibly tweaked by the factory.

I will post the answer here so everyone can share in exactly what happened. 

I was building up the radio and started final calibration.  Before finishing
calibration, I was anxious and listened on 160M where I heard my neighbor
all across the band.  I called Elecraft and asked if this was normal. 
Rather than farmer around, they said send it in.  They gave me a return
number and so I sent it in.  I explained I had not finished calibration but
they said they wanted to check it anyhow.

I sent the radio in and they gave me the info back that I hadn't finished
calibration, that they found nothing wrong.  Hey I said, I told them I
hadn't finished calibrating but since I knew it was going to NC0B, I was
more than happy to send it in.  To make a long story short, and you can
check with Wayne or Eric on this, they finished calibration and shipped it
back.  Apparently I had stopped on the step where it is critical to
calibrate the synthesizer, duh.  Anyhow, Elecraft took care of the catch 22
problem for me and all is/was well.  I immediately checked it on 160M when
it returned and I could get within 800 Hz of my legal power running neighbor
before his transmitted phase noise precluded going closer.

I waited a few days until Rob and I could meet in the city and passed it on
to him.  Now he has the radio and is putting it through its paces.  If you
want to know more, I suggest you contact either Wayne or Eric or Rob as the
case may be however Rob has pretty much finished his testing and published
his results.  That is what started all this discussion in the first place,
the K3 is at the top of the list!

That's my story and I am sticking to it!

73,

Charlie, W0YG..>>

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