And by the way, it *was* picked at random, in effect; we had no idea who purchased the unit, or when, until the ARRL gave us their first set of numbers.
73, Wayne N6KR On Oct 18, 2016, at 2:51 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Eric, > Just curious/devils advocate question. Was this unit that was reviewed, > picked at random from stock at Elecraft? If so, or not, wouldn't it's > performance be reflective of a population of other units manufactured? Just > curious how you can say all others shipped were/are OK on 17, when the review > unit was not? > > Just asking. > > Also curious, when radios are factory built and aligned, does Elecraft keep > some kind of history data base of performance measurements of hose radios. > kind od like a Certificate of Analysis/Performance, of specifications? > > Thanks and 73, Gene N9TF > K3S 10057 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" <[email protected]> > To: "Jim Rogers" <[email protected]>, "elecraft" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 2:10:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S QST Article > > Hi Jim - The 17 m harmonic problem was limited to the single review unit, > which > we corrected. All others shipped were/are OK on 17M. > > 73, > > Eric > /elecraft.com/ > > On 10/18/2016 11:38 AM, Jim Rogers wrote: >> To all who responded, certainly my friend Don and others.... >> >> "During initial testing, we found that the second harmonic on 17 meters >> measured 42 dB below the fundamental, well below the specified >50 dB we >> measured on the other bands. We returned the transceiver to Elecraft for >> repair and they brought it into spec." Bob Allison, WB1GCM Assistant ARRL >> Laboratory Manager, QST (Nov 2016) p.50 sidebar. >> >> Elecraft K3s Operators manual pg. 9 "Harmonic Spurious Outputs >50 dB below >> carrier @ 100W (>60 dB on 6 meters). >> >> Just sayin' if that is the case with my K3s s/n 10271, send me the necessary >> board/module(s) to correct the situation and I will be more than happy to >> make >> the replacement in my K3s and return the defective units to Elecraft for >> rework. Just don't ask me to send the whole radio back for something I can >> accomplish in the field. >> >> I am not angry, perhaps a bit dissappointed. I love my K-Line, which >> originated with a K3 and when the K3s came out, I elected to buy a K3s >> rather >> than upgrade my K3. Tell me my radio meets the spec and does not need repair >> to meet the spec and I am a happy camper. >> >> Jim, W4ATK >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
