[Elecraft] Installing 2-meter option in K3 ?

[Phil Hystad]

Two questions:

(1) what is your assessment of the level of difficulty of adding the 2-meter option to a K3 (easiest option to hardest would be a reasonable range).

(2) my one concern is soldering the connector to the K3 board.  Instructions limit soldering to prevent from melting the connector.  So, is this a sensitive soldering act requiring expert attention?

My kit background that involves soldering includes a number of the mini-kits from Elecraft as well as Norcal 40A (years ago), KX1 (also years ago).  I have also assembled the kit versions of my K3, P3, KPA500, KAT500, and KX3 (which also had a 2-meter option but I chose for Elecraft to do the work since after I got the kit I found one inductor that would not move out of the way per the Elecraft instructions).

Prior to my Elecraft experience my only work had been in high-school with a homebrew dual-811 linear and a SSB exciter besides kit versions of several receivers (Knight) and Eico 720 transmitter.  But, this was 55 years ago!

73, phil, K7PEH