[Elecraft] K3 Assembly

[Matt Zilmer]

I suspect many of us had some degree of fear factor when lowering the
subrx into the "depths" for the first time.  If you look carefully at
how it's aligned, it would be really difficult to get it wrong.  This
isn't apparent during the first attempt though.

And yes - a terrific radio is the K3.  It's very cool to have a radio
that you can add features into whether they're firmware or hardare.
Basic performance with/without all the available features makes it
worth owning just a plain jane K3/10 though...

Enjoy!

73,
matt W6NIA
K3 #24 (subrx was my last addition a couple months ago)

On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:33:37 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

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>After 2 months sitting on the bench and 2 weeks of on and off assembly, I finally have my K3/KPA3/KRX3, etc.,  up and running. I was a little apprehensive about lowering the sub receiver into the radio with all the RF cables in the way and difficulty in seeing the sub-in and sub-out connectors, but it went in relatively smoothly. So far it is a terrific radio. My only quibble is that I wish it had band buttons( and yes, I know, there is software for that and I use HRD) and band stacking registers. I just don't like a radio tied to a Mac(or PC) all the time, otherwise I might have a Flex :-). But it sure beats my PRO3 and TS480.
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>73,
>John N1JM