Building the kit will save enough money to buy a couple of INRAD filters. It is a pleasant experience and the builder will be able to dig into the rig and exchange boards, that is valuable for me in case of trouble, it is less costly and faster to order a replacement board than to ship the whole box back to the factory, especially in my case living outside the USA. There are no particular tricky or obscure steps and calibration was easy done with just the XG1, dummy load and VOM. I did not use the antistatic devices because I do not have a rug or dry air at my location. I did touch the station ground before sitting to work. 73
Reinaldo, YV5AMH Phil K7PEH wrote: I would like to see more comments from K3 kit builders to counter these points being made here. I am also planning on getting the K3 and there is only one thing that is holding up my order right now and that is trying to figure out when I can spend the time to put it together. But, I am also a little bit wondering if the cost differential of kit versus factory built is worth the learning experience when you contrast that with the hassles of potential problems. If the kit cost versus factory built cost were different by a wider margin it would be an easier decision. phil, K7PEH ______________________________________________________________ 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
