HI jay, Once you have an antenna set up you will be able to do the reference oscillator calibration. It does not have to be done until you get on the air and it only takes a few minutes.
When I finished my K3 I was afraid of the oscillator calibration so I thought the factory defaults would be ok. It did work but after caibration it sounded like a radio should. I called elecraft support for some help and they walked my thru the procedure as the manual was a little vauge for an inexperienced operation like myself. Anyway you did good with your K3 it is one of the best on the market and I had no idea on how good of a radio I acutally purchase. I almost bought another IC7000 for the shack, that would been a big mistake. The receive on this radio is fantastic and I always get random complements when on the air about my clean signal. So get ready for the ride as it will be fun. What are you planning for your first antenna? Merry Christmas ~73 Don KD8NNU On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:21 PM, g...@abcs.com g...@abcs.com wrote: > Hello! > I'm a complete newby when it comes to ham radio. Got my tech license > a couple of weeks ago and I'm now studying for the General class exam. > I thought building the K3 would be a good educational experience for > me. > > I just finished assembly and all went well. I've had an excellent > experience so far. But I'm stuck at the reference oscillator > calibration stage. > > I don't have a frequency counter, though I suppose I could purchase > one. I've tried hitting the frequencies for WWV but I'm not picking > anything up. Of course, I don't have an antenna yet as the manual did > not mention it as being a required piece of equipment. I'm short on > radio sense, I think. I have one on order, but it has not yet > arrived. I was hoping to have the K3 calibrated and then begin > dealing with the antenna setup. > > Is there any other way of calibrating the ref oscillator? Can it be > done online with the KUSB? Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks for your help, > > Jay > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
