It absolutely does. It makes me wish I had gone with a built rather than a kit.
Chris AB3QV On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Ray Sills <[email protected]> wrote: > That brings a lot of value added to the factor-built version. IMO, worth > the price, especially considering the number of hours spent in checking the > rig. > > 73 de Ray > K2ULR > KX3 #211 (Kit.. with no regrets) > > > > On Jan 4, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: > > Hi Richard, >> >> While we do test and align the PCB boards identically on the kit and >> factory assembled KX3s, we do further testing on the assembled units to >> insure that we built them perfectly. >> >> Assembled KX3s are given an preliminary TX and RX test after assembly, >> followed by a multi-hour burn in rack test. There under computer control we >> stress test the KX3 by transmitting key down on each band while checking >> temperature, current and power out and also check tuning of the ATU on each >> band. This occurs in a repetitive fashion - cycling through the bands - for >> a minimum of 8 hours. After passing burn-in, the assembled KX3 goes to >> final test on a technicians lab bench, where we test all RX and TX >> parameters on all bands, including RX sensitivity, TX power, Current drain >> in TX, TX IMD etc. We also do tests on the SSB audio, CW keying, receive >> audio and a number of other parameters. Each added option is also tested in >> the KX3. >> >> In general we see few failures in burn-in or final test, due to our >> extensive testing of the PC boards before assembly (and before packaging >> them into kits). >> >> 73, >> >> Eric >> --- >> www.elecraft.com >> > > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[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
