K3 #95 and P3 #7 are heading to CY0 on Thursday. That is a very hostile environment for any kind of hardware. The radios will be exposed to it for eight days. I'll pay particular attention to inspecting my chassis when I get back and see if I can detect any evidence of a problem. In fact there will be a second (newer model) K3 there (AI5P) and I'll check it too. I'll report in early November.
For DXers: see http://www.cy0dxpedition.com/ [What I am personally looking forward to on this trip is seeing how well the P3 can be employed for pile-up management, with visible monitoring of the TX QRG as a bonus. I've come up with seven reasons why I think it is going to be a big help, especially in the early days before operator rust is removed, and I will likely write that up that experience as a second eHam review of the P3 as a FT.] Thanks for the advertising space, Wayne and Eric. 73, Gary, VE1RGB/CY0 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Giulio IW3HVB Sent: October 19, 2010 2:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 I'm waiting for the "End of Thread" msg by Wayne.... Anyway IMHO using non-stainless screws on the K3 is a flaw. Seen from a producer perspective the difference in costs between the regular screws and a stainless bunch is minimal. Things become different when you have to prepare kits for substitution. In any case why sould it be a flaw? It is not a matter of MIL specs, nor a matter of "a radio worth 2000$ should have them". It's more a matter of consistency. The K3 is a radio targeted for Dxpeditions, field use etc (Elecraft says that!). So it is quite surprising the choice about the original screws. By the way I'm quite happy with my stainless screw, had to change the original that became quite rusty after a dxpedition of 1 week in 8Q7 and after some contest with the Venice Lagoon Contest Team. These my 3 cents, for the screws...... 73 de Giulio IW3HVB -- Follow the path of the Prophets... (From Star Trek DS9) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
