[Elecraft] KPA 500

[gary bartlett]

K3 #95 and P3 #7 are heading to CY0 on Thursday.  That is a very hostile
environment for any kind of hardware.  The radios will be exposed to it for
eight days.  I'll pay particular attention to inspecting my chassis when I
get back and see if I can detect any evidence of a problem.  In fact there
will be a second (newer model) K3 there (AI5P) and I'll check it too.  I'll
report in early November.

For DXers:  see  http://www.cy0dxpedition.com/

[What I am personally looking forward to on this trip is seeing how well the
P3 can be employed for pile-up management, with visible monitoring of the TX
QRG as a bonus.  I've come up with seven reasons why I think it is going to
be a big help, especially in the early days before operator rust is removed,
and I will likely write that up that experience as a second eHam review of
the P3 as a FT.]

Thanks for the advertising space, Wayne and Eric.

	73,
	Gary, VE1RGB/CY0

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Giulio IW3HVB
Sent: October 19, 2010 2:22 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500

I'm waiting for the "End of Thread" msg by Wayne....

Anyway IMHO using non-stainless screws on the K3 is a flaw.
Seen from a producer perspective the difference in costs between the regular
screws and a stainless bunch is minimal.
Things become different when you have to prepare kits for substitution.
In any case why sould it be a flaw? It is not a matter of MIL specs, nor a
matter of "a radio worth 2000$ should have them".
It's more a matter of consistency. The K3 is a radio targeted for
Dxpeditions, field use etc (Elecraft says that!). So it is quite surprising
the choice about the original screws.

By the way I'm quite happy with my stainless screw, had to change the
original that became quite rusty after a dxpedition of 1 week in 8Q7 and
after some contest with the Venice Lagoon Contest Team.

These my 3 cents, for the screws......

73 de Giulio IW3HVB



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