[Elecraft] Installing 2-meter option in K3 ?

[Phil Hystad]

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> You sound like you’re stating all the reasons you should not do it :)  

OK, whatever.

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> I would rate this option about a 3 (0-10, easiest is zero)

Thanks for your rating assessment.

PEH


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> GL 73
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> Gary W2CS
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>> On May 5, 2017, at 2:26 PM, Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com> wrote:
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>> Two questions:
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>> (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).
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>> (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?
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>> 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).
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>> 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!
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>> 73, phil, K7PEH
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