Jim, I installed the K3EXREF today. I agree with everything you wrote. Good pair of tweezers took care of the lock washer. The anomaly is present exactly as you described. Not affecting performance, but it is there. I have MCU=4.36, FPF=1.14, DSP1=DSP2=2.73. 73, Igor, N1YX
-----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Sheldon Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:57 PM To: Elecraft Mailing List Subject: [Elecraft] K3EXREF Tracking number I got from Lisa says it is supposed to be here today. Mail man should be here in a few minutes, so, following the instructions in the downloadable manual, I have the K3 opened up and ready to do the install. The hardest part of the whole thing will be re-installing that split lockwasher on the backside of the KREF3 board once the external reference mod has been mounted. Everything else is a piece of cake. (Actually, I have a magnetized pair of long tweezers that should do the job nicely.) As I was writing this, the mailman brought the package. Time involved in opening the rig - between 5 and 7 minutes. I had already loosened the KREF3 board and retrieved the lockwasher. Mounted the SMA jack on the back panel, ran the cable, mounted the board & hardware per instructions, plugged in the cable and buttoned up the radio. Total time just shy of 20 minutes, not counting the study time of the manual prior to beginning. Another minute to set up the menu item and make sure it was working and still 20 minutes or less total time. Well written instructions and very easy to install the board, even with my poor eyesight. The Trimble Thunderbolt has been running for a bit over a month now and a friend of mine gave me a real nice 3' long cable with SMA connectors on both ends that will match up perfectly. - I did notice one anomaly. Once the * symbol started flashing, moving away from the REF CAL left the 4th character from the left in the VFO B display window flashing for every entry in the CONFIG menu. Once you exit MENU mode and re-enter it, the flashing stops until you again look at the REF CAL item at which time it starts flashing again. This is only a minor bug, but I thought it should at least be called to the attention of the programmers. Jim - W0EB ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
