I'm with you, the building without solder smoke didn't appeal too much to me so I ordered my KX3 factory built ;-)
Steve W1SFR On May 28, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: > I agree with George. I'd jump at the chance to build another kit like > the K2, but the K3 really didn't do all that much for me. It made me > more familiar with the various parts, but I have plenty of projects > around the house that I can do with a screwdriver that satisfy my need > to do assembly. > > I made the same comment after I put my K3 together (with most of the > bells and whistles, that for $5000 I should've had it put together and > burned in at the factory and spent the extra time to learn the radio. > > That's just my own opinion. Last time I made it people told me I was a > lazy appliance operator or some sort of non-kit-building freak. Oh, > well. > > On Mon, 27 May 2013, george fritkin wrote: > >> I have two K3s. One was a kit the other factory built. I really did not >> get much out of building the kit. It is simple, all mechanical, and some >> stages require caution. >> FYI I am a 74 year old retired EE with lots of bread boarding and kit >> experience. Also I have a KX3 which I bought factory build as well my KAT500 >> George, W6GF > > -- > Hisashi T Fujinaka - ht...@twofifty.com > BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
