[Elecraft] K3 DC Output

Don Wilhelm w3fpr at embarqmail.com
Mon Dec 22 17:35:16 EST 2014


Actually, the hardest part of installing that change is removing the 
KPA3.  Once that is accomplished, the rest of the mod is easy - as Vic 
said, it is a matter of changing two components.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/22/2014 3:40 PM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO wrote:
> Even if you had an older K3, it's very minor surgery. It's been some 
> time since I modified my K3 (serial no. 00007) but I think it involved 
> the replacement of two components.
>
> On 22 Dec 2014 18:55, Dauer, Edward wrote:
>> According to the Manual the K3¹s DC output socket is limited to 0.5 
>> amps,
>> which I understand means it can power a P3 alone but not both a P3 and a
>> PR6-10, nor a P3 with the VGA accessory.  I looked through the on-line
>> manual for the mod kit this morning - it looks like major surgery.  Did
>> Elecraft incorporate the mod in K3¹s shipped after the mod came out in
>> 2012?  My K3 is S/N 7562.
>>



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