Well, got around to installing the resistor/diode kit today, and for the most part was uneventful. I managed to slightly melt/warp the edge of the plastic RJ-45 jack at the bottom of the board near C66, not realizing my iron was resting on it or very close to it. That bummed me out to say the least! Thank goodness that jack is at the bottom of the K3 and doesn't really do anything.
Anyway, all seems to work well. The VFO noise I heard on 5 MHz is now gone once SPI2 is engaged in firmware. What is odd though is that there now seems to be VFO noise around 52 MHz where it was never noticed before. 73 de James K2QI -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric Swartz -WA6HHQ, Elecraft Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:31 PM To: David Pratt Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Hardware Updates This was mis-worded in the doc and is being corrected. It should read: "IMPORTANT: You must complete the modification as described below before enabling the vfo noise reduction menu item in version 3.24 or later. Failure to do so may result in erratic behavior of your K3." Basically, he resistor/diode mod is only necessary if you -enable- the option in the menu (which only appears in V3.24 and later). Its perfectly OK to run 3.24 (or later) and not make that h/w mod (as long as it is not enabled in the menu.) There is no downside to making this h/w mod, even if you do not enable the menu option. 73, Eric WA6HHQ ______________________________________________________________ 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
