Hello Tony. New K3's should have the power connector pre-installed. You can confirm that when you place the order to be sure that your has it retrofitted. The connector in question is shown on page 11 of the K144XV manual. You can download it from Elecraft by clicking here:
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K144XV_Manual_Rev_C.pdf Note that this is not a "PowerPole" connector, it's simple one pin connector that fits in a hole in the K3's main (RF) board. 73 Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tony rowland Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] k-3 2 meter am thinking of geting a k-3 100 w/ all the goodies. the only problem i have is the 2 meter board. am not that great at soldering. thought i read somewhere that the power pole now comes preinstalled and you no longer have to do it yourself. s/tony rowland ______________________________________________________________ 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

