[Elecraft] K3S Kit #10641

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

Congratulations on a successful project.

73
Bob, K4TAX
K3S, s/n 10163

On 2/9/2016 1:40 PM, Jim Sheldon wrote:
> 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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