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 > > -- > > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all > possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." > > Web: http://www.n0nb.us GPG key: D55A8819 GitHub: N0NB > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to g...@ka1j.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
