I installed the longer screws (2-56 5/16th zinc flat head) tonight for the battery compartment and they went in as though they were designed that way (which they should have been). It remains to be seen how well the shorter screws and/or enlarged holes necessary to accommodate them will hold up in the future from repeated battery replacements. My guess is that over time the shorter screws will either pull out of the standoffs through thread-stripping, or the flat-head screws will pull out of the holes in the plastic base. Hopefully neither, but I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't reflector posts to that effect in the future.
The antenna lead could have been a quarter-inch longer. That is one very taut wire going to J1 on the KXAT3 board. I agree with an earlier builder who suggested replacing the white plastic screw foot-pads with small rubber stick-ons for flat-plane operating. I was unable to generate enough signal out of the XG2 to null the opposite sideband signal, but the -33 dBm from the XG3 was perfect and resulted in a total-null on both the S-meter and my ears. I ignored the directions (since rescinded) to the contrary and installed the speaker cloth. I can detect no distortion from speaker or case vibration, and am surprised at the quality of that little speaker. Only one little stand-off was missing from the parts bag which slowed assembly down by three days, plus the four days on the screws. All totaled . . . maybe three hours build-time. For a decade now I have been saying, with each subsequent purchase, that this will have to be my last Elecraft . . . the desk is getting too small and I'm getting too old. But it's equally clear that Kool-Aid stays in the tissues an awfully long time. Sincere congratulations to the entire team on yet another excellent product. 73, Kent Trimble, K9ZTV Jefferson City, MO ______________________________________________________________ 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
