At 07:48 09/20/2007, Dave Yarnes wrote:
As an aside, I snagged Vic, K2VCO, last night on his "beta" K3 on 40
meters. Sure sounded good! I also heard him tell the station he
worked before me that all the beta testers had received assembled
units (so the staff could practice assembly), but that one beta
tester had disassembled and then reassembled his beta K3. Why?
Because he was apparently going to be involved in the manual
preparation! Makes sense. I'm guessing I know who that might be
too, although Vic didn't identify the person. Isn't Ron, AC7AC, the
one who does a lot of that???
Yep.. Ron did it so he could write the manual. I'm not certain he has
his K3 COMPLETELY back together yet...heheh!
I also took my K3 down to the nuts 'n screw level... well... someone
(me) had to Field Test the Assembly Manual...!!!
Actually, the 'teardown' took 50 minutes, and the reassembly took
about 3 to 3-1/2 hours.
BUT, for new 'assemblers' plan on 5-6 hours... taking the rig 'down'
gave me a LOT of
pre-assembly knowledge that you'll not have the benefit of when you
do a "from the ground up" build of your K3 kit.
73,
Tom N0SS
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