[Elecraft] K3 SN 1774 makes it's first contact

[Barry Pfeil]

Well, strictly speaking, I made the contact USING the K3 and it was an interesting QSO at that.  On 20 meter CW, using 50 watts to a G5RV pointing exactly the wrong way, I answered a CQ from JA1NUT.  Shin came back and gave me a 559 (not bad from California at 2026Z) and immediately asked me if I was the same K6RM that he had QSO's with many times in the '90s.  I had to tell him that Martin, the original holder of K6RM, was an SK since around 2005 and we then briefly chatted about times gone by until band conditions deteriorated.

Now that I've "christened" the radio I'm studying/trying the great array of features.  My only disappointment so far is probably the result of my own doing.  There's a slight light leak around the buttons near the right side of the LCD and I'm thinking that when I was jockeying everything around to fit the FP board into the metal FP I probably knocked that little foam "light blocker" out of position.  For now I'm trying to get used to it because I don't relish the idea of removing and reassembling the FP.

All in all, I continue to be a VERY HAPPY Elecraft customer.  Thanks to Eric, Wayne, and all the rest of the Elecraft crew!

73, Barry, K6RM