[Elecraft] K3 #4116 finished

[lstavenhagen]

Hi all,

Well the K3 #4116 build finished up this am. Last night I was ill with
allergies (our spring Juniper season is here hi hi) and couldn't sleep, so I
just kept going back to the table and pecking at the K3 in between allergy
meds and etc until early in the am. Finally, I noticed I was out of boards
and parts. Then a little while ago after a fitful, sniffly nap the manual
just said well, you're done now so go do the calibration. 
Just got through with those and the rig is currently working as far as I can
tell. 

And just like with my K2, I havn't had any problems with the build and the
rig seems to function fine in the end first time out. Maybe I'll find what's
not working right as I go through and try out all the functions or something
hi hi....

The only goof was I put the tie wrap on the TCXO module wrong and had to cut
it off. No spare was supplied and I had another smaller wrap that ended up
being too short to use. The module is a tight fit in the socket and is right
down, so I'm probably going to simply leave it off. Is there a definite
reason to tie wrap the TCXO onto the socket? Like I said it's such a tight
fit it doesn't seem like the wrap is necessary. I'll go get another one
today tho if there's a definite need for it (during the calibration, it was
only off WWV 10mhz by maybe 10 or 20 hz and zero-beated just fine that I
could tell) 

I also can't think of anything that was really tough about the build. Even
the front panel attachment went pretty smoothly. The parts inventory was
probably the hardest part and that was about it. 

So, all that's left now I think it just to learn how to use the rig, hi hi.
And get a KUSB adapter..

73,
LS
W5QD
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