[Elecraft] K3 Friendly Advice

[David Robertson]

Peter, and Everyone

Congratulations on getting your K3.  I got my kit 2 days ago and had a ball building it.  

I have some advice for you.

When working with the RF board be careful of the components on the underside. There some coils mounted on a small daughter board and an additional coil elsewhere which could be damaged if the board was moved while laying on a table.  After the 2D Fasteners are mounted they serve as spacers which will protect those components. Use some of the conductive bubble pack that was in the packing. It is a pink color.

The other thing is be very careful of the coils that are mounted on the top of the RF board.  You have to handle the RF board a lot during assembly and you could easily break or move a wire on one of the coils.

Don't do the dumb thing that I did.  I was trying the CAL on the Config screen.  The book reads Config:PLL. That is what I was looking for.  What they mean is Config screen then find PLL.

Have fun and when that radio comes to life you will be blown away.

73
Dave KD1NA