[Elecraft] [K3] kit building or buy ready for use

[Julian, G4ILO]

I'd recommend the kit too, for the reasons others have stated.

The cost of the electrostatic mat, I seem to recall, was about 20 Euro. The
only test equipment you need is a DMM, an accurate power meter and
(optionally but very useful) a calibrated signal generator for doing the S
meter calibration.

The DMM I used was about 10 Euro, and perfectly adequate for this
application.

For the power calibration I used the Elecraft DL1. Though only rated for 20W
it is perfectly capable of taking 50W for a couple of seconds at a time -
long enough to get the voltage reading from which you can calculate the
power. This is probably more accurate than the average ham-grade power
meter.

For the receiver alignment I used the Elecraft XG1. This has now been
replaced by the XG2 which covers 3 bands and is a bit more expensive.

Even if you have to buy all 3 items of test equipment plus the anti-static
mat the cost will still be about half the money you saved buying the kit
version. 

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