Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft owner.

2014-03-23 Thread Slava Baytalskiy
Hello again, Elecraft-ers! Just finished the first part of the assembly process. Took about 6 hours yesterday and about 3 hours today... Got the K3 calibrated (somewhat). Interesting thing: the TX Gain (5W) calibration failed using the Mac but succeeded using the same Mac but running the K3

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft owner.

2014-03-23 Thread Slava Baytalskiy
That’s it! Done! Wow, what a job this was… Got the K3 all built and configured. Well, the necessary post-build configuration, that is. What is this weird descending tone when i was configuring the 100w amp unit? Is that normal? Seems to be gone now… The 5w and 50w TX Gain calibration went

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft owner.

2014-03-23 Thread Don Wilhelm
Sal, Welcome to the Elecraft community. After a while, you may find yourself 'drinking the kool-aid' just like so many others. I do not recall any descending tone when I installed the KPA3, but it has been a long time and my memory of that has failed. Have fun with that K3 and keep up with the

[Elecraft] New Elecraft owner.

2014-03-21 Thread Slava Baytalskiy
Hello fellow Elecraft-ers! Just received the shipment of my new K3/100 kit (SN8086). Name is Slava (Sal) W2RMS. Will be starting the assembly over the weekend. Can’t wait to join the community. Been reading this list (and everything else i could find on the subject of Elecraft) for a few weeks

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft owner.

2014-03-21 Thread Jim Bennett
Hi Sal - Welcome to the list and to the Elecraft community! Take your time with the kit and savor the experience of building your own radio. That K3/100 will give you many, many years of enjoyable operating, no matter what mode(s) you choose to explore. The Elecraft manual is good, but I

[Elecraft] New Elecraft owner.

2014-03-21 Thread AA6VO
On Friday, March 21, 2014, Jim Bennett [via Elecraft] ml-node+s365791n7585816...@n2.nabble.comjavascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ml-node%2bs365791n7585816...@n2.nabble.com'); wrote: Take your time with the kit and savor the experience of building your own radio. My -only- regret with regard to my