[Elecraft] Low Serial Numbered K3

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I have # 174, very few mod done and due to other commit tents, no f/w upgrade in the last 12 months - still works great - When I can get to using it.
73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108)
-- David




On 23 Sep 2014, at 05:56, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:

> Mine is #642.  It did a short stint in the Elecraft Medical Center for slightly Sickly Electronics early on for a failed component I didn't want to track down.  They brought it up to what was then "production." The only other mod I've done was the IF output gain mod [destroy an SM resistor and replace it with a different value resistor] when I got the P3 much much later.
> 
> K3's don't seem to wear out, and unlike me, are not affected by an accumulation of birthdays.  OK, I finally had the "cracking knobs syndrome," Elecraft sent me new ones, I had saved the allen wrench for them, and all was well.  I would make sure that any HW mods published after the one you're considering was born are not critical to your operating requirements, particularly if your needs are somewhat esoteric like EME and the like.  Load the latest production FW, run through the calibration procedures [no test equipment required], and call CQ.
> 
> Mine works just like advertised.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW
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