[Elecraft] K3/100 Kit #307 Lift Off

[Stewart Baker]

I had lots of spares screws of the variety I have lots of......

A few spare (rare) case screws would be appreciated.

Now everything is calibrated I'm off to make my first SSB QSO with 
the rig. CW will have to wait till I'm more relaxed.

73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:24:23 -0800 (PST), G4ILO wrote:
>
>
> Paul Christensen-2 wrote:
>
>> I always like to see spares packaged separately from the main 
hardware.
>> Knowing you've ended up with the exact parts count is a 
tremendous stress
>> reliever.  When I am faced with seeing extra hardware after 
construction
>> is
>> complete, I am left wondering if the pieces were missed 
somewhere during
>> the
>> assembly routine.
>>
> If you count them beforehand and know you had a couple of extras 
it's not a
> problem. Also if Ernesto or Marina (or whoever is filling the 
bag) is
> working to the exact number, there is bound to be the odd time 
when they
> make a mistake and you're a screw short, which is a pain if you 
then have to
> wait for Elecraft to send one. If they are intending to put in a 
couple
> extra, you're not going to end up short (unless they've had a 
really bad
> day).
>
> BTW I always wondered what happened to Marina after Stingray 
ended. Glad she
> found gainful employment :)
>
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