Re: [Elecraft] How Long will it take to assemble a K3/100??

It largely depends on your skill level and organization skills.  I had mine up and running in under five hours with regard to actual assembly and calibration time.  Parts inventory, layout and reading the assembly manual took an additional two hours.  So, eight hours is a reasonable estimate

[Elecraft] K3/10 to K3/100 Conversion Project

Yesterday, I received a KPA3 100 Watt PA kit for my K3/10. Less than an hour later my K3 was sending CW at 100 Watts (into a dummy load, unfortunately, since my shack is 50+ miles way from my lab at work). I now have a fully functional K3/100 that still does QRP with ease. The installation

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Re: [Elecraft] Thoughts on internal vs external ATU for K3

I'll weigh in on this one, too, since I'm considering this option quite seriously.   With my home-only station running QRP CW I use a nice 100+ Watt external tuner (even for QRP).  It has the obligatory cable connected between it and the radio plus a grounding cable plus a power cable and

Re: [Elecraft] P3 Critics

...with a resolution of at least 1680x1050 and ~60 Hz refresh rate, too, please? Thanks! From: Ed K1EP k1ep.l...@gmail.com At 8/13/2009 03:00 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: We -are- looking for constructive and realistic suggestions. Keep 'em

Re: [Elecraft] kool-aid

This is where I got mine: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=487731 From: travistowns...@sbcglobal.net travistowns...@sbcglobal.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:43:11 AM Subject: [Elecraft] kool-aid i think i may

Re: [Elecraft] K-2 Blue Display

I understand the desire to have a blue backlight for any LCD.  They're very popular in many devices.  Most of these I see, such as my NUE-PSK modem, have white characters against their blue backlights.  Wouldn't the K3's LCD remain black when converting the backlight to blue?  It would seem a

Re: [Elecraft] New to the Forum

My K2/10 took about 40 hours to complete.  Every evening after work was spent plugging and soldering.  Having such a nice radio with which to work that was made by me is very rewarding. Gary, It took me three weeks of evenings and weekends to build my K2/100 and all the options including a

[Elecraft] [K3] Modular Jack?

I've just finished assembling my K3 and cannot find any reference as to the purpose for the modular jack at the bottom, front, right part of the radio.  I've searched on-line and through the message archives, as well as scanned through the Owner's Manual PDF for the key words modular and jack

Re: [Elecraft] K144XV 2M Module and W2 Wattmeter on Web Order Form

The order form states for the K144XV-K:  IMPORTANT: Check one: __ For a K3/10   __ For a K3/100 1. If I order the K144XV-K for the K3/10 and later upgrade to the K3/100 (by installing KPA3), what will this affect?  Nothing seems to be mentioned on the order form nor the Press Release PDF as

Re: [Elecraft] K144XV 2M Module and W2 Wattmeter on Web Order Form

Aha!  That's the missing piece of the puzzle.  Now I understand.  Thanks. John Frerichs wrote: The order form states for the K144XV-K:  IMPORTANT: Check one: __ For a K3/10  __ For a K3/100 1. If I order the K144XV-K for the K3/10 and later upgrade to the K3/100 (by installing KPA3

Re: [Elecraft] K2 #06602 under construction

I share your enthusiasm for CW. I do like PSK31 very much, though. I also have some friends who have no desire for CW. For them, I plan on (shudder!) picking up a microphone. For that reason, I just installed the SSB board. Knowing my plans to do this when originally building the K2, I

[Elecraft] N-gen: One Lug on DC Jack Too Large for One PCB Hole

Has anyone else had trouble with one of the lugs on the DC jack fitting into the smallest hole on the PCB for the N-gen? I had to trim one solder lug on the jack to make it fit. Otherwise the ground contact inside the jack would deform from being pushed into the PCB too hard (or risk damage

[Elecraft] K2/10: #6483 is online!

After messing around with some 56/560 pF caps that were installed in opposite places I now have a fully functional K2/10 CW rig on my desk. I'm listening to the wonderful sounds of CW on 20m with it. This radio rocks! Many thanks to those that responded to my question about the 80m/17m

[Elecraft] K2: 80m 17m Weak RX, no TX

Greetings, I just completed the Step 3 alignment on a K2. On 80m and 17m I have weak RX and no TX power. All other bands seem to work fine. The problem first became known when performing the Step 3, RX pre-alignment procedure. I couldn't hear any appreciable difference in receive

[Elecraft] RE: K2: 80m 17m Weak RX, no TX

Duhh! I'm so stupid! I remember reading in the manual that some caps are marked with a zero and some aren't. I still reversed Caps: 12/15 and 35/31. Cap 12/15 values are 560. Cap 35/31 are marked 560. Guess what I did? Yup. I read value 560 and placed MARKING 560 in its place.