That is true. My K3 I assembled in 08 was brought up to today's K3 standards when it was cared for by Elecraft 2 months ago. I asked for and had all the upgrades/updates done to it and it was very reasonable and yes, I definitely hear a difference in cw reception thanks to these changes.
73, Gary KA1J > Dick - > > IMO, not as useful as you might expect being that an early serial number is > fairly likely to have been brought up to current production standards. That's > unique to Elecraft as far as I know. > > 73, Mike NF4L > > On Feb 28, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Richard Solomon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is it possible to tell from the Serial Number when the unit was manufactured > > and if there were any upgrades or mods made after that S/N ? > > > > If one is looking at buying a used K3 or KPA500 then that info would be > > helpful in determining a price. > > > > Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ______________________________________________________________ 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

