[Elecraft] New K3S

[David Ahrendts]

K3S #10125 was born Saturday, July 25th, 3pm. It’s companion PX3, yesterday. Still calibrating, but I just wanted to send five stars to everyone at Elecraft on yet again another wonderful experience in kit building. So much detailed thought goes into packaging, the assembly manual, and of course, the style and design. If you’re new to Elecraft and you’re exploring building a kit, just know you are expertly guided through the build process by thee best people in this business. I do admit I confused a 4.0mm spacer with a 4.8mm spacer, but that was in hour 7 of the build. I’ll forgive myself for that! :—)  Five stars people. Bravo, bravo, bravo. 

David Ahrendts, KC0XT, Los Angeles

> On Jul 27, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Keith Robinson <w4ktr at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> I have K3S s/n 10027. I have had it since July 6th and I am VERY happy with the K3S.
> It out performs any other radio I have ever used. I can't wait to get home from work every day so I can
> use the radio.   The best Ham Radio purchase I've ever made!
> Keith Robinson
> W4KTR
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: kevinr at coho.net
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 5:57 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New K3S
> 
> Yesterday we had the first K3S check in for the Elecraft CW Net.
> Comparing K2s, K1s, KX1s, K3s, KX3s, and the new K3Ss is fun :)  It is
> hard to tell them apart unless the owner tells you which they are running.
>    73,
>        Kevin.  KD5ONS
> 
> 
> On 7/27/2015 2:48 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>> Joe W2KJ <w2kj at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Howdy Gang:
>>> 
>>> I wonder if anyone has received a new K3S yet??
>> Hi Joe,
>> 
>> We have shipped a few dozen, but some have not been received yet, and probably half were kits, which take longer to come on-line. Some of those received have already been mentioned on this forum, or on the Yahoo group (search for "K3S" in the archives). But only a small percentage of our customers participate in the forum at any given time.
>> 
>> In addition to forum comments, the first customer to post an eHam review of the K3S created a product category for it:
>> 
>>    http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/12433
>> 
>> There are two reviews so far, both very thoughtful (and long -- proceed with caution :)
>> 
>> We're of course very happy to see so many positive comments. There are also a few minor negative points, typical of any product. We take these as constructive input toward future improvements. One reviewer with a very sensitive sense of touch (speculation on my part) commented that he could feel the felt pad under the VFO knob. This pad is intended to create drag, and the amount of drag is adjustable. But, haptics being in the fingers of the beholder, I emailed him to discuss hypothetical alternatives.
>> 
>> I'm sure there will be additional postings and reviews soon. Meanwhile, we're working out a few last annoyances in our shipping procedure in hopes of shipping more quickly.
>> 
>> We'll also have a new firmware release for the K3/K3S this week.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>> 
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