[Elecraft] K3 by candlelight

[AJSOENKE at aol.com]

Sounds like solderless kit building has arrived!!
 
(Here's the story about the Eskimo fisherman I met while on a canoe trip to  
the Arctic. He lived in Tuktoyaktuk, of "Ice Road Truckers" fame, only this 
was  1965. He had built a Heathkit 'Fish Finder' kit and had a little trouble 
with  it; he damaged the small motor in it while assembling it. Seems a Bolt 
heated  over a charcoal fire in an Arctic cabin is less than an ideal tool.  As 
it  turned out I was using an identical model in my canoe to study river bottom 
 contours and also operate ham radio ( SWAN SX(?) 250 and Master mobile  
equipped).  I helped him get his unit working again - temporarily ( I  carried the 
needed tools). I wrote a letter to Heath upon returning to So. Cal  and told 
them the whole story. Got a phone call from the co president who told  me he 
was so impressed by the details of that man's ordeal that they built a new  
unit and shipped it to him. They didn't have Fed-Ex yet and UPS didn't deliver  
the Ice Road, which hadn't been mapped yet, but I'm sure that old red barge 
made  it up their just in time to beat the winter freeze. Talk about customer 
service!  ) 
 
Al WA6VNN
 
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In a message dated 9/16/2008  6:51:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
zabarnick at udayton.edu writes:

I think  this must be a first. Yesterday Sept 15th, I received my K3/100 kit,
which  was ordered on May 16th (SN 1672?). The day before we had a major
windstorm  here in Ohio with 70 mph gusts which knocked out power to much of
our area.  So last night I began assembling my K3 near a window to supply
natural light,  but quickly needed to break out the candles and flashlights.
I'm up to the  front panel assembly now, and we may not have power for
several more  days.

Has anyone else assembled their K3 by candlelight? Boy, those split  lock
washers are tough to grab under a flickering candle! This will bring  new
meaning to the "smoke test"!

Steve N9SZ
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