[Elecraft] Just finished building my K3

[Don Rasmussen]

>>> 1.	Don't drink while putting this kit together. without realizing, I
ended up getting pretty drunk during the course of assembly just sipping on
beer.  Mistakes can and will happen when you're tired AND drunk. <<<

Agreed - That's the down side. On the plus side, if you attach the ground clip from your antistatic mat to the beer can, this will ensure you are always grounded (given proper to generous consumption rates). 

As they say, one can never be too well grounded. ;-)

I completed my new K3 last Monday and was in such an excited hurry I forgot to drink alltogether. But somehow everything came together and I have made hundreds of QSO's, including this weekend in the ARRL DX CW contest. The signals are very strong to JA, BD, KH and even though I only have the 2.7 roofing filter that comes with the K3, performance is 100%.

Contacts are with DX and Alaska/Hawaii only, report is RST and state for US stations, RST and power for the Dx. 

[Elecraft] Just finished building my K3
James Sarte kc2uee at gmail.com 
Sat Feb 21 14:10:15 EST 2009