[Elecraft] K3S Kit #10641

[Jim Sheldon]

K3S Kit build Serial# 10641 arrived Monday about 9:00 a.m.  Started the 
build around 10:30 and continued through yesterday with a few breaks.  
The build was complete except for the P/A and Sub Receiver at about 9:45 
last night.  I completed the 5 watt power calibration, REF CAL and 
receiver RF Gain calibrations and shut down for the night.  Installed 
the P/A module this morning and ran the 50 watt TX Gain cal.  All passed 
with no issues.  I still have the Sub Receiver to go, but my roofing 
filter set won't be complete until the pair of 6.0 KHz filters arrives 
tomorrow from Elecraft so I'm holding off on the Sub so I won't have to 
remove it to install the 6.0 KHz filter on the main board.

This was an easy (though intricate) build and even with my somewhat 
impaired vision, I had no problems with it other than a minor glitch in 
configuring the filters to leave the FL1 slot open temporarily.  My 
suggestion to anyone else needing to leave FL1 open (for later install 
of a wider filter and not have to move everything around), use the 
K3/K3S utility's Filter Configuration app to do this.  If you try from 
the front panel first and not through the computer utility, it may or 
may not work right.

After a couple of tries with the MENU and then back to the Utility, 
everything finally set up properly.  Now when the filters get here, I'll 
be able to install the Sub RX and change out the older K3 for the K3S.

Jim - W0EB

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