Is it possible to tell from the Serial Number when the unit was
manufactured
and if there were any upgrades or mods made after that S/N ?
If one is looking at buying a used K3 or KPA500 then that info would be
helpful in determining a price.
Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ
Dick -
IMO, not as useful as you might expect being that an early serial number is
fairly likely to have been brought up to current production standards. That's
unique to Elecraft as far as I know.
73, Mike NF4L
On Feb 28, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Richard Solomon w1...@earthlink.net wrote:
Is it
That is true. My K3 I assembled in 08 was brought up to today's K3
standards when it was cared for by Elecraft 2 months ago. I asked for
and had all the upgrades/updates done to it and it was very
reasonable and yes, I definitely hear a difference in cw reception
thanks to these changes.
Just for information, I ordered a K3 at the end of January 2014 and my serial
number was within 10 units of 8000. I love it!!! 73s. Len Nagorski. WA0OQW
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 28, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Gary Smith g...@ka1j.com wrote:
That is true. My K3 I assembled in 08 was brought up to
January, 2008, serial number 679 and it aint going anywhere soon...:-)
Gary
On 1 March 2014 09:33, leonard_nagor...@yahoo.com wrote:
Just for information, I ordered a K3 at the end of January 2014 and my
serial number was within 10 units of 8000. I love it!!! 73s. Len
Nagorski. WA0OQW
Just to back Mike up on his remark, I own K3 s/n 24 and have all the
mods installed as well as up to date firmware. AFAIK, this K3 is
roughly equal to all others that are up to date.
73,
matt W6NIA
On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:03:36 -0500, you wrote:
Dick -
IMO, not as useful as you might expect
I can also add backup to that as well - I have K3 SN 20 fully upgraded.
It may not be relevant to the initial question, but the same thing
applies to the K2 - yes, there was a borad change at SN 3000, but
upgrade kits were available at modest cost to bring the older board up
to the same level
FWIW,
When I was choosing which rig to get, to upgrade from my TenTec Omni
V, I wanted a radio that was going to be on the top of its game as
long as there were parts available for it. I considered all the rigs
available at the time and it was a close draw between the Orion the
K3. I
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