[Elecraft] K3/100 kit

[Jim Brown]

On Fri, 22 May 2009 11:10:58 -0400, Don Wilhelm wrote:

>You likely have most of the tools already, but if your screwdrivers are 
>worn, I highly recommend that you purchase a new good #1 Phillips for 
>building the K3. 

Don has given you great advice, with which I agree completely. I'll add one 
point, and some encouragement. First, the point -- make sure that Phillips 
has a magnetic tip. VERY useful when you're trying to get certain of the 
screws started. 

Now, the encouragement. I was first licensed 55 years ago, and have been on 
and off the air for 10-15 years at a time several times -- going to school, 
raising kids, running my own small biz -- and most recently got back on the 
air in 2003. The K3/100 is VERY easy to build. All of the boards are built 
and tested. You're putting together a very nicely modular chassis, mounting 
boards, plugging them together, and doing a few ohmmeter and voltage tests 
to make sure that nothing is shorted out. It takes about a day to do it 
all. 

Welcome back to ham radio. You'll find that many of us have followed your 
route in one form or another. I'm a member of several local ham clubs, and 
it seems that the majority of our members are old timers, returned from 
long periods off the air, mixed in with new hams of all ages. 

73,

Jim Brown K9YC