[Elecraft] Delayed Options

[KK6ZZP]

Thanks, all, for the information and opinions. Sometimes it's not what we
asked but what we /should/ have asked that's useful, either to the OP or
others. So I appreciate all the information and advice offered.

Some explanation: As it happens, I did read the installation sections of the
KX3 manual/manuals, which seemed well-written and clear. But, not having
seen a partially built KX3, it occurred to me that I might be missing
something. In the case of the K3, which I own but purchased used and
therefore did not have opportunity to build, there seem to be a few very
definite maxims for installing initially vs. installing later. I considered
that perhaps the same /might /be true of the KX3. I mean, the model
identifiers are quite nearly the same, aren't they? (Sometimes I think we
need and should have definite, reserved punctuation for sarcasm, humor.
etc.)

Living, as I do, in a recently constructed Southern California community, my
HOA has a rule that /absolutely/ prohibits visible and possibly invisible
transmitting and receiving antennas, except to the extent regulated by law.
So, at best, my HF antennas of record <cough> are severely compromised. When
one is driven to attempt using the rain gutter as an antenna, an antenna
tuner is more than a mere convenience. 

[Having used the H-- word, please let me offer a couple of precautionary
notes: Advice to move seems to me more than a little ignorant of the local
housing market--or perhaps just a great deal out of date. And unnecessary,
holier-than-thou statements such as, "I'd never live in an HOA community,"
are just that--unnecessary, most especially when the speaker/writer is
ignorant of the life-situation of the one whose choice as to only one
attribute of a multi-attribute preference is being publicly excoriated.
Being new to this board and having read only a few dozen or so replies to
postings, it is perhaps impolitic for me to say, but I think that in some
few cases, perhaps a somewhat better understanding of the context of an OP
and the OP's question might sometimes lead to very slightly more accurate
and practical advice.]

Thanks again!

Cheeeers,



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