[Elecraft] Older Serial# K3

[Don Rasmussen]

>> I want to get a K3 and wonder if I'm as well off buying an older K3 as 
>> getting the latest and greatest straight from elecraft.

Brother Dave - Great job of turning this guy away from our exclusive ultra low serial number K3 fraternity. Not many know that later serial numbers are vastly inferior to the originals and the "more pure" K3's like you and I have.

We need to keep them in the hands of the absolute most deserving hams.

BTW - I forgot the password and the handshake for the secret society of ancient K3 owners - so please pass that along (directly and in private) of course. I will take special care NOT to include the elecraft email list as a recipient of this message. Could you IMAGINE if the truth got out? !!!

As always, please burn after reading (or if it exists on your computer, delete the file and then encrypt the empty spot). 

Tia,
wb8yqj
Proud owner of serial #272
K3 Fraternity brother #272
Carlsbad, Ca.
April 1, 2010 


[Elecraft] Older Serial# K3
Dave, G4AON elecraft at astromag.co.uk 
Sat Apr 3 13:55:02 EDT 2010 

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Gary, I would go with a brand new kit. There have been several changes 
to the K3 and not all of them published. The early PA and driver were 
replaced around Jan 2008 with no accompanying mods, there are quite a 
few changes since then and not all owners of the early K3 will have done 
a neat job of the surface mount work.

Older isn't better!

73 Dave, G4AON
K3 #80 from Nov 2007
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I want to get a K3 and wonder if I'm as well off buying an older K3 as 
getting the latest and greatest straight from elecraft.

If I get an older serial# and make sure all firmware updates are in 
place is it essentially the same radio as the newer version?

Thanks,