[Elecraft] K3 KRX3 Install

[Ed Muns]

> I'm wondering what those who have installed the 2nd RX in 
> their K3 think of the procedure? I took a quick look at the 
> manual and it seems like you have to take half the radio 
> apart for this. I'm not sure I want to do this to a rig that 
> is currently working FB. I'm not crazy about pulling the 
> front panel apart for one. It looks like the 2nd RX 
> installation in the Flex 5000A was a piece of cake compared to the K3.
> 
> Any comments on how the install went would be appreciated. 
> Did anyone installing the 2nd RX into an operating K3 end up 
> with the radio not working post-install? I should be getting 
> my Katiegram for the KRX3 soon and need to decide if I'm 
> going to cancel or not. 

I installed my first KRX3, a field test unit, in my field test K3 in
mid-May.  It was ready for me to pick up just as I was leaving town.  I had
a 6am flight to Aruba for WPX CW that was cancelled and I was rebooked on an
evening red-eye.  That gave me the opportunity to run down to Aptos, grab
the KRX3 kit and go home to install it.  Having never seen the KRX3
instructions before, I was still able to complete the installation in 2-1/2
hours.  We used this K3 along with two others in WPX CW with no problems.
Admittedly, I had already built two K3s and done a number of hardware mods
as we went through field test and early production runs.  However, the KRX3
installation should not go astray if you carefully follow the instructions.
OTOH, if you know from past experience that you are unskilled at electronics
assembly, then you might want to consider having Elecraft install it for
you.

73,
Ed - W0YK