[Elecraft] Elecraft's attention to detail

[Gary Smith]

Well said.

I own a K3s and also a K3. The K3 was to 
go to a friend who wanted me to set it up 
for him. He didn't like the low serial so 
I gave him the K3 I built instead and I 
kept the K3, it is my back-up rig and if I 
unplug the K3s, I plug everything into the 
K3 exactly the same way, same cords, same 
connections to the P3, same everything. 

Point is this K3 is serial # 202 and it 
has every user and factory upgrade and 
update ever done for the K3 except for it 
does not have the new tuner with the 
bypass relay and I haven't done the KPOD 
mod. Everything else it is has is an 
upgrade making it equal to the K3s. I 
trust that old 10 year old K3 every bit as 
much as I trust this new K3s.

73,

Gary
KA1J

> I've owned my K3 for going on 8 years.  Over that time I have added
> various modules, KAT3, module for P3 support, KSYN3A, and now the most
> ambitious project of them all, last night I added the KRX3 and KBPF3. 
> I had ordered this last upgrade back in November and it sat in the box
> until a week ago thispast Thursday afternoon.
> 
> Not only was the fitment of the new parts with each other as near
> perfection as it gets, so was the fitment of the parts ordered last
> year with a radio ordered over seven years before.  Each upgrade has
> fit perfectly and worked without issue out of the box.  My hat's off
> to the fine folks at Elecraft who not only designed such a high
> performing radio but also for being able to achieve the second goal of
> a kit that can be upgraded at will.  Even the dreaded removal and
> reinstallation of the front panel went without a hitch!
> 
> Other than operator error when configuring the KBPF3 as installed on
> the main board rather than the sub receiver, everything came up
> without issue.  Now being able to monitor overlapping nets this
> morning is something I've wanted for a long time.  Very nice.
> 
> What really drove home Elecraft's attention to detail was when I was
> installing the filters into the KRX3.  Comparing the five pole filters
> I ordered last year to the I ordered with the K3 in 2010, I found that
> their offsets are only 10 Hz apart.  I do not recall asking for
> matched filters and seeing that the order processing and fulfillment
> departments not only had the filter information from 2010 but they
> also took the time and care to match filters as closely as possible
> impressed me enough that I just had to type this missive.  I do plan
> on experimenting with diversity receive and Elecraft has made it
> possible that I can do so without having to buy matched filter sets. 
> Job well done!
> 
> 73, Nate, N0NB
> 
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