[Elecraft] kit building or buy ready for use

[Rick Dettinger]

The cost of the mat and grounded wrist strap might not be a factor.   
They will be needed for any additions to the K3 at a later date.   
Building the K3 is like building the K2 after all the boards are  
completed.  Just the final assembly part.  By the time I built my K3,  
it was a welcome relief to construct it that way, as I have stuffed  
all the boards I want for some time, at least the ones with several  
hundred parts.

73,
Rick Dettinger   K7MW


> Although you save $200 by building it yourself, you really don't
> learn much in the process, and you have to spend about $25 for an
> ESD mat. If you have to ship it back to the factory, it will cost
> you $50 in the USA, and much more from overseas.
>
> There is no substitute for the final system tests that the
> factory-assembled units get. Subassemblies are not tested 100%.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ