[Elecraft] K3S New Builder (Tom NB5Q)

[Tom Norris]

Thank you all for the advice. I'm looking forward to beginning and I plan
to pace myself and since I'm the caregiver for my wife I will have to
ration things out. I'm sure I will be back, all of the posts are very
interesting and seem to always generate a lot of interest and knowledgable
answers.

73,

Tom
NB5Q


On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 7:27 AM, Mark Goldberg <marklgoldberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I agree with all this advice. I can tell you that any questions you have
> will be answered by the fine people on the Elecraft forums, and if they
> can't, Elecraft provides exceptional help. I have built three Elecraft kits
> and got help from one of the designers on one of the forums, on a weekend,
> when I had an issue. You will not get help like that from anyone else.
>
> One thing I do for screws and small parts that are NOT ESD sensitive is to
> count, measure and sort them all out into labeled bins of something like a
> bead organizer first. Then you know you have what you need ahead of time. I
> use the ones with individual round, screw top containers and put little
> post it note labels on each. Work on a clean ESD protected surface and keep
> the NON ESD parts bins away.
>
> Best of luck and there is great satisfaction in building what you use.
>
> 73,
>
> Mark
> W7MLG
>
> On Dec 2, 2017 5:45 AM, "John Stengrevics" <jstengrevics at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> HI Tom,
>>
>> I, like you, chose to get back into ham radio after many years by
>> building the K3S.
>>
>> Don suggestions are right on the money.  Follow the instructions to the
>> letter.
>>
>> I made 3 small errors, all found with the help of Elecraft tech support,
>> and I think with Don’s help as well.  I attribute the errors to trying to
>> work too late into the night.  So, don’t try to overdo and don’t rush it.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> John
>> WA1EAZ
>>
>> > On Dec 1, 2017, at 11:11 PM, Tom Norris <tknorris0001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > My first post, new builder, old man (74 years young!). I've been
>> inactive
>> > for some time but looking forward to getting back on CW with the new
>> K3S,
>> > P3 kits. I'm sure I will be back here for your valued and experienced
>> > assistance during the build and setup. I have searched for and read a
>> lot
>> > of the posts on the list pertaining to assembling Elecraft kits. Thank
>> you
>> > and I hope to use a lot of the information in those posts. If you have
>> any
>> > up front advice in the assembly or setup of the following parts, I hope
>> you
>> > will share it with me.
>> >
>> > K3S 100W Xcvr. Kit ; P3-K Panadapter Kit; External Speaker; The Elecraft
>> > K3S and P3 by Fred Cady; K3S ATU; K3S Gen. Cov. RX Module; KFL3C-400;
>> 2.8
>> > for 2.7 kHz swap; KFL3B-FM; P3 Video/FFT Adapt.; P3 TX Monitor Adapt;
>> 1.8-54
>> > MHz 200W; incl. P3TXMON
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot,
>> > Tom Norris NB5Q New Mexico
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