[Elecraft] K3 SN # 4072, first impressions

[Chuck Shefflette]

I received kit #4072 on Thursday, opened the box and made sure it looked like
it was all there. Unpacked and inventoried on Friday evening, started the
assembly. I finished the assembly on Saturday, 20 March, and was quite happy
when it ran through all its calibrations and was able to even receive WWV at
15 MHz with about 20' of wire stuck in the Ant1 jack. After fine adjusting
the VCO with a real antenna I put it on the air. Even though I bought the
100W finals, so far I haven't used them except for calibration. I've had
quite satisfactory QSOs with Sweden, Holland, Spain, and Scotland, all using
10W or less on SSB on 20, 17, and 15 meters with a 20/40M drooping dipole
(well, almost an inverted vee) hanging at about 21 feet. The receiver is
wonderful, the transmitter seems to work as nicely as any I've used, and the
built-in tuner will probably tune a wet noodle! All in all, I'm very happy
and look forward to many years with this rig!

73 from Chuck, AA3CS

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