[Elecraft] P3 - KXV3 Gain Mod Question
Fred Jensen
k6dgw at foothill.net
Mon Sep 12 18:17:20 EDT 2011
Had a nice QSO with Dwayne, KE5EFY this AM and got quite a bit of my new
P3 set up. It appears to me that everything is working as it should, I
got S-units to appear on the ordinate [they mean more to me than dBm on
HF], got a few Fn switches set, and he walked me through the PEAK/NOT
PEAK toggle.
When I started building, I installed the KXV3 first, and had the K3 back
on the air before I started the P3. In the P3 stuff, there was an "IF
Gain Mod," change one resistor on the K3 RF board. I had already
re-installed the countable infinity of chassis screws into the K3, and
screwing around with an SMD the size of a grain of pepper didn't really
"light my fire," so I put it aside. Now, with everything working just
fine, I'm wondering what that mod really does? Do I need it?
Incidentally, while installing the KXV3, I needed to cut jumpers W1 and
W2. This is easier said than done. They are right up against a board
that I wasn't told to remove. I did finally get them cut with the very
end of a small pair of scissors.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org
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