Great pictures, I enjoyed going over each one in detail as I look forward to building my own K3. As far as how the toroids look, I don't think the electrons really care all that much :)
73 John K7FD ---- Stan Rife <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was also thinking about the "reckless abandon" look of the mess of torroids > on the boards. when I "hand crafted" my K2 I made sure things were nice and > neat so I could say with pride that "I built that". If someone looks inside > my K3 I'm definitely going to make sure they know that I did not make that > mess in there. > > I suppose it makes no difference in the operation of the radio, but my god, > don't those board assemblers have any pride in their work? > > Wayne, Eric...do you have any control over the quality control coming from > the assemblers? > > Stan Rife > W5EWA > > > Tom Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Interesting, but that jumble of toroids on the rf board is just plain > ugly. I like 'em neatly lined up like on my K2." > > I guess it's a matter of taste. I like something that looks like it was > crafted with the care of human hands instead of everything being lined up > perfectly by a heartless robot. It's amusing to me to think that the sales > person that took my order for a K3 could be the same person who may have > wound my toroids. It makes me feel like I'm getting a custom radio. I think > the K3 looks really beautiful. > Mine is a May 1st purchase so it can't be long now. > > Craig, thanks for the pictures, they provide a nice perspective on things to > come. > > Tom, AK2B > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
