VE3VAW said......... -Lastly, if you have an older K3, be prepared or able to do or willing to farm out the K3 IF I/0 modification. Yes, its only a resistor change, but for me the SMD caught me blind-sided and I messed up. I killed some board traces, killed the SMD JFET etc. Not pretty, not my finest moment, but first time it was. I fixed this with good help from Elecraft support and put in some wire paths for the ruined traces and a leaded JFET. (not an issue for K3s after a certain serial number..). Afterward, of course I found some ideas on doing this better from Don Wilhelm. Such is fate.
Otherwise, now it all works very well. I am going to have good fun with this now. 73 Brien VE3VAW Toronto ON Great to hear of the help given you with that nasty accident Brien (or is that a typo for Brian ?) My own experiences with the firm were wonderful in the early days when my kit built K3 gave some serious problems - which turned out not to be of MY doing (for once) They were patience and helpful over a long period of time eventually sending me a new motherboard when the fault could not be cured by me. Now after some 4 years I like the radio more and more. And I'm still learning a few tricks with it..... 73 David VK3DBD / G3SCD K3 1728 ______________________________________________________________ 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
