Ordered my K3 Dec, 29th. I was told an assembled unit would be another week or so longer than a kit. That made sense, so I ordered the kit and saved a few bucks. I'm glad I did.
I received the kit Jan. 14th. Built it the afternoon of the 14th and morning of the 15th. It took about 8-9 hours, about what was estimated on the Elecraft web site. Toughest part - finding the tiny #2 bolts in a separate envelope. I inventoried the hardware on the RF board, but didn't on the others as there were far fewer items in the bags for the front panel, etc. 2nd Toughest - the effort to mount the KPIO3 board for the 100 watt module. 3rd Toughest - Mating the front panel. The rest was easy and remember that items 2 and 3 were not as hard as finding the tiny #2 hardware :-) Goofs - Mount the plastic cover over the LCD display with the bevel out. Take off, re-do... On the rear bottom cover, remember 1/4" bolts are bigger that 3/16" bolts. Take off, re-do... Assembly is pretty easy as long as you take your time and make sure that the bolt you are trying to put in is the correct size. Everything worked great form the start. Un-intuitive operational command - this one stumped me. You can't transmit in CW unless the VOX is on. (There are exceptions, separate PTT or XMIT button, but you can't just hit the paddle to transmit.) I'm very pleased with the build experience and hope my notes will be a help to others. 73 de K1ESE John _______________________________________________ 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
